'Captain' Son Heung-min, 'Rookie' Lee Kang-in look to continue 'goal storm' into weekend [sports news]
Tottenham travels to Palace on the 28th and PSG travels to Brest on the 29th
South Korean national soccer team captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham) and newcomer Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain-PSG) will look to continue their goal-scoring spree this weekend.
Son Heung-min's Tottenham Hotspur will host Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in England on Aug. 28 (4 a.m. ET) in the 10th round of the 2023-2024 English Professional Soccer Premier League (EPL).
Unbeaten in nine matches (7 wins, 2 draws) since the start of the season, Tottenham is at the top of the league table with 23 points.
The team lost its signature striker Harry Kane to Bayern Munich (Germany) ahead of the season, but Son Heung-min has stepped up to the plate with the captain's armband.
After becoming the first Asian player to lead the EPL in goals (23) in the 2021-2022 season, Heung-min is back to his goal-scoring best this season.
He has seven goals and one assist in nine games. He was on fire in Tottenham's 2-0 home win over Fulham in Round 9, scoring the opening goal and setting up James Maddison's second.
Their opponents, Palace, are 11th in the league (12 points) and have had some defensive ups and downs this season. They conceded four goals in their last game against Newcastle United.
Another positive for Tottenham is that Son Heung-min is a Palace killer. He has scored seven goals against Palace since joining Spurs in 2015.
He also scored a brace in the first meeting between the two sides last season in a 4-0 win.
Lee, who won a gold medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, scored his debut goal for Klinsmann's A side in October.
Lee's club, PSG, will host Brest in the 10th round of the French Ligue 1 at 9 p.m. on Sept. 29.
PSG is currently third in the league with 18 points, two points behind leader AS Monaco (20 points).
Lee came on as a second-half substitute against AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League group stage on Oct. 26 and scored his first goal for PSG and his first Champions League goal.
Lee has continued his upward trend since returning to the club after scoring three goals and adding an assist in two October friendlies against Tunisia and Vietnam.
Their opponents, Brest, are fifth in the league (15 points).
With PSG ahead on paper, and with Kylian Mbappe, Gonzalo Higuain, and Randal Kolo Moani all finding the back of the net lately, it should be a comfortable win.
Hwang Hee-chan, who plays for Wolverhampton in the EPL, will host Newcastle on Sept. 29 at 1:30 p.m. in the EPL Round 10 home game.
Wolverhampton is 12th in the league with 11 points, while Newcastle is 6th in the league with 16 points.
Hwang Hee-chan, who picked up his first assist against Bournemouth on Sept. 21, has five goals (one assist) in the league this season. 19가이드03
South Korean national soccer team captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham) and newcomer Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain-PSG) will look to continue their goal-scoring spree this weekend.
Son Heung-min's Tottenham Hotspur will host Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in England on Aug. 28 (4 a.m. ET) in the 10th round of the 2023-2024 English Professional Soccer Premier League (EPL).
Unbeaten in nine matches (7 wins, 2 draws) since the start of the season, Tottenham is at the top of the league table with 23 points.
The team lost its signature striker Harry Kane to Bayern Munich (Germany) ahead of the season, but Son Heung-min has stepped up to the plate with the captain's armband.
After becoming the first Asian player to lead the EPL in goals (23) in the 2021-2022 season, Heung-min is back to his goal-scoring best this season.
He has seven goals and one assist in nine games. He was on fire in Tottenham's 2-0 home win over Fulham in Round 9, scoring the opening goal and setting up James Maddison's second.
Their opponents, Palace, are 11th in the league (12 points) and have had some defensive ups and downs this season. They conceded four goals in their last game against Newcastle United.
Another positive for Tottenham is that Son Heung-min is a Palace killer. He has scored seven goals against Palace since joining Spurs in 2015.
He also scored a brace in the first meeting between the two sides last season in a 4-0 win.
Lee, who won a gold medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, scored his debut goal for Klinsmann's A side in October.
Lee's club, PSG, will host Brest in the 10th round of the French Ligue 1 at 9 p.m. on Sept. 29.
PSG is currently third in the league with 18 points, two points behind leader AS Monaco (20 points).
Lee came on as a second-half substitute against AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League group stage on Oct. 26 and scored his first goal for PSG and his first Champions League goal.
Lee has continued his upward trend since returning to the club after scoring three goals and adding an assist in two October friendlies against Tunisia and Vietnam.
Their opponents, Brest, are fifth in the league (15 points).
With PSG ahead on paper, and with Kylian Mbappe, Gonzalo Higuain, and Randal Kolo Moani all finding the back of the net lately, it should be a comfortable win.
Hwang Hee-chan, who plays for Wolverhampton in the EPL, will host Newcastle on Sept. 29 at 1:30 p.m. in the EPL Round 10 home game.
Wolverhampton is 12th in the league with 11 points, while Newcastle is 6th in the league with 16 points.
