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  The Gwangju-Kia Champions Field scoreboard introduces DWG KIA's Heo "ShowMaker" Su and his father to the crowd. [SCREEN CAPTURE]   Esports organization DWG KIA Bóng độ and KBO team Kia Tigers held a "collaboration event day" on Sunday at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, the Tigers' home stadium.   Tigers players donned special DWG KIA-themed uniforms for the occasion, while DWG KIA mid laner Heo "ShowMaker" Su threw out the first pitch to his father in the batter's box. ShowMaker and Tigers outfielder Choi Won-joon also exchanged signed uniforms and equipment — a bat for ShowMaker, a keyboard for Choi — prior to the opening pitch.   Stars from League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) taking part in KBO festivities is nothing new. Players such as Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, Go "Score" Dong-bin, Song "Smeb" Kyung-ho, and Kwon "Sangyoon" Sang-yoon have also participated in similar events in the past.  ...

  Construction of the Busan Esports Arena (BRENA) completed last November. The main venue can house up to 330 spectators. [BUSAN METROPOLITAN CITY]   Busan will become the new home of Thể thao organization Sandbox Gaming, according to multiple reports from domestic media. Few details beyond Sandbox Gaming moving its headquarters to Busan have been revealed at this point in time.   According to Busan mayor Park Heong-joon, a three-year contract, open to extension under mutual agreement, will be signed between Busan city government and Sandbox Gaming on the 14th at city hall. Park, Sandbox Gaming CEO Lee Pil-sung, and Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency head Lee In-sook will be in attendance.   Bringing Sandbox Gaming to the city is different from what Busan has done over the years with GC Busan, as GC Busan was never a professional organization in the typical sense but rather an umbrella brand that the city used when sponsoring amateur esports squads.   Busan...

  St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun delivers against the Chicago Cubs during the first inning at Wrigley Field on July 11. [USA TODAY/YONHAP]   After some rocky starts to the 2021 season, all four Korean major leaguers are looking good as the MLB breaks for the All-Star Game on Tuesday.   Pitchers Ryu Hyun-jin of the Toronto Blue Jays and Kim Kwang-hyun of the St. Louis Cardinals have both bounced back in the last couple of weeks after struggling at the plate in June.   Ryu threw seven strikeouts in five Kèo nhà cái innings against the Baltimore Orioles on July 7, snapping an uncharacteristic cold streak with a big 10-2 win. The Korean pitcher entered the game coming off a run of six starts — the whole of June and the first game of July — where he posted a 5.35 ERA. He still picked up two wins during that difficult run, but shaky control allowed opposing hitters to post a .815 OPS against him.   Going into the halfway point, Ryu has eight...

    Seongnam FC reported that a total of 11 members of the club, five players and six coaching staff, have tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday.   The outbreak started on Sunday, when one coach tested positive, with seven more people testing positive early Bóng độ morning and one more player on Tuesday.     In addition, two players that had tested negative on Monday showed symptoms later in the day and underwent a second PCR test, testing positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday.   Following the outbreak, all 46 coaches, players and staff members at Seongnam have been tested.   "Players who tested negative in the first test may have gone through a latent period, as they are showing symptoms after," Seongnam reported on Wednesday.   "We acknowledge the severity of the situation and are checking the players' conditions closely, including those who have tested negative for Covid-19."   Close contacts of the infected people are now being inves...

  New York Yankees' Park Hoy-jun catches a fly ball from Boston Red Sox's Christian Arroyo for an out during the ninth inning on Friday at Yankee Stadium in New York. [AP/YONHAP]   Park Hoy-jun became the 25th Korean player to debut in the major league on Friday, appearing as a pinch hitter for the New York Yankees in a 4-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York.   Park's sole major league at-bat came at the bottom of the seventh, when he was called on as a pinch hitter for Tim Locastro with Tài xỉu on first and third. Park swung at the first ball he saw, grounding out to first to end the inning.   He stayed in the game in right field for the last two innings, catching out Raphael Devers at the top of the ninth. The Yankees lost 4-0 having gone down by three in the second inning with the Red Sox adding one more in the eighth.   Park has been playing in the United States since 2015, working his way up through the New York Yankees system before m...

  St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun throws during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the San Francisco Giants on July 17 in St. Louis, Missouri. [AP/YONHAP]   Kim Kwang-hyun threw six scoreless innings on Saturday to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-1 victory over the San Kèo nhà cái Giants and extend his winning streak to four games.   Kim gave up three hits and two walks in six innings, striking out one to push his ERA down to 2.87. His scoreless streak now extends to 21 innings.   Saturday night was a special one for Kim. Not only did he put on another dominant performance on the mound, but he got to do so in front of his wife and children for the first time in his major league Korea.    Having joined the Cardinals last year, Kim was forced to spend the entire season without his wife and children, who stayed in Korea because of Covid-19. He returned in the offseason, but then headed back to the United States without...