The men's national football team will try to turn the page from a recent rift as they take on Saudi Arabia this week in the first of two friendly matches in Qatar. With the temporary head coach Robert Moreno in charge, world No. 32 Korea will play 55th-ranked Saudi Arabia at 5:30 p.m. Friday (11:30 p.m. Friday in Korea) at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Al Rayyan, just west of Doha. Korea will next face Qatar in Doha on Tuesday. The Saudi Arabia match will be Korea's first since their 2-0 win over Uzbekistan on Oct. 6. In that game's immediate aftermath, three players, Hwang In-beom, Hwang Hee-chan and Kim Min-jae, reportedly threatened to retire from international play because they had been frustrated with the team's leadership group, led by longtime captain Son Heung-min. After weeks of rumors on their friction, the five players issued a joint statement Thursday, saying they had put their differences behind them, and they were now ready to pursue their common goal of rewarding loyal fans with good performances. The Korea Football Association (KFA) had scheduled the two matches in November

Korea lost to Australia 7-8 in its first game of a regional baseball tournament in Tokyo on Thursday as its comeback effort went for naught. Korea rallied from a 4-0 deficit to take a 6-4 lead, only to give up four runs over the final two innings in the teams' first game of the Asia Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) at Tokyo Dome. This is the third edition of the tournament, which also features the host country Japan and Taiwan. Japan won the first two editions, with Korea finishing as the runner-up on both occasions. The APBC is for players aged 24 years and younger or those with no more than three years of professional experience. Teams can each take up to three players who are between 24 and 29 years old. Korea, made up mostly of young Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) stars, will next face Japan at 7 p.m. Friday and then Taiwan at 7 p.m. Saturday. After round-robin play, the two worst teams will square off in the third-place game at 11 a.m. Sunday, and the top two nations will clash in the final at 7 p.m. Sunday. Australia opened the scoring in the top of the first inning, cou

The SSG Landers announced their signing of former major league pitcher Lyon Richardson on Thursday. The Landers said Richardson, 26, agreed to a one-year contract worth $1 million, which includes a signing bonus of $100,000. The American right-hander will join the returning ace Pedro Avila at the top of the Landers' rotation next season. Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) clubs are each allowed to sign a maximum two foreign pitchers. They may also sign one Asian quota player each, with most teams filling that spot with a pitcher. Richardson was a second-round pick by the Cincinnati Reds at the 2018 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft. He made his MLB debut with the Reds in 2023 and went on to appear in 41 games for them until June this year, when he was designated for assignment and elected free agency. Richardson then signed with the eventual World Series champions Milwaukee Brewers and pitched in one game for them. Over his MLB career, Richardson had a 6.48 ERA in 58 1/3 innings with 47 strikeouts against 40 walks. Richardson pitched in 40 games in Triple-A this year, going 4-4 with a 4.44

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