South Korea

South Korean fans have taken legal action following Cristiano Ronaldo’s friendly no-show for Juventus – and their claim for compensation could top €50m. It comes after the organisers of Juve’s…

Juventus are reportedly facing legal action from the organisers of their K League All-Stars friendly after Cristiano Ronaldo did not make an appearance. According to Corriere dello Sport, TheFasta is…

Juventus came back from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 with K League All-Stars in Seoul as Cristiano Ronaldo remained a substitute. Maurizio Sarri gave starts to Daniele Rugani and Mario…

Byron Moreno has stood by his handling of South Korea-Italy in 2002 and insists Giovanni Trapattoni was a ‘coward’ for not bringing on a striker. Moreno remains a hate figure…

Giovanni Trapattoni admits he would have liked the chance to replay Italy’s controversial 2002 World Cup defeat to South Korea. Trappatoni turns 80 on Sunday and, as part of his…

Paolo Maldini looked back over his lifetime at Milan with Arrigo Sacchi, Fabio Capello, Carlo Ancelotti and admiring Gennaro Gattuso. The new director spoke at the Festival dello Sport event…

Sweden knocked Italy out of the World Cup play-offs and now they have eliminated holders Germany after a 3-0 victory over Mexico. Both sides in this game go through to…

Defending champions Germany crashed out of the World Cup, after a shock 2-0 defeat to South Korea in Kazan. Die Mannschaft are the fourth of the last five world champions…

Mexico made the most of South Korean defensive errors to win 2-1 and practically secure their place in the Round of 16. El Tri had wild celebrations after their shock…

Italy’s conqueror’s Sweden started the World Cup with a win, beating South Korea 1-0 in a drab game in Nizhny Novgorod. The Scandinavians knocked the Azzurri out in the play-offs,…

Hellas Verona have a deal to sign South Korean prodigy Lee Seung-Woo, but Barcelona keep a buy-back option for two years. Sky Sport Italia claim the two clubs have agreed…

Marc Wilmots assured Belgium are “on track” for their Round of 16 meeting with USA, despite a red card. The Red Devils still managed to beat South Korea 1-0 after…

South Korea Coach Hong Myung-Bo “will decider later on” whether he’ll quit after an early World Cup exit. The 1-0 defeat to 10-man Belgium and Algeria’s 1-1 draw with Russia…

Despite playing the entire second half with 10 men, Belgium still beat South Korea 1-0 and will face USA in the Last 16. Despite playing the entire second half with…

Belgium have already qualified for the Round of 16 and give Manchester United prodigy Adnan Januzaj his first start. It kicks off at 21.00 UK time to conclude Group H,…

Algeria Coach Vahid Halilhodzic praised a “heroic performance” to beat South Korea 4-2 and revealed his tactical masterstroke. No African team had ever previously scored four goals in a World…

South Korea Coach Hong Myung-Bo admits there was “an error in strategy” for their 4-2 defeat to Algeria. “We had analysed them carefully, but the result is such that it…

Algeria got their first World Cup victory since 1982 in a thrilling 4-2 win over South Korea, making history for African teams. This result means a point against Fabio Capello’s…

It’s a must-win game for both South Korea and Algeria, who were left with regrets from the first outings. This Group H tie kicks off at 20.00 UK time in…

Russia Coach Fabio Capello looked on the bright side of a 1-1 draw with South Korea. “The reaction was important.” After a dire first half, Igor Akinfeev’s howler gifted Korea…