A three to nil away victory over Jeju United clinched Jeonbuk Hyundai Motor’s 3rd K League title on game 35 of a 38-game season. The result, like the league, had been a formality for Jeobuk as this result gained them the unassailable lead over 2nd placed Suwon Bluewings who lost at home to an injury … Read more
Republic of Korea 1-0 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (aet) History No, not that kind of history; we all know the troublesome history between these two nations whom remain technically still at war, but rather let’s review the footballing history between South and North Korea. The first meeting between the two opposing ideological nations occurred … Read more
Barcelona’s La Masia product the ‘Korean Messi’ is currently setting alight the Asian Football Confederation’s Under-16 tournament held in Thailand. Playing in the number 10 ‘Messi’ role for South Korea, Lee has netted five goals in four games at the tournament, which concludes with an intriguing all Korean final Saturday September 20th, 18:00 local Bangkok … Read more
North Korea’s global isolation has been cemented over the past few years as political tensions with the US escalated, eventually involving a military standoff and strong rhetoric from the nation’s leader, Kim Jong-un. The brutal regime in operation cannot feed the country’s population and is currently drip fed with UN humanitarian aid to keep millions … Read more
A vast majority of Saudis favor women having the right to fully engage in sports in a country that has no official facilities for female athletes or physical education programs for girls in schools, according to a Saudi sociology researcher, who has put forward a series of recommendations at a time that the government is … Read more
Militant, street battle-hardened soccer fans played a key role in toppling Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and resisting the military rulers who succeeded him. Almost three years later and four months after the military removed from office Egypt’s first democratically elected president, the stage appears to be set for renewed confrontations with the fans, one of … Read more
Financially stressed Turkish soccer clubs are becoming pawns in the political struggle between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and militant soccer fans who rank prominently among his detractors as soccer pitches and university campuses emerge as major battlefields between the government and its detractors. Critics of Mr. Erdogan charge that the prime minister is seeking … Read more
State-owned Qatari television network Al Jazeera prides itself on hard hitting, let-the chips-fall-where-they fall reporting. Yet, it has systematically avoided in recent days the one story that potentially could affect the very future, shape and security of the wealthy Gulf state: controversy over the timing of the 2022 World Cup and mounting criticism of living … Read more
Much like the Muslim Brotherhood, militant soccer fans in Egypt and Turkey are fighting for their existence. Turkish police raided the homes of and arrested 72 militant supporters of Istanbul’s top clubs – Besiktas JK, Fenerbahce FC and Galatasaray SK — after a derby between Besiktas and Galatasary was abandoned because fans invade the pitch. … Read more
Saudi Arabia’s secretive ruling family is mulling allowing women to attend soccer matches. No Saudi official has suggested that the controversial issue is under discussion but if past experience is any indication, a series of statements and denials suggests that a debate is underway. The debate would be a revival of closed door discussions that … Read more