KIA Tigers took first place in the first half

The sole leader KIA Tigers finished the first half of the season with a pleasant three-game winning streak.

KIA showed fierce concentration by scoring 5 runs in the top of the 9th inning in an away game against the Samsung Lions held at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 4th in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League, and won 8-3.

KIA, which achieved a comeback against Samsung for three consecutive days, took first place in the first half of the season for the first time in seven years since 2017 with a record of 48 wins, 33 losses, and 2 draws, and a winning percentage of 0.593.

Since 1989, when the KBO League was a single league, excluding 1999 and 2000, when two leagues were held, the team that took first place in the first half of the season has won the Korean Series 21 out of 35 times, recording a 60% chance of winning.

KIA (including its predecessor Haitai) has won first place in the first half of the season six times (1989, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2011, 2017) and has won the championship trophy four times, excluding 2002 and 2011. 카지노사이트

It was another game where KIA showed their mettle.

Samsung took the lead in the bottom of the first inning when Ji-chan Kim hit an infield hit, stole second base, and then scored on a ground ball.

In the top of the second, KIA’s Choi Hyeong-woo hit a solo arch to make it 1-1.

Samsung took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the third inning when Kim Heon-gon and Koo Ja-wook hit back-to-back home runs.

KIA recovered one point in the top of the fourth inning with Kim Tae-gun’s right-field hit.

In the 8th inning, Choi Hyeong-woo’s double added another run, tying the score at 3-3.

KIA, with its momentum, exploded with its batting lineup against Samsung’s closer Oh Seung-hwan in the top of the 9th.

After two outs, Kim Seon-bin hit a double, Kim Do-young reached base on an intentional walk, and Park Jeong-woo hit a two-RBI double over the right fielder to make it 5-3.

In the continued attack, KIA added one point with Hong Jong-pyo’s timely hit, and Socrates Brito hit a two-run home run over the right-center wall to make it 8-3, tying the game.

KIA’s third pitcher, Dong-Hwan Hwang, pitched 3⅔ innings without allowing any hits or runs and became the winning pitcher.

Oh Seung-hwan, who is ranked first in relief, suffered the loss after allowing five runs on five hits in ⅔ innings. 토토사이트 추천

Goalkeeper Kim Jung-mi, 20th anniversary event for joining Hyundai Steel

Oh Yeon-hee of Hyundai Steel performing a goal ceremony

Incheon Hyundai Steel continued its lead in the women’s professional soccer WK League by defeating Hwacheon KSPO.

Hyundai Steel defeated KSPO 2-0 in the 19th round home game of the Divellon WK League 2024 held at Incheon Namdong Asiad Stadium on the 4th.

Hyundai Steel, which has continued its 19-game undefeated streak (41 points, 11 wins, 8 draws) since the start of the season, including the recent two-game winning streak, widened the point gap with second-place KSPO (36 points, 10 wins, 6 draws, 3 losses) to 5 and maintained its lead.

In particular, the ’20th Anniversary Event’ for veteran goalkeeper Kim Jeong-mi, who wore the Hyundai Steel uniform in 2005, was also held at the stadium, drawing attention. 카지노사이트

In the match that drew attention as a match between the 1st and 2nd place teams in the regular league, Hyundai Steel’s offensive power overwhelmed KSPO.

Hyundai Steel took the lead in the first half when Kim Seong-mi dribbled to the penalty area and scored first with a left-footed shot in the 25th minute.

Hyundai Steel, which finished the first half with a score of 1-0, put an end to its victory when Oh Yeon-hee scored an additional goal with a left-footed shot after receiving a pass from Engesha in the 38th minute of the second half. 토토사이트 순위

6,057,323 spectators in 418 games since opening 10 million spectators possible

First time in professional baseball history, attendance exceeds 6 million in the first half

The professional baseball KBO League has achieved the record for the lowest number of spectators in history at 6 million for a game.

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced on the 4th, “The KBO League gathered 5,993,122 spectators as of the 3rd, and on the 4th, 64,201 spectators entered 5 stadiums across the country, recording a total of 6,057,323 spectators,” adding, “It set a record of surpassing 6 million spectators in just 418 games since the opening.”

With this, professional baseball broke the record of the lowest number of spectators in a game (game 419, 2012) of 6 million for the first time in 12 years.

This year, professional baseball is enjoying a boom thanks to various favorable factors, such as the return of Hanwha Eagles’ Ryu Hyun-jin to Korea, the good performances of popular teams KIA Tigers and LG Twins, and the equalization of power among the 10 teams.