Hwang Hee-chan, who picked up his first assist against Bournemouth on Sept. 21, has five goals (one assist) in the league this season. 19가이드03
France's 'war on bedbugs' also pops up on trains ahead of 2024 Olympics [sports news]
Every year, millions of tourists head to Paris, France, worried about pickpockets, hustlers, and high prices. Now there's one more thing to worry about. Bedbugs.
On March 3, Paris Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire wrote a letter to French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron urging a solution to the bedbug problem, according to the BBC and other outlets.
"As France prepares to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the country must urgently develop a plan of action against this scourge," Gregoire wrote.
French Transport Minister Clement Vaughan also wrote on his X (formerly Twitter) that he plans to meet with public transport operators to discuss the issue in order to "reassure and protect public transport users."
France has been plagued by bedbugs in recent years, with videos of bedbug outbreaks in public spaces such as trains and movie theaters going viral on social media.
In 2018, the last year of the bedbug epidemic, 400,000 locations, including hotels, hospitals, and apartments, were reportedly infested, and a report released in July by the French National Agency for Food, Environment, Occupational Safety and Health (ANSES) found that between 2017 and 2022, more than one in 10 households across France had bedbugs.
"It's mainly the movement of people that brings bedbugs," Joanna Pite of ANSES told CNN, "and their numbers are increasing because they are becoming more and more resistant to insecticides."
"We're seeing more resistant bed bug populations, so there's no miraculous way to get rid of them," she added.
When asked about the rise in immigration, French Health Minister Aurélien Rousseau said, "It has nothing to do with immigration," noting that "when (people) return from abroad, they may bring bed bugs with them." 19가이드03
On March 3, Paris Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire wrote a letter to French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron urging a solution to the bedbug problem, according to the BBC and other outlets.
"As France prepares to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the country must urgently develop a plan of action against this scourge," Gregoire wrote.
French Transport Minister Clement Vaughan also wrote on his X (formerly Twitter) that he plans to meet with public transport operators to discuss the issue in order to "reassure and protect public transport users."
France has been plagued by bedbugs in recent years, with videos of bedbug outbreaks in public spaces such as trains and movie theaters going viral on social media.
In 2018, the last year of the bedbug epidemic, 400,000 locations, including hotels, hospitals, and apartments, were reportedly infested, and a report released in July by the French National Agency for Food, Environment, Occupational Safety and Health (ANSES) found that between 2017 and 2022, more than one in 10 households across France had bedbugs.
"It's mainly the movement of people that brings bedbugs," Joanna Pite of ANSES told CNN, "and their numbers are increasing because they are becoming more and more resistant to insecticides."
"We're seeing more resistant bed bug populations, so there's no miraculous way to get rid of them," she added.
When asked about the rise in immigration, French Health Minister Aurélien Rousseau said, "It has nothing to do with immigration," noting that "when (people) return from abroad, they may bring bed bugs with them." 19가이드03
'Amateur catching pro' Jang Yubin takes aim at 'AG Golf gold' after 13 years [sports news]
Kim Si-woo and Lim Sung-jae play for PGA
4 players including amateur Jo Woo-young
Intense practice on the screen realizing the competition venue
"Play confidently with wide fairways"
Jang Yubin, the youngest member of the men's golf team competing at the Hangzhou Asian Games, grabs a 2-iron at Club 72 in Incheon. Confident in his long game, 한국야동 Jang often reaches for a 2-iron, a club not often used by other players.
"I think the most important thing right now is to believe in myself and play well."
Men's golf national team member Jang Yoo-bin (21-Korea Gymnastics University), who appeared wearing a hat emblazoned with the word "KOREA," said when asked if there was a "one-point lesson" he would like to receive from team seniors Kim Si-woo (28) and Lim Sung-jae (25), who are competing together at the Hangzhou Asian Games. "I think just practicing and playing with them would be a great learning experience. My goal is to get to know my brothers and follow them on Instagram," he laughed. Jang Yubin is an amateur, while Kim Siu and Lim Sung-jae play on the U.S. Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour. Korea's men's golf team is comprised of four players, including Cho Woo-young, 22, an amateur. Professionals are allowed to compete in golf at the Hangzhou Games.
During a recent meeting at the Club 72 golf course in Incheon, Jang Yubin brought up the subject of his dinner with Lim Sung-jae four months ago. "When Sung-jae came to Korea in May (to compete in the domestic tournament), we ate together, and he said, 'Don't work too hard, but do well,'" Jang said. "He said it as a joke, but it sounded like he meant it."
The men's golf team heading into the Hangzhou Asian Games is considered to be the strongest ever. Kim Si-woo and Lim Sung-jae qualified for the Tour Championship last season, which is open to the top 30 players on the PGA Tour's FedExCup standings. Narrowing the field down to the Asian Games participants, there are only three South Koreans in the top 30 of the FedExCup standings - Kim, Lim and Kim Joo-hyung. Their amateur siblings are no slouches either. Cho Woo-young (Golf Zone Open in April) and Jang Yubin (Gunsan CC Open in August) have made a name for themselves as the "pro-catching amateurs" by winning trophies in their respective Korean Professional Golf Association (KPGA) Korean Tour events this year. 성인웹툰
After going 'no gold' for both the men's and women's teams at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Korean golf will be looking to redeem itself in Hangzhou. The men's team, in particular, will be looking to win their first gold medal in 13 years, since Guangzhou in 2010. In Guangzhou, South Korea swept the golf medal table with four gold medals (men's and women's individual and team events). Jang Yubin, the youngest member of the men's team, said, "It's simple, but I think it's the most important thing. I will do my best to reduce my score by one stroke no matter what."
