• Nadal dreams of resurgence, advances to Madrid Open round of 16

    Rafael Nadal (38-Spain-World No. 512), the “Mudshoe” of men's tennis who will likely hang up his racket at the end of the year, is hoping to make a comeback after reaching the round of 32 in the singles competition at the Madrid Open on the men's ATP Tour. The Madrid Open is a prestigious 'Masters 1000' event that is played nine times a year, just below the four majors (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open).

    Nadal defeated Argentina's Pedro Cachin (ranked 29-91) in the round of 32 of the singles main draw on Tuesday in Madrid, Spain, in straight sets (6-1 6-7<5-7> 6-3). Nadal roared past Cachin in a three-hour, four-minute match, using his trademark footwork and mixing in shots with topspin. The Spaniard led in winners (35-30) and had fewer unforced errors (20-25). He didn't serve any aces, but his top speed on his serve was 192 kilometers per hour.

    Nadal showed his fitness by playing for more than three hours, 안전놀이터 추천 making his first singles appearance in nearly a year at the ATP Tour's Brisbane International after overcoming back and hip injuries in early January. He was competitive at the time, winning two straight matches, but the injuries reoccurred and he has been working on his recovery ever since.

    Two weeks ago, Nadal returned after a three-month absence at the Barcelona Open on his favorite clay court, where he made it through the round of 64 before going down on his knees in the round of 32. This time around, Nadal has bounced back and made it to the round of 16, and he's already set his sights on next month's French Open, the second major of the season. “I'm enjoying playing in my home country (Spain) to the fullest,” he said. I'm doing my best to keep dreaming,” he said. Raul Gonzalez, 47, a former player for Madrid-based professional soccer team Real Madrid, was in attendance to watch Nadal's match.

     
  • 2024 National Games concludes...Gyeonggi Mountain Federation wins overall title

    The Korea Mountain Federation announced on Tuesday, “The ‘2024 National Sports Festival Mountain Climbing Competition’ concluded with great success at Simbulsan Mountain in Ulju-gun, Ulsan, Korea.”

    The '2024 National Living Sports Festival Mountaineering Competition' was hosted by the Korea Sports Federation and Ulsan Metropolitan City, organized by the Korea Mountain Federation, Ulsan Metropolitan Sports Federation, and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Sports Promotion Agency. The tournament was divided into 10 categories: men and women under 50, women under 60, men and women under 70, men and women over 71, and mixed men and women under 70 and women over 71, with 75 teams representing 15 cities and provinces across the country and more than 540 participants.

    The competition evaluation consisted of 8 teams of 8 people in the general division (men and women under 50, women under 60) and 6 teams of 6 people in the senior division (men and women under 70, mixed division, 71 and over), and the competitors moved along the competition course to evaluate the overall climbing, 스포츠토토 including climbing common sense, equipment inspection, and theory evaluation.

    The overall winner was the Gyeonggi-do Mountain Federation, the overall runner-up was the Daegu Metropolitan Mountain Federation, and the overall third place was the Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province Mountain Federation.

    Four educational and cultural programs (sports climbing experience, knotting, first aid CPR, and Nordic walking) were also held for visitors and citizens who visited the 2024 National Living Sports Festival. Participants in the educational and cultural programs received souvenirs. As part of the ESG efforts, the souvenirs were provided with reusable 'lacquered wooden cutlery sets' instead of disposable cutlery.

    Meanwhile, the 'National Living Sports Grand Festival Mountain Climbing Competition' is the largest festival for living sports mountain climbing enthusiasts and is held annually to expand the popularity of living sports.
  • '25th Jeungpyeongin Triple Electricity Distribution Commissioner's Wrestling Competition' just

    Hosted by the Korea Wrestling Association and organized by the Gyeongsangpyeong County Sports Association and the Gyeongsangpyeong County Wrestling Association, the 25th Gyeongsangpyeongin Sambae Electricity Company Wrestling Competition will be held at the Gyeongsangpyeong Sports Center in Gyeongsangpyeong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, from May 30 to May 6 for seven days.

    A total of 139 teams and 1086 athletes will compete in the tournament. There will be seven individual and team competitions in elementary school, middle school, high school, and university divisions, and three individual competitions in women's division.

