Italian Serie A legend Paolo Maldini has been fired as president of AC Milan. Maldini is an iconic “one-club man” who played 25 seasons with the club from 1984 to 2009. Maldini played a whopping 902 games for AC Milan. Not surprisingly, he’s the all-time leader. Under Maldini’s leadership, AC Milan won 26 titles, including…
Park Joo-ho plays ’90 minutes of brilliance’ in retirement match, Kim Do-gyun says “I’m leaving a lot of regrets”
It was a farewell game for a key player. The coach expressed his disappointment until the end. Suwon FC lost 1-3 to Ulsan Hyundai in the 17th round of the Hana WonQ K League 1 2023 at Suwon Sports Complex at 4:30 p.m. on June 6. The result leaves Ulsan with 13 wins, two draws,…
“SD fans shout out Ha Sung Kim instead of Defenseman” Defenseman = Ha Sung, it’s official at Petco Park.
Defense=Ha-Sung Kim. At Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres, this formula seems to hold true. This is the local reaction to Kim’s (28) defense, as reported by a leading San Diego media outlet. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported on June 6 (KST), “The best thing San Diego has going for it in 2023…
“A scene I’ve often seen in Japan”…Kikuchi on facing the ‘junior’ Senga.
“The view from the dugout is something I’ve seen a lot in Japan.” Japanese major leaguer Yusei Kikuchi (32, Toronto Blue Jays) talks about what it’s like to play against his younger counterpart, Godai Senga (30, New York Mets). Kikuchi and Senga went head-to-head as starting pitchers for their respective teams in the 2023 Major…
KKKKKKKK-QS defeat for Lotte’s Park Se-woong, ‘Other lines are slow’
Lotte Giants pitcher Park Se-woong overcame early struggles to get a quality start (three earned runs or less in six innings), but the bats came up empty. Park started a home game against KT Wiz in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at Sajik Stadium in Busan on June 6 and threw 103 pitches…
‘Son Heung-min is such a loner’ Real Madrid make Harry Kane a contract offer
Son Heung-min (31, Tottenham) is a loner at Tottenham. Real Madrid is targeting Harry Kane (30, Tottenham). Spanish outlet Marca reported on Friday that “Real Madrid are looking for a replacement for Karim Benzema after 14 years at the club. Real have entered the race to sign Kane as their number one candidate. Real have…
A stunning victory over a severely biased ruling
Park scored the equalizing goal in the second leg of the group stage, but was sent home early with an ankle injury. Nevertheless, he was always with the national team. His teammates held up Park’s No. 18 jersey at key moments, and coach Kim Eun-joong emphasized many times that this result was a victory for…
Alonso: ‘I was in a hurry when I hit 13’, but why was I in a hurry when I hit 21?
The Major League Baseball home run leader is New York Mets’ Pete Alonso. Alonso hit his 21st home run of the season against the Toronto Blue Jays on May 5 at Citi Field in New York City, extending his lead over the second-place New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge to two games. Judge missed the previous…
There’s only one homework assignment for the second round: bring back last year’s mechanics.
Lotte outfielder Han Dong-hee (23) has been removed from the first team roster. Lotte officially announced Han’s move to the second team on Friday. The decision was delayed, but the possibility of a second team move had been raised earlier, as Han had not been performing well enough. Han appeared in 43 games this season,…
‘Taltnum’ was a science… Son Heung-min’s motivation for joining the team, 66 years after winning the title
Former Tottenham defender Toby Alderweireld enjoyed a thrilling championship win with new club Royal Antwerp. Alderweireld scored a dramatic equalizer in the final four minutes of stoppage time in the sixth and final match of the 2022-2023 Belgian Pro League Championship round-robin against Heinke at the Heinke Segeka Arena in Belgium on Friday. The match,…