The Korea Volleyball Organization (KOVO) has signed an agreement with Gumi City to host the 2023 Gumi Dodram Cup professional volleyball tournament, reuniting professional volleyball and Gumi City for the first time in six seasons. The signing ceremony, held at Gumi City Hall on April 24, was attended by KOVO Secretary General Shin Moo-cheol, Gumi…

The Milwaukee Bucks have a new head coach. “According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Milwaukee Bucks have hired Adrian Griffin as their new head coach. Griffin was a longtime assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors until this season. In Toronto, he assisted head coach Nick Nurse and helped lead the franchise to its…

The game against Mainz will likely go down as the worst of Dortmund’s 2003 ace Jude Bellingham’s short professional career. Dortmund fell just short of the title in a 2-2 draw with Mainz in the final match of the 34th round of the 2022-2023 German Bundesliga season at the Sigmund-Park in Westphalia, Germany, on Aug….

German soccer and Bayern Munich legend Lothar Matthäus has criticized Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel. Bayern Munich narrowly won the German Bundesliga title this season. The Bavarians finished with 71 points after a 2-1 win over Cologne in their final match on July 27. They finished with the same number of points as Dortmund, but…

Park Seung-ho (20, Incheon) has been ruled out of the Korean national team after scoring a crucial equalizer against Honduras in the second group game of the U-20 World Cup in Argentina. According to the Korea Football Association on Aug. 28 (KST), a medical examination revealed that Park suffered a fractured fibula and damaged triangular…

Chris Bassitt (Toronto Blue Jays) suffered his second straight loss in as many games. Bassett dropped to 4-5 on the season after allowing seven runs (seven earned) on nine hits (two home runs) with three walks and five strikeouts in four innings of work against the Minnesota Twins on Monday (Aug. 28) at Target Field…

Samsung Lions fans organized a truck demonstration in Seoul and at their home stadium, Lions Park. The Samsung Lions fan cafe group told the publication, “Before the three-game series in the middle of the week, we organized a truck protest based at Samsung’s headquarters in Seoul, Jamsil Baseball Stadium, and Samsung’s headquarters in Suwon, and…

“It felt so good to play with such a great player, Unni.” Bang Shin-sil, 19, the hottest rookie in recent memory, smiled broadly when asked about Choi Hye-jin, 24, with whom she played in the first round of the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour’s E1 Charity Open ($900 million in prize money) at…

Chungnam National University is closing in on the leaders after a dramatic come-from-behind victory over Chosun University in a full-set match. Chungnam National University faced Inha University on its home court in the 2023 KUSF University Volleyball U-League South Qualifier at Chosun University Gymnasium in Gwangju on the 26th, and took advantage of its solid…

Relying on “the best middle blocker in the game” Yang Hyo-jin (33) for her team, Lee Da-hyun (21) wears a taegeuk and exchanges advice with her fellow middle blockers. Despite some growing pains with the retirement of Kim Yeon-kyung, Kim Soo-ji (Heungkuk Life), and Yang Hyo-jin from the national team, the “young” Korean women’s volleyball…