Professional baseball surpassed 1 million spectators in just 70 games since its opening on April 10, and surpassed 2 million spectators in just 148 games on April 27.

The 3 million spectators mark was reached on May 16th, after 217 games, and the 4 million spectators mark was reached on June 2nd, after 285 games. 메이저사이트

There were no brakes on the box office success.

The KBO League, which surpassed 5 million spectators on June 15, surpassed 6 million spectators on the 4th, the last day of the first half.

The professional baseball world is cautiously expecting to attract 10 million spectators.

The highest attendance in a single professional baseball season was 8,406,888 in 2017.

This season, professional baseball games averaged 14,491 spectators per game, and 302 games were played in the second half.

If the current trend continues, it is possible to gather about 4.37 million people in the second half, which means it is mathematically possible to surpass 10 million viewers. 토토사이트

I was the only one struggling in the collapsed bullpen “I just threw with the thought of protecting”

LG Twins Yoo Young-chan

Looking back on the first half of the professional baseball season, LG Twins manager Yeom Kyeong-yeop did not hesitate to name starting pitcher Son Ju-young and closer Yoo Young-chan when asked by reporters to “choose the most outstanding players.”

Son Ju-young received high marks for doing his job amid the string of injuries to starting pitchers, and Yoo Young-chan received high marks for taking charge of the back door in the collapsed bullpen.

Yoo Young-chan struggled throughout the first half of the season, just as coach Yeom Gyeong-yeop said.

LG’s closing pitcher last season, Koo Seok, went to the United States, and setup man Jeong Woo-yeong suffered from a severe slump.

Ham Deok-ju, who had 16 holds last year, underwent surgery before the opening and has not yet returned, while Baek Seung-hyun, who had 11 holds, and Park Myeong-geun, who had 8 holds, are also out due to injuries.

In the midst of this, Yoo Young-chan alone blocked the back door.

He played in 37 games, the second-most on the team, and pitched relentlessly.

He threw himself into the last game of the first half as well.

Yoo Young-chan came in as a relief pitcher in the bottom of the 8th inning when the away game against Kiwoom Heroes was leading 3-1 at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, with bullpen pitcher Lee Sang-young in danger with runners on 1st and 2nd base and 1 out.

It was a difficult situation where he had to take responsibility for five outs until the end of the game.

But I couldn’t back down.

Second-place LG is trailing the Samsung Lions and Doosan Bears by half a game, so if they lose today’s game, they could finish the first half of the season in third place or lower.

Yoo Young-chan, who went up to the mound, faced Kiwoom’s 4th batter, Song Seong-moon.

Song Seong-moon was ranked first among domestic hitters in batting average (0.354) before the game that day, and his batting average since June has been a whopping 0.421. 스포츠 토토사이트

Yoo Young-chan gave up a walk after a full count.

The situation became 3-2, 1 out, bases loaded. Now, if they gave up one hit, they could tie the game or take the lead.

However, Yoo Young-chan did not waver. He threw a forkball that dropped to the next batter, Choi Ju-hwan, and induced a ground ball, and then he threatened pinch hitter Byun Sang-kwon with a 150 km/h fastball and got him to ground out to second base.

They gave up a run on Choi Joo-hwan’s ground ball, but maintained the 3-2 lead.

Yoo Young-chan, who returned to the mound for the final defense in the bottom of the 9th, got Lee Yong-kyu to ground out to first base, Kim Tae-jin to fly out to right field, and struck out the last batter, Jang Jae-young, looking, ending the game with a score of 3-2.

Yoo Young-chan said after the game, “I only pitched with the thought of protecting the team’s victory as it was an important situation,” and “When I pitched in the 8th inning, the feeling was a little different, so it was hard to keep my balance, but I tried my best to pitch well, and fortunately, the result was good.”

He said, “I’m satisfied with the fact that I have fewer walks this season than last season,” and added, “However, I often allowed runners to score in the 8th inning, so I will try to pitch with a more improved form in the second half.”

Yoo Young-chan, who finished the first half with 5 wins, 3 losses, 18 saves, and an ERA of 1.82, will play in the All-Star Game to cool his head before heading into the second half of the season. 스포츠토토사이트

11 athletes who tested positive in 2021 will compete in the Paris Olympics Suspicion Raised Chinese Athlete to Participate in Paris Olympics Repercussions Depending on Results

Chinese swimming team suspected of covering up doping at 2021 Tokyo Olympics

In order to investigate suspicions that China attempted to cover up the doping tests of the national swimming team ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, U.S. investigative authorities have requested the World Aquatics Federation (formerly known as FINA) to appear as a witness.

