Neale has behaved selfishly, but he’s worth the angst. He owes the Lions one last hurrah

The Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 25, 2026

An affair, a marriage break-up, and the search for a new club: Inside the tumultuous season of Lachie Neale.

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Knee injury derails another title defence for Sinner

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S. Korea wins silver in women's team sepaktakraw

Sep 25, 2026

S. Korea wins silver in women's team sepaktakraw

NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea won its third consecutive Asian Games silver medal in the women's team regu sepaktakraw event on Friday. South Korea lost to the mighty Thailand 2-0 at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan. It was South Korea's third consecutive loss to Thailand in an Asiad women's team regu final. Thailand ran its women's team regu gold medal-winning streak to five. Regu matches feature three players per team: a striker, feeder and tekong, or server. In the first match, South Korea lost 2-0 (15-13, 15-5) after failing to hold on to a 13-12 lead in the first set. South Korea fell 2-0 (15-7, 15-6) in the next match to hand the gold medal to Thailand. The sepaktakraw competition will continue with the men's regu and women's doubles finals scheduled for Tuesday, and the men's quadrant and the women's quadrant finals for Oct. 3.

'Is he a K-drama lead?': Korean baseball team's handsome interpreter goes viral

Sep 25, 2026

'Is he a K-drama lead?': Korean baseball team's handsome interpreter goes viral

The striking looks of an interpreter for Korea’s national baseball team competing at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games became a hot topic on social media. Taiwanese media outlet China Times reported Thursday on the interpreter’s appearance in an article titled, “‘I Thought He Was a Drama Lead’: Who Is the Man Interpreting for Korea at the Asian Games Who Has Become an Internet Sensation?” The report focused on the looks of the interpreter working with the national team led by manager Ryu Ji-hyun. “The baseball game between Taiwan and Korea took place on Sept. 21. While the thrilling game itself drew attention, the Korean team’s interpreter unexpectedly caught viewers’ eyes with his exceptionally handsome looks,” the outlet reported. “Many netizens mistook him for a scene from a Korean drama and took screenshots of the broadcast, asking, ‘Who is that?!’ It turned out that the handsome man was Baek Deok-yeol, a staff member of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO),” it added. According to China Times, Baek appeared on the broadcast during the first Group B game

S. Korea wins gold in men's kayak double 500m racing at Asian Games

Sep 25, 2026

S. Korea wins gold in men's kayak double 500m racing at Asian Games

NAGOYA, Japan— South Korea won the gold medal in the men's kayak double 500-meter race at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, with Cho Gwang-hee and Kim Hyo-bin becoming the first double gold medalists in the South Korean delegation. The South Korean duo finished the race in 1:31.859 in the final of the men's kayak double 500m event at Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course in Miyoshi, just east of the main host city of Nagoya. South Korea edged out Japan by 0.317 second, with Iran finishing 1.010 seconds behind the champions. It was South Korea's second gold in canoe sprint at the competition following the gold medal in the men's kayak four 500m event the previous day. As a result, Cho and Kim, who also competed in the four-person event, became the first Korean athletes to win two gold medals at these Asian Games, which opened last Saturday. Cho improved to the top step of the podium four years after winning silver in the event at the previous Hangzhou Asian Games with a different teammate. Friday's gold was also South Korea's first Asian Games title in the kayak double 500m event in 36 years, s

[Asian Games] Like father, like daughter

Sep 25, 2026

[Asian Games] Like father, like daughter

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S. Korea earns silver, bronze in team shooting events

Sep 25, 2026

S. Korea earns silver, bronze in team shooting events

NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea won a silver medal and a bronze medal in team shooting events at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, raising its total in the sport to eight. Choo Ga-eun and Hong Su-hyeon won silver in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event with 478 points at Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota, some 25 kilometers east of the main host city of Nagoya. This was Choo's third medal at this year's Asiad, following her gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol individual event and silver medal in the 10m air pistol team event Wednesday, and Hong's first career Asian Games medal. At the same venue, South Korea took bronze in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions team event with 1,751 points, 15 behind the winner, China. The team medals were determined based on the combined scores of three shooters for each team in their individual qualification. Joung Seung-woo topped South Korea with 592 points, the second-highest total in the individual qualification. Teammates Park Sung-hyun and Gwon Hyeop-jun chipped in 580 points and 579 points, respectively. In the individual

S. Korea wins silver in equestrian's team dressage

Sep 25, 2026

S. Korea wins silver in equestrian's team dressage

TOKYO — South Korea grabbed silver in the team dressage event in equestrian at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, returning to the podium after being shut out of a medal three years ago. The team of Nam Dong-heon, Kim Shi-woo, Lee Myeong-seok and Do Hyun-woo scored 205.265 points at Equestrian Park in Tokyo. China won the gold with 208.148 points, and Japan earned bronze with 204.117. In dressage, the three highest scores of the four riders were added for the team score. Nam posted the top score on the team with 70.559, followed by Lee with 67.971 and Do with 66.735. The riders were judged on their horses' movements, such as circles, transitions and turns, and also their harmony with the riders and responsiveness to the riders' aids. South Korea won every team dressage title from 1998 to 2014, before settling for silver in 2018 and then was kept off the podium in 2023. Equestrian will continue with the dressage individual event Saturday.

Lee Ju-ho grabs silver in men's 200m backstroke swimming

Sep 25, 2026

Lee Ju-ho grabs silver in men's 200m backstroke swimming

TOKYO — Lee Ju-ho seized silver in the men's 200-meter backstroke swimming at the Asian Games on Friday for his second straight medal in the event. Lee touched the pad in 1:56.58 at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in the Japanese capital on the final day of the swimming competition. The South Korean finished 0.16 second back of the winner, Kodai Nishiono of Japan. Xu Jiayu of China took the bronze in 1:56.73. Lee reached the 50m mark in second place and stayed there the rest of the way. It was Xu leading the way early, but Lee passed him over the final stretch -- though his late push was not enough against Nishiono. This was Lee's third medal in Tokyo, following bronze medals in the men's 100m backstroke and the men's 4x100m medley relay. Lee fell short of his personal best and national record time of 1:55.34. He now has nine Asian Games medals but still no gold. "I did my best in the final, but I was not happy with my time," Lee said. "I did not come here to win silver. I have been working so hard to grab gold in the 200m, and I felt my best time would be good enough here. I think this silver med

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