    The preliminary and quarterfinal rounds are single-elimination bouts, 안전놀이터 while the semifinals and finals are best-of-three bouts. In addition, all matches will be held in a head-to-head (tournament) format.

    All matches can be viewed on the Korean Wrestling Federation's YouTube channel, 'Ssumbah TV'.

    On May 1, the individual competition in the university division, the semifinals and finals of each weight class, the finals of the university team competition, the semifinals and finals of the high school team competition on May 2, and the semifinals and finals of the middle school team competition on May 3 will also be broadcast live on MBC PLUS (MBC SPORTS+).
  • Artistic Swim Team of Lee Ri-Young and Heo Yoon-Seo to compete at World Cup in Paris

    After qualifying for the Olympic Games in duets for the first time in 12 years, the national artistic swimming team is now preparing for the Paris Olympics in July.

    The Korean Swimming Federation announced on Tuesday that the national artistic swimming team departed through Incheon International Airport to compete at the second edition of the 2024 International Swimming Federation Artistic Swimming World Cup in Paris, France, starting next month.

    Lee Ri Young (24-Busan City Swimming Federation) and Heo Yoon Seo (19-Sungkyunkwan University), who have been coached by Kim Hyo Mi and Oksana Pysmena (Ukraine) since 2022, plan to use the event as a “rehearsal for the Olympics. The event will be held at the Paris Aquatic Center, which will host the Paris Olympic Artistic Swimming competition.

    After placing in the 'top 10' in both the duet technical and free events at the World Championships in Doha in February, 카지노사이트 the team will be aiming for a high score of 215 points or more with more sophisticated moves to earn extra points.

    Lee, who earned her first taegeuk mark in 2015 and finally realized her dream of competing at the Olympics in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 after 'three years', said, “I will show everything I have prepared with my partner, including the accuracy of my movements and the level of the water, as it will be held at the Olympic site in Paris.”

    “I'm nervous and excited for my first practice after confirming my participation in the Paris Olympics,” said Heo Yun-seo, adding, “As always, I will do my best and show a good performance.”
  • At the juncture of the end and the beginning, fate plays out.

    Doosan, coached by Kyung-Shin Yoon, and SK Hawks, coached by Nuno Alvarez, will meet for the second game of the best-of-three championship series (best-of-three) of the men's Handball H League 2023-2024 season at the SK Handball Stadium in Seoul on Tuesday. In the first game, Doosan won 24-19. If Doosan wins the second game, it will be over, and if SK wins, the championship will be decided on May 2.

    Defending champions Doosan are the undisputed powerhouse of men's handball. They have been crowned champions for the last eight consecutive seasons, starting in 2015. This season, when the league was reorganized into the H-League, they finished first in the regular season and advanced to the championship game early.

    It was an unexpected result. Doosan struggled early in the season with injuries to some of its key players. But Doosan didn't falter. 'Veterans' Park Chan-young, Kang Jeon-gu, and Jung Jeong-kyung took center stage. Younger players such as Kim Yeon-bin and Kim Min-kyu quickly rose to the occasion. Above all, 바카라사이트 the team showed its 'winning DNA' in every crisis, securing victories and finishing first in the regular season.

    Doosan conserved their energy by reaching the championship game early. The secret to their first-round victory was also physical strength. Coach Yoon Kyung-shin said, “Pushing hard physically was the driving force behind our victory.”

    SK will be eager to respond. SK's best results were runners-up in the 2016, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2021-2022 seasons. They have not won a single championship due to Doosan's barriers.

    This season, SK has rewritten the rules with the chants of “Down with Doosan. The Portuguese coach Alvarez was entrusted with the reins. This is the first time a Korean handball organization has hired a foreign coach. SK played the season with the help of Jang Dong-hyun, Ha Tae-hyun, and others, centered on 'ace' Lee Hyun-shik and 'Turquoise Express goalkeeper' Yunus.

    SK is in a tough physical condition, having played the playoffs against Hanam City Hall earlier. However, Alvarez is determined, saying, “We don't know what the outcome will be if we work hard, so let's see.”
  • '10th Anniversary of Taekwondowon' Minister Yoo In-chon

    The Taekwondowon Center celebrated its 10th anniversary this year.

    Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chon attended a ceremony at Taekwondowon (T1 Stadium) on Monday to celebrate its 10th anniversary and encourage taekwondo practitioners.

