South Korea

Golf
Events

The LPGA once worried about the dominance of South Korean players in the women’s game. Now it embraces them as a means of driving the sport’s regional and global popularity. John Duerden finds out more.
Finance & Law

Sports organisations around the world are making pay cuts and offering staff temporary contracts, among other money-saving measures, as the coronavirus shutdown squeezes cashflow
Events

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay has been postponed, in the wake of the postponement of the Games themselves
Baseball
Sponsorship & Marketing

Korea's professional baseball league, the KBO, has renewed its long-running sponsorship with sports drink brand Pocari Sweat. The deal has been renewed for four years, from 2020 to 2023
Football
Events

Uefa has already decided to postpone the Euro 2020 championship, the Financial Times has reported
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

South Korea's Ko Jin-young, the world's number one women's golfer, has agreed a sponsorship deal with Philippines-based hotel group Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels
Finance & Law

Sportswear company adidas has said it expects first-quarter sales in China to drop by up to €1bn ($1.1bn), due to the impact of the coronavirus.
Baseball
Media

The Korea Baseball Organization has launched a tender for the distribution of its media rights in territories outside Korea, covering the 2020 to 2023 seasons
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

The K-League, Korea's professional football league, has opened a media facility that will be the central hub for the production of its live matches and other content
Esports
Esports

Telecommunications companies Singtel, AIS and SK Telecom have formed a joint venture to create an esports platform targeting 800 million Asian gamers
Baseball
Sponsorship & Marketing

Financial services company Shinhan Bank has extended its title sponsorship of the KBO League, the top division of baseball in South Korea
Table Tennis
Other

With its biggest market at the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic, table tennis is one of the sports most affected
Other

The Asian Football Confederation is arranging emergency meetings with member associations and leagues from its east and west regions to discuss the ongoing effect of the coronavirus epidemic on football…
Technology

The Korea Sports Promotion Corporation, a government body, is inviting companies involved in developing sports technology to apply for funding from a KRW7.8bn ($6.4m) pool
Billiards
Governance

The Korean Billiards Federation and the Professional Billiards Association have signed an agreement to jointly develop the game in South Korea, settling a months-long disagreement
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Korea Professional Golfers' Association has agreed a sponsorship deal with the Korean arm of American consumer technology company Garmin
Ice Skating
Events

The International Skating Union (ISU) has announced that it will be unable to stage its World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Seoul as planned next month amid the ongoing threat of the coronavirus
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

South Korean consumer electronics company LG has agreed a three-year sponsorship deal with countrywoman Ko Jin-young, the world's top-ranked female golfer