The 11 Chinese national team players who were suspected of covering up doping at the time are also scheduled to compete in the Paris Olympics, which opens on the 26th, so attention is being drawn to whether the ripple effect of the sports situation in the United States will also affect the Paris Olympics.

According to the Associated Press on the 4th (local time), World Swimming Federation Director John Brent Nowicki recently received a notice from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to appear as a witness in relation to the suspicion of doping cover-up in 2021.

The allegations are based on reports by the Australian and American daily newspapers, the Herald Sun and the New York Times, that 23 Chinese swimming team members tested positive for banned substances in pre-event doping tests but still competed in the Tokyo Olympics.

Trimetazidine, found in urine samples from athletes, has been shown to increase blood flow and improve oxygen supply to the body.

At the time, the Chinese side claimed that the incident occurred because the athletes ate hotel food contaminated with small amounts of the ingredient trimetazidine. 5파워볼사이트

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found no evidence to support these claims and decided to allow the athletes to participate, concluding that they did not intentionally take the drugs.

Many experts have raised issues about this, but the gist of the suspicion is that WADA made a decision that was effectively favorable to China, thereby nullifying the positive drug test results.

Among the Chinese athletes who qualified, Zhang Youfei won gold in the women’s 200m butterfly and freestyle relay, and Wang Shun won gold in the men’s 200m individual medley.

The controversy has resurfaced ahead of the Paris Olympics. Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on Chinese swimming doping and made the issue public, and swimming emperor Michael Phelps, who attended the hearing, also criticized WADA, saying, “WADA did not make a fair judgment.“

The House of Representatives has asked the Justice Department and the FBI to investigate the matter, and the FBI has opened an investigation under a federal law that allows it to investigate alleged doping cases that occur outside the United States.

At the time, the World Aquatics Federation did not raise any objections to the Chinese team’s participation in the Tokyo Olympics, separate from WADA. The FBI is expected to start by summoning the World Aquatics Federation and sequentially investigate whether there were any problems with the doping test results and the overall process of deciding on athlete participation.

The sports world is paying attention to the speed of this investigation, which has begun in earnest by summoning witnesses. If evidence supporting the suspicion of doping cover-up is quickly revealed, it could cause considerable controversy at the Paris Olympics.

The Paris Olympics will feature 11 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for banned substances at the time but still competed in the competition. WADA maintains its position that “the Chinese swimming team’s participation in the Tokyo Olympics was legal and the allegations of a cover-up were fake news.” 스포츠토토링크

Rookie Jang Yu-bin and others tied for second place, one stroke behind.

Kang Gyeongnam

Kang Gyeong-nam, a veteran of 11 wins on the Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Tour, got off to a good start on the first day of the 43rd GS Caltex Maekyung Open.

In the first round of the tournament held at Namseoul Country Club (par 71) in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 2nd, Kang Gyeong-nam swept 6 birdies and hit 6 under par 65 without a bogey. 메이저사이트

Kang Gyeong-nam, who beat the second-place group by one stroke, rose to the sole lead.

Kang Gyeong-nam, who has 11 wins in total, has not been able to add wins since the opening of the Bizplay Electronic Newspaper in September 2021.

Kang Gyeong-nam, who started from the 10th hole, made birdies in 4 consecutive holes from the 12th to the 15th hole, and also took the lead by reducing one stroke on the 18th hole (par 4).

In the 4th hole (par 4), he hit his second shot with a 7-iron on the green and then made a birdie with 2 putts to take the lead. 슬롯사이트

Kang Gyeong-nam, who is now 41 years old and has entered his 21st year of tour experience, said, “It takes a lot of strength to compete with young players who hit long shots,” and added, “To compete with them, I carry my bicycle in the trunk of my car and exercise my lower body whenever I have time.”

He added that recently, after taking putt lessons, his putt improved and his confidence returned.

Rookie Jang Yu-bin, Korean-Canadian Lee Tae-hoon, Miguel Carballo (Argentina), and Kim Woo-hyun were named in a tie for second place (5 under par, 66 strokes), one stroke behind Kang Gyeong-nam.

In addition, Park Sang-hyun, who is the same age as Kang Gyeong-nam and has 12 wins in total, tied for 6th place with Lee Jeong-hwan and others with 4 under par 67 strokes.