    Taekwondowon opened in 2014 with a dedicated taekwondo stadium, the National Taekwondo Museum, and training facilities so that taekwondo practitioners from all over the world could practice taekwondo together after the sport was adopted as an official sport at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in 1994. Since then, Taekwondowon has attracted more than 2.5 million visitors over the past decade and has become a global taekwondo mecca by hosting permanent performances, various training experience programs, and successfully hosting international competitions such as the 2015 World Youth Championships and 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, as well as festivals such as the World Taekwondo Culture Expo.

    The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is working with Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province and Muju County to link the Taekwondo Park with Deoksan Heritage National Park and Muju Firefly Festival so that visitors can enjoy tourism and sports together. 토토사이트 The ministry will also expand international competitions and training programs for major taekwondo organizations to further support Taekwondo Park as a center for the promotion of taekwondo in Korea and abroad.

    Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chon said, “The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to help Korea leap from a ‘taekwondo dominant country’ to a ‘taekwondo advanced country’ where taekwondo is enjoyed most, centered on taekwondo centers. We expect taekwondo practitioners to join us in this endeavor.” 
  • Al Hilal 'offer' €100m for Barca player, 'no matter how much oil money'

    The power of Saudi money continues this summer.

    Last year, Saudi Arabia shook up the soccer world. Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nasr) was the start. After shocking the world by signing Ronaldo, the Saudis spent astronomical transfer fees on European superstars last summer. Starting with Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema's move from Real Madrid to Al Ittihad, N'Golo Kante (Al Ittihad), Riyad Mahrez (Al Ahli), and Sadio Mane (Al Nasr) followed suit. It wasn't just veterans. Stars in their 20s who are in the prime of their careers, such as Ruben Neves and Sergei Milinkovic-Savic (Al Hilal), have also chosen the Kingdom. Legends such as Steven Gerrard chose the kingdom as a manager. The pinnacle was Neymar. One of the biggest stars in the world, Neymar left Paris Saint-Germain to play for Al-Hilal. The Saudis also tried to sign Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, and Mohamed Salah, but were unsuccessful. However, the kingdom's money power was on full display, with offers that were too much for the players to refuse.

    The Saudis are preparing for round two this summer. They are ready to open their wallets once again for Kevin De Bruyne, Salah, and others. Zafinha is also in the mix. On June 24, Diario Sport reported that Barcelona had received an offer worth €100 million. According to the report, Al Hilal are interested in signing Jafinha. This is good news for Barcelona, 안전놀이터 추천 who are struggling financially. President Juan Laporta has already hinted at overhauling the squad.

    However, the player has expressed his desire to stay. Despite his reduced playing time this season, he"s happy at Barcelona. He's also scoring offensive points in every game he plays. For Barcelona"s management, they"ll have to convince him to accept Al-Hilal"s offer before they can match it.
  • Austria's Baumgartner scores in '6 seconds', fastest A-Match goal ever

    It was the fastest goal ever scored in an A-match.

    Austrian national soccer team midfielder Christoph Baumgartner (Leipzig) scored just six seconds after kickoff in an exhibition match against Slovakia in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Thursday (Aug. 24).

    After a short exchange of passes with his teammate at the opening whistle, Baumgartner sprinted through the defense and found the back of the net with a mid-range shot.

    It was the fastest goal ever scored in a match between national teams, 스포츠토토 surpassing the previous record of seven seconds set by Germany's Lukas Podolski against Ecuador in May 2013.

    Baumgartner made history with his 12th goal in his 35th A-match.

    Austria beat Slovakia 2-0 after Baumgartner opened the scoring and Andreas Weimann added a 37th-minute winner. Four straight wins in A matches.

    On the same day, Germany's Florian Wirz scored just seven seconds into the game in an exhibition match between France and Germany.

    According to ESPN, Wirz's goal ranks second in the category, just a few hundredths of a second ahead of Podolski's goal in 2013.

    It was also Wirz's first goal in his A-match debut.

    Germany added another goal from Kai Havertz in the fourth minute of the second half to make it 2-0 in favor of France.

     
  • Pro basketball LG defeats Hyundai Mobis to 'clinch 10th straight win

    Changwon LG has clinched second place in the 2023-2024 regular season with a 10-game winning streak.

