Kai Havertz, a $100 million transfer, is a liability at Arsenal. With no idea what to do with him, Germany national team coach Julian Nagelsmann has a new idea. Speaking to reporters after Germany’s friendly against Turkiye on Monday (Sept. 19), Nagelsmann explained that the full-back experiment was not a one-off, but a plan to prepare for the Euros. Germany came from behind to lose the friendly 2-3 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany. The most talked-about aspect of the match was the use of Haberth at left fullback, a position that is classified as either a striker or an attacking midfielder. Before the game, Nagelsmann told Germany’s RTL: “Haberz…

Suwon FC Womin’s “ace” Ji So-yeon scored a multi-goal performance to help the team win the Women’s Korean Football League (WK League) title. Ji So-yeon scored two goals to lead Suwon FC to a 3-1 victory over Incheon Hyundai Steel in the first leg of the 2023 WK League Championship Final at Suwon Sports Complex on Monday. With the win, Suwon is just one step away from its first league title in 13 years. Hyundai Steel, the reigning champions of women’s soccer, saw their 11-game unbeaten streak come to an end. Ji So-yeon played a key role in the team’s thrilling come-from-behind victory. Suwon conceded an early goal to Hyundai’s…

Johnny Washington (39), who coached Korean players at the Hanwha Eagles in the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO), will become the hitting coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB), MLBTradeRumors.com, a leading source for MLB news, reported on Monday (June 19). Washington became the hitting coach for Hanwha in 2021, where he helped develop young players before moving to the Cubs the following year, where he spent two years as an assistant hitting coach. A longtime minor league coach with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, Washington was promoted to first base coach with the big league club in 2017 and also served as hitting…

A soccer player has been left with a large gash on his forehead after being struck by a soccer shoe. “West Ham star Tomas Suček, 28, suffered a horrific head wound during the match,” British media outlet The Sun reported on Monday (Aug. 19). Suček, who is on international duty with the Czech Republic national team, played full time and scored one goal in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifier against Poland on Aug. 18. The teams played to a 1-1 draw. During the match, Suchek suffered a large cut on his forehead. He was struck by the studs of an opponent’s soccer shoe. 무지개토토 Sucek fell to the ground while…

Everton’s 10-point penalty has Manchester City and Chelsea on edge. “Everton’s points will be deducted by 10 points with immediate effect for breaching the PL’s profitability and sustainability rules,” the Premier League (PL) secretariat announced via its official channels on Sunday. This leaves Everton with four points, tied with last-place Burnley. While there’s still plenty of time left in the season, losing 10 points is a huge blow. The Toffees are instantly relegation candidates. Everton’s 10-point loss was due to a violation of the PL’s own financial regulations. Clubs can’t lose more than £150 million over a three-year period. Everton’s losses over the past three years were estimated at £124.5…

‘World-class’ in skill, ‘world-class’ in heart. Hwang Hee-chan (27, Wolverhampton), who has consistently lent a helping hand to the underprivileged, made another big donation to Bucheon City. Hwang visited Bucheon City Hall at 11 a.m. on the 17th to express his overwhelming love and gratitude for Bucheon and its fans. On this day, he once again showed his ‘love for Bucheon’ by donating 50 million won to the Bucheon Hope Foundation for low-income vulnerable people in the city. Hwang Hee Chan has been giving back to Bucheon since 2020. Hwang Hee-chan’s love for Bucheon is exceptional. In addition to this year, he has donated 50 million won in 2020, 60…

Harry Kane has opened up about his summer move from Tottenham Hotspur’s white jersey to the red of Bayern Munich. “Harry Kane has spoken out about what happened in the first 24 hours of his move to Bayern Munich last summer and how he felt about it,” Football London reported on Sunday (June 17). Citing Harry Kane’s interview with soccer publication FourFourTwo, Football London published an excerpt of the interview in which Kane said the move to Munich was a “crazy experience.” “It was a crazy experience to be honest,” Kane said in the interview, adding: “I played at Tottenham for 19 years and was happy there. It was like…

They didn’t disappoint. The momentum of the European strikers, who have been performing well in Europe this season, has continued with the A team. Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) has scored in three consecutive A matches, and Son Heung-min (Tottenham) has scored in two consecutive matches. They’re not the only ones. Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton) has also found the back of the net in two consecutive games. He’s been on a steep upward trajectory for both his club and the A team. The occasion was the first match of Group C of the FIFA Confederations Cup North America 2026 Asia Second Qualifying Round against Singapore at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on…

The more we analyze Enze Postecoglou’s success with Tottenham, the more we realize just how bad the club was last season. The English publication The Athletic analyzed Spurs for the 2023-24 season on Friday and wrote an article titled “Despite current setbacks, the numbers are overwhelmingly good”. In analyzing the Spurs’ success this season, a comparison to last season was made. “Last season, the Spurs were one of the worst teams in the league (16th) in a category that measures the percentage of passes each team made in the final third. This season, the Spurs are fourth in the league with a rate of 60.8 percent instead of 42.9 percent,…

It’s hard to tell until the lid is lifted, but a vague picture emerges of what national team coach Jürgen Klinsmann’s “autonomous soccer” will look like and produce. The national team takes on Singapore on Saturday at Seoul World Cup Stadium in the first match of Group C of the 2026 North and Central American World Cup Asia Second Qualifying Round. After reaching the round of 16 at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar a year ago, the team has played eight matches under Klinsmann, winning three, drawing two and losing two, scoring 15 goals and conceding six. Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) and Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) each scored three…