Last year’s grand prize winner Ham Jeong-woo, who was away at the beginning of the season to participate in the Korn Ferry Tour, the second division tour of the PGA of America, finished the first day with 3 under par 68 in his first domestic tournament of the season. 토토사이트 순위

For the fourth year in a row, he donated to Shinaewon, which his father, Lee Jong-beom, helped for 30 years.

Lee Jeong-hoo and Lee Jong-beom have been sponsoring Shin Aewon, a Gwangju children’s welfare facility, for generations.

Jeong-hoo Lee (25), who is playing in the Major League Baseball (MLB), has practiced sharing for four consecutive years, following his father Jong-beom Lee (53), former coach of the LG Twins.

Shin Aewon, a children’s welfare facility in Gwangju, announced on the 2nd that Lee Jeong-hoo donated 10 million won ahead of Children’s Day. 안전놀이터

In a press release announcing Lee Jeong-hoo’s donation, Shin Ae-won explained, “I delivered the donation with the words of gratitude that I am always supporting children to live healthy lives.”

Lee Jeong-hoo has been sponsoring Shinaewon for the fourth year, starting with 5 million won on Children’s Day 2021. 슬롯사이트

His good deeds continue for two generations. Her father, Lee Jong-beom, has been in a relationship with Shin Ae-won since 1994, when he was a Haitai Tigers player.

When Lee Jong-beom was a player, he invited Shin Ae-won’s children to Gwangju Stadium to watch the game, and in 2001, when he returned from Japan, he signed the player’s uniform and bat that he used and gave them as a gift.

Director Kim Joseph and Shin Ae-won said, “I am really grateful to Jeong-hoo Lee for taking care of Children’s Day despite his busy schedule with major league activities.” 토토사이트 추천

“The biggest reason Korean soccer didn’t make it to the finals is the coach.”

Korea, which was designated as a candidate to win the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup, finished the tournament in the semifinals. Foreign reporters in Qatar who showed great interest in Korea even before the start of the tournament all cited coach Jurgen Klinsmann as the reason for Korea’s failure to win the championship. 카지노사이트

The Korean national soccer team, led by Coach Klinsmann, lost 0-2 in the Asian Cup semifinal against Jordan held at the Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar on the 7th (Korean time).

Korea was considered a strong candidate for the championship, with players who played as main players in big European clubs such as Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), and Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain). Expectations were high because all of the key players showed off their peak skills for their teams before the competition.

However, as the saying goes, ‘It’s worth it to be able to put together a horse’, and the team’s bid to win the Asian Cup after 64 years was canceled due to an incompetent coach who could not utilize the strengths of the players. The results were disappointing, but the performance throughout the competition was also disastrous. The offense was dull and the defense was disorganized and lacked organization.

Coach Jürgen Klinsmann of the Korean national soccer team, ahead of the semifinals against Jordan in the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup, is having a team meeting with players at the Al Egla Training Center in Doha, Qatar, on the 3rd (local time).

Foreign reporters who had been watching the Korean game with anticipation in this tournament also did not hide their disappointment.

Iraq’s Azzaman reporter Ahmadi Haji said, “Korea is a team with several star players representing Asia, including Son Heung-min, Hwang Hee-chan, Kim Min-jae, and Lee Kang-in. However, the performance we showed in this tournament was disappointing throughout,” he said. “We struggled in the group stage against Jordan, and it did not change in the semifinals. “There was no tactical development,” he criticized.

He continued, “The biggest problem is the coach who coaches the team. “Coach Klinsmann did not show his smarts throughout this tournament,” he said. “He was passive, only making changes when he conceded a goal. He claimed, “The greatest responsibility for Korea’s elimination lies with Coach Klinsmann.”

After the quarterfinals, “Korea is the team that is attracting the most attention here (Qatar) right now. “Wherever you go, there is only talk about Korea,” said Milat Azami, a reporter for Iran’s Mizan News Agency who focused on the Klinsmann. “It’s a pity that Korea didn’t make it to the finals. However, looking at the performance, it is a natural result. “Jordan was a better team than Korea,” he said.

Mohammad Zamani, a reporter for Iranian media outlet Football iNet, said, “Korea’s problem is clear. “Director,” he said, “Korea was scary during the time of coach Paulo Bento, but not now. I think this is an opponent that any team can face without being intimidated. “Korea has lost its former image as a powerhouse,” pointed out Coach Klinsmann. In the past, under Coach Bento, Korea recorded 1 win, 2 draws, and no loss against Iran.

Meanwhile, Coach Klinsmann will board a plane to Korea with the players on the 8th. Coach Klinsmann expressed his intention to continue leading Korea, saying, “I will prepare for the World Cup qualifiers in Korea.” 토토사이트 순위

Heungkuk Life Insurance Willow (left) and Raina.

