Right-hander Chris Flexen (29) heads to Chicago. Local media such as “ESPN” and “USA Today” reported on the 30th (Korea time) that Flexen agreed to a contract with the Chicago White Sox. The contract is worth 1.75 million U.S. dollars per year. In addition, 1 million dollars of incentives are included. In 2021, he pitched in 31 games and 1792/3 innings, recording 14 wins, 6 losses and a 3.61 ERA. The 2023 season was a bit disappointing. He pitched in 17 games with Seattle and was sluggish with a 7.71 ERA, and was released again after being traded to the Mets. He got a new opportunity with the Colorado Rockies.…

Jadon Sancho (23, Manchester United) has become Manchester United’s headache. England’s “Football Insider” said on the 29th (Korea Standard Time), “Manchester United wants to sell Jadon Sancho in January, but it is not easy.” Earlier in September, Manchester United officially announced on its website that “Jadon Sancho will be excluded from first-team training until the issue of squad discipline is resolved. He will conduct individual training.” The incident started from a showdown in the fourth round of the Premier League between Manchester United and Arsenal on Sept. 4. Sancho was not even able to sit on the bench in the match, when Manchester United lost 1-3. At a press conference…

Carlo Ancelotti has re-signed with Real Madrid. Real announced on its website on the 29th (Korea Standard Time), “The club and Ancelotti have agreed to extend the contract until June 2026.” Earlier, news of Ancelotti’s renewal of his contract came out in Spain. Spanish media Lelebo said, “Real has renewed its contract with Ancelotti by 2026. It has not been officially confirmed yet, but everything was agreed before leaving for winter vacation.” Ancelotti’s existing contract period was until next summer. Ancelotti appeared to be heading to the Brazilian national team when his contract period was over. “Ancelotti will be the coach of the Brazilian national team from June 2024. He…

The hot topic of the KBO League stove league this winter is “multi-year contract” for foreign players. The NC Dinos considered a multi-year contract to catch Eric Peddy, the MVP of this season’s league, and the Samsung Lions also offered a two-year contract or more to keep ace David Buchanan. In order to catch players who have displayed outstanding performances in the league, the club is proposing a multi-year contract that guarantees a period and a certain amount of money. However, multi-year contracts are unlikely again this year. Peddy left for the U.S. Major League (Chicago White Sox), and Samsung has also failed to narrow differences with Buchanan. This year…

Park Tae-joon, who was chosen by coach Lee Jung-hyo, will go to Gwangju FC. “Park Tae-joon is set to join Gwangju soon. When he completes the details, he will join Gwangju,” a soccer official said on Wednesday. Gwangju has sought to recruit midfielder in preparation for Lee Soon-min’s transfer, and is on the verge of completing the recruitment of Park Tae-joon. Park Tae-joon was born in 1999 and is 24 years old. He is also Seongnam FC’s Seonggol Youth who graduated from Pungsaeng Middle School and Pungsaeng High School. Park Tae-joon, who joined Seongnam as a high school graduate in 2018, showed off his outstanding mobility and displayed the emergence…

Will there ever be a day when we can see players play on the ground in sub-zero temperatures? Changes to the “Chuchunje,” a recent issue in the soccer community, are showing positive responses from many soccer players. As Japan’s J-League confirmed on the 19th that it would change the management method of the J-League from the Spring Festival to the Spring Festival from the 2026-27 season, reorganization of the system has also become a hot topic in Korea. Since the 2023-24 season, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) also operates the Champions League (ACL) as a spring season, it is interpreted as a move to follow the “global standard.” The biggest…

The LG Twins have lifted their resentment for the first time in 29 years. LG, which took the top spot in the regular season, beat KT Wiz 4-1 in the Korean Series to clinch the title overall. It took 29 years since the team won the title in 1994. Captain Oh Ji-hwan has become the star of Rolex. In five games in the Korean Series, Oh was named MVP as he had six hits, three homers, and eight RBIs, a batting average of 0.409 with a slugging percentage of 0.842. Oh has accomplished what even Lee Byung-kyu of “The Red Horse” and Park Yong-taek of “The Heart of LG” failed…

Choi Soon-ho, head of Suwon FC, cheered for the promotion of Suwon Samsung, the “Suwon brothers.” After the VIP preview of the league’s 40th anniversary exhibition “K League: The Universe” hosted by the Korea Professional Football Federation on the 21st, Choi Soon-ho said, “I hope Suwon Samsung will come up (to the K League 1) soon. I will cheer for you.” Suwon Samsung confirmed its move to the second division after the final game of the 2023 season against Gangwon FC on the 2nd. It was the first time since the club was founded. Suwon Samsung, which had been at the bottom of the 12 K-League 1 teams since April,…

The best training expert in the K-League is by far Bucheon FC coach Lee Young-min (50). Over the past year, Lee has produced five U-23 national players including Cho Hyun-taek, Oh Jae-hyuk, Ahn Jae-jun, and Kim Sun-ho. These are not talents that suddenly appeared, but were literally created by Lee. This is the result of Lee himself bringing them to lease or refining and cultivating gemstones that he dotted by selling their talents. With a steady stream of good spirits, Bucheon Sports Complex is a regular in-person course for national team leaders by age. Lee also joined 11 players under 22 in the 2023 season. Although the team has no…

With bullpen pitchers’ destinations set one by one, attention is being paid to Ko Woo-suk. The San Diego Padres announced on the 24th (Korea time) that they signed left-hander Yuki Matsui, a bullpen pitcher, to a five-year contract. According to MLB.COM (MLB.com ), Matsui signed a total of 28 million dollars, and he can opt out after the 2026 and 2027 seasons, and the club option is included in the fifth year of his contract. Matsui reigned supreme as the finishing pitcher of the Japanese professional baseball league. During his 10-year career with the Rakuten, he recorded 25 wins and 46 losses and 76 holds 236 saves with an ERA…