For the past two months, Zhang Yubin has been practicing on a screened driving range that mimics the course at the Asian Games venue, Westlake International Golf Course. "I'll have to go to the stadium and see for myself the condition of the grass, but the fairways aren't too narrow. I think I'll be able to play well," he said. Jang is averaging 300.42 yards (about 275 meters) with her driver on the Korean Tour this season. That's in the upper middle of the tour. Because of her confidence in her long game, she often uses a 2-iron, a club that many players don't use.
Zhang Yubin punched her ticket to the Hangzhou Asian Games after winning the Korea Golf Association Senior Amateur Championship last April. However, the Asian Games were postponed for a year due to the spread of the novel coronavirus in China, and Jang has been preparing for the tournament without turning pro. Zhang hopes to one day join the PGA Tour and reach the top of the Masters like her "role model" Tiger Woods. "I'm not thinking about anything but gold at the Asian Games. I will play with no regrets and come back with a gold medal." The team will fly to Hangzhou on Sept. 25, three days before the golf competition begins. 19가이드03
4 players including amateur Jo Woo-young
Intense practice on the screen realizing the competition venue
"Play confidently with wide fairways"
Jang Yubin, the youngest member of the men's golf team competing at the Hangzhou Asian Games, grabs a 2-iron at Club 72 in Incheon. Confident in his long game, 한국야동 Jang often reaches for a 2-iron, a club not often used by other players.
"I think the most important thing right now is to believe in myself and play well."
Men's golf national team member Jang Yoo-bin (21-Korea Gymnastics University), who appeared wearing a hat emblazoned with the word "KOREA," said when asked if there was a "one-point lesson" he would like to receive from team seniors Kim Si-woo (28) and Lim Sung-jae (25), who are competing together at the Hangzhou Asian Games. "I think just practicing and playing with them would be a great learning experience. My goal is to get to know my brothers and follow them on Instagram," he laughed. Jang Yubin is an amateur, while Kim Siu and Lim Sung-jae play on the U.S. Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour. Korea's men's golf team is comprised of four players, including Cho Woo-young, 22, an amateur. Professionals are allowed to compete in golf at the Hangzhou Games.
During a recent meeting at the Club 72 golf course in Incheon, Jang Yubin brought up the subject of his dinner with Lim Sung-jae four months ago. "When Sung-jae came to Korea in May (to compete in the domestic tournament), we ate together, and he said, 'Don't work too hard, but do well,'" Jang said. "He said it as a joke, but it sounded like he meant it."
The men's golf team heading into the Hangzhou Asian Games is considered to be the strongest ever. Kim Si-woo and Lim Sung-jae qualified for the Tour Championship last season, which is open to the top 30 players on the PGA Tour's FedExCup standings. Narrowing the field down to the Asian Games participants, there are only three South Koreans in the top 30 of the FedExCup standings - Kim, Lim and Kim Joo-hyung. Their amateur siblings are no slouches either. Cho Woo-young (Golf Zone Open in April) and Jang Yubin (Gunsan CC Open in August) have made a name for themselves as the "pro-catching amateurs" by winning trophies in their respective Korean Professional Golf Association (KPGA) Korean Tour events this year. 성인웹툰
After going 'no gold' for both the men's and women's teams at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Korean golf will be looking to redeem itself in Hangzhou. The men's team, in particular, will be looking to win their first gold medal in 13 years, since Guangzhou in 2010. In Guangzhou, South Korea swept the golf medal table with four gold medals (men's and women's individual and team events). Jang Yubin, the youngest member of the men's team, said, "It's simple, but I think it's the most important thing. I will do my best to reduce my score by one stroke no matter what."
For the past two months, Zhang Yubin has been practicing on a screened driving range that mimics the course at the Asian Games venue, Westlake International Golf Course. "I'll have to go to the stadium and see for myself the condition of the grass, but the fairways aren't too narrow. I think I'll be able to play well," he said. Jang is averaging 300.42 yards (about 275 meters) with her driver on the Korean Tour this season. That's in the upper middle of the tour. Because of her confidence in her long game, she often uses a 2-iron, a club that many players don't use.
Zhang Yubin punched her ticket to the Hangzhou Asian Games after winning the Korea Golf Association Senior Amateur Championship last April. However, the Asian Games were postponed for a year due to the spread of the novel coronavirus in China, and Jang has been preparing for the tournament without turning pro. Zhang hopes to one day join the PGA Tour and reach the top of the Masters like her "role model" Tiger Woods. "I'm not thinking about anything but gold at the Asian Games. I will play with no regrets and come back with a gold medal." The team will fly to Hangzhou on Sept. 25, three days before the golf competition begins. 19가이드03