“I think a good team is not an ‘entity’ created by a combination of perfect players, but a certain ‘state’ that is reached by players who have many shortcomings, sympathizing with each other and helping to fill in the gaps.” ─ Kwak Han-young ‘Volleyball, the moment of falling in love’

Nowadays, professional volleyball articles are making headlines every day, but Heungkuk Life Insurance’s Willow (26, USA) was a player whom it was difficult to put the adjectives ‘perfect’ or ‘good’ in front of. 메이저사이트

If that were the case, I wouldn’t have had to ‘drink water’ twice during the foreign player tryout.

Reina (25, Japan) from the same team was also selected last overall during the Asia Quarter player draft.

However, as the two players met and formed a team, Heungkuk Life Insurance started the 5th round with a shutout (3-0) win in two consecutive games, even in a situation where the ‘Volleyball Empress’ Kim Yeon-kyung (36, Heungkuk Life Insurance) was struggling compared to Kim Yeon-kyung.

‘OH’ is an outside hitter, ‘MB’ is a middle blocker, ‘S’ is a setter, and ‘OP’ is an offering spiker.

‘Volleyball Bikini‘ (https://bit.ly/49qnA05), dated the 25th of last month, covered how Heungkuk Life Insurance had a hard time attacking when both Kim Yeon-kyung and foreign players were in the rear.

He wrote, “It is not easy to fundamentally solve this problem if the outside heater who stands opposite Kim Yeon-kyung does not support it.”

Here, the ‘outside hitter who stands opposite Kim Yeon-kyung’ is Raina.

Raina was a player whose offensive efficiency was only 0.244 until the 4th round when she played with Jelena (27, Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Then, in the 5th round, she teamed up with Willow and raised this record to 0.507, the current first place in the women’s division.

‘Birds fly with left and right wings’

In volleyball, when player A and player B ‘stand on a diagonal’, it means that when A is in the front line, B is always in the back line.

Conversely, even when player A is in the back line, player B is always in the front line.

Therefore, when Kim Yeon-kyung is in the rear, Raina must take responsibility for the attack on the left side of the front line.

And in two out of three of these rotation situations, Willow is always in the vanguard.

Willow is an offering spiker who used to be called ‘Light’, so she is in charge of the right side of the court. 토토사이트 추천

Masahiro Tanaka returns to Rakuten in 2021

Masahiro Tanaka (35, Rakuten Eagles), once an ace representing Japanese professional baseball, suffered the humiliation of having his salary cut short of his 200th career win in American and Japanese professional baseball.

Kyodo News reported on the 21st (Korean time) that Tanaka signed a one-year contract with his team, the Rakuten Eagles, for 260 million yen (about 2.35 billion won), a 45.3% reduction from the previous year’s salary.

Tanaka recorded an unprecedented 24 wins and no losses in the Japanese professional baseball season in the 2013 season and advanced to the American Major League. 메이저-토토사이트

Tanaka, who signed a 7-year, $155 million contract with the New York Yankees in 2014, received the highest salary in the posting system’s history at the time.

Tanaka’s posting amount was broken for the first time in 10 years when Yoshinobu Yamamoto recently signed a 12-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers worth $325 million (about 428.8 billion won).

Masahiro Tanaka during his time with the New York Yankees

Tanaka returned to Rakuten in 2021 after recording 78 wins, 46 losses, and an earned run average (ERA) of 3.74 over seven seasons in the major league.

However, after returning to Japan, Tanaka’s performance was not good.

In 2021, he went 4-9 with an ERA of 3.01, in 2022 he went 9-12 with an ERA of 3.31, and in 2023 he went 7-11 with an ERA of 4.91.

As his grades plummeted, his salary also decreased significantly.

Tanaka, who received 900 million yen in the 2021-2022 season, had his annual salary cut to 475 million yen in the 2023 season, and then cut in half again to 260 million yen in the 2024 season.

Last fall, I even underwent arthroscopic surgery to clean my right elbow.

However, Tanaka is burning his will to achieve his 200th win in the U.S. and Japan.

Tanaka, who has 119 wins and 67 losses over 10 seasons in Japan, has a total of 197 wins (113 losses) in the U.S. and Japan.

Tanaka showed his determination, saying, “I haven’t achieved results (since returning to Japan), but I still believe I can do well.”

Tanaka is accelerating his rehabilitation with the goal of joining the starting rotation early this season. 토토사이트