    LG defeated the Ulsan Hyundai Mobis 86-85 on Thursday at Dongcheon Gymnasium in Ulsan, South Korea, in the first game of the 2023-2024 regular season.

    Riding a 10-game winning streak, LG finished with a 35-17 record to clinch second place in the regular season and earn a direct ticket to the four-team playoffs.

    LG's 10-game winning streak in the regular season was its first in more than nine years since January 2015.

    Meanwhile, Hyundai Mobis, which has lost three straight games, sits in sixth place (25-26).

    LG was led by Asem Marey with 23 points, 16 rebounds and six assists. Lee Jae-do added 20 points and Gutang had 12 points.

    Yoo Yoo-sang also had an Altoran-like performance with seven points and three rebounds, including two three-pointers.

    Hyundai Mobis was led by Gage Prim with 24 points and eight rebounds.

    In the battle of the twin head coaches, 안전놀이터 older LG coach Cho Sang-hyun continued his dominance over younger brother Cho Dong-hyun with a 4-2 victory.

    Trailing 58-67 heading into the final quarter, LG went on a tear behind the outside shooting of Yoo Yoo-sang and Yang Hong-seok.

    In the final minute, Lee Jae-do scored five points, including a three-pointer, to pull within 82-81.

    LG then went on to win the seesaw game, securing the 86-85 victory with Justin Gutang's basket with 42 seconds left in regulation.
  • The 'laughing stock', the worst team of the season. 2nd place LA Lakers, 3rd place Golden State

    The Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors are among the top five most disappointing teams in the NBA this season, according to a new report by CBS Sports.

    In a feature article published on May 25 (KST), CBS Sports announced that the Los Angeles Lakers were ranked second and the Golden State Warriors were ranked third in the Worst 5 of the NBA's most disappointing teams this season.

    The publication concluded, "There are still three weeks left before the NBA regular season ends, and things could certainly turn around. However, the most disappointing team so far is the Atlanta Hawks, followed by the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks, and Phoenix Suns in the Worst 5," the publication reported.

    Atlanta is 10th in the league as of Dec. 25. They have 31 wins and 39 losses. Atlanta, which emerged as an Eastern Conference contender after acquiring Deyonte Murray, hasn't seen much of the expected synergy between Trey Young and Murray, and is considering trading Young and Murray. Furthermore, Young is out with an injury. While they may make it to the play-in tournament, they are far below their objective strength.

    The Los Angeles Lakers are also disappointing. With a 38-32 record, they are ninth in the league. The gap between them and the sixth-place Phoenix Suns is 3.5 games. A direct path to the quarterfinals of the playoffs is not easy.

    As the outlet notes, "The Lakers' disappointment is that, ironically, their strong one-two punch is at its healthiest. Austin Reeves has played every game, 카지노사이트 Anthony Davis has missed only four, and LeBron James has only missed nine. D'Angelo Russell also missed five games." "The acquisition of Gabby Vincent was a failure. Vincent, Christian Wood, and Jared Vanderbilt are out for the season.

    The third-place Golden State Warriors are 10th in the league with a 36-33 record. They are also in a tough spot to make the quarterfinals.

    According to CBS Sports, "Before this season, Golden State's win expectation was 47.5 wins. However, on their recent pace, they're hovering around 40 wins. Not only will it be difficult to reach the quarterfinals, but they could miss the playoffs. Houston, in 11th place, is only 1.5 games back of Golden State. The outlet concludes, "Golden State's struggles are due to aging. Klay Thompson is now a bench player. Draymond Green has had one mishap after another, and Andrew Wiggins is having his worst season. Chris Paul's sharpness doesn't work as well anymore." "Even Steph Curry looks to be wearing down from disproportionate scoring and workloads throughout the year. In March, Curry is shooting just 35% from three-point range and averaging just 21 points per game.

    Fourth place goes to the Milwaukee Bucks, who added Damian Lillard but exposed their perimeter defense. They were considered the best team in the East this season, but are in second place (45-25). That's not bad, but the gap between them and the first-place Boston Celtics is a whopping 11.5 games. Furthermore, their chances of winning the playoffs have dropped significantly.

    In fifth place is the Phoenix Suns. After acquiring Bradley Beal to form a "big three" with Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, Phoenix hasn't lived up to expectations and is in sixth place in the league (42-29).