Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants has raised his spring training batting average to .400 after hitting his second home run of the exhibition season. Lee batted 1-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs in the Giants' 7-3 win over the Chicago White Sox at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Thursday. The South Korean sophomore batted third and got the start in center field. He hit a flyout to center in the bottom of the first inning before going deep off Jonathan Cannon with a runner on

Tottenham Hotspur have lost their first knockout match of the UEFA Europa League in the Netherlands, unable to overcome a first-half own goal. Spurs' South Korean skipper Son Heung-min logged 72 unproductive minutes in his team's 1-0 loss to AZ Alkmaar in the opening leg of the round of 16 at AZ Stadion in the Dutch city of Alkmaar on Thursday. Tottenham midfielder Lucas Bergvall put one into his own net in the 18th minute. The Premier League club must win the second leg scheduled for next Thurs

As the lone South Korean club at this year's FIFA Club World Cup, Ulsan HD FC will try to make a push for a knockout berth, their head coach said Thursday. Kim Pan-gon and his captain Kim Young-gwon attended the South Korean stop of the Club World Cup Trophy Tour in Seongnam, just south of Seoul. The 2025 Club World Cup, the first edition with an expanded format featuring 32 teams, will be played across the United States from June 14 to July 13. FIFA launched the trophy tour in January in New Yo

Since 2009, his third professional season, Hwang Jae-gyun has been a third baseman, manning the hot corner for three different clubs in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) while making cameos at first base and shortstop. He also had a cup of coffee as third baseman for the San Francisco Giants. At age 37 playing for the KT Wiz, Hwang is about to undergo a mid-career change. The Wiz signed an All-Star third baseman Heo Kyoung-min in free agency in November, and Heo, a more accomplished defender

After earning a regular playing opportunity for the first time in his career at age 30 last year, Lotte Giants infielder Son Ho-young established new career-best numbers across the board. In 102 games, Son batted .317/.354/.538 with 18 home runs and 78 RBIs. Injuries forced him to miss 42 games. Otherwise, he could have pushed for the 20-homer, 100-RBI plateaus. Following the end of spring training in Japan, Son said Wednesday he hopes to play more games than a season ago. "Since I played about

Bae Ji-hwan of the Pittsburgh Pirates launched a home run as part of his three-hit effort in his latest spring training game, as he seeks to make the team's Opening Day roster for later this month. Batting leadoff, Bae went 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored, though the Pirates lost to the Boston Red Sox 12-4 at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida, on Tuesday (local time). Bae is batting .545 (6-for-11) and has an on-base plus slugging (OPS) of 1.492 through six spring training games. Bae open

Doosan Bears reliever Kim Taek-yeon was the runaway winner of the top rookie prize in the Korea Baseball Organization last year after taking over as the team's closer in June. He went on to record 19 saves and a 2.08 ERA, while showing the kind of poise rare for someone who only turned 19 in the middle of the year. In 2025, expectations are high for Kim, who will be the Bears' closer from Day 1. And Kim himself will count on better numbers than last year. "I will try to cut down on walks and not