K League

Coronavirus Outbreak: Faroe Islands' Betri League garners international spotlights as world deals with football shutdown

The windswept north Atlantic archipelago, with a population of about 50,000, is among the first countries where professional football is resuming after the coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus Outbreak: After baseball, top-tier football league to resume in South Korea with empty stadiums

The K-League had been scheduled to start 29 February but on that day there were 909 infections of the virus, the country’s highest daily total

Coronavirus Outbreak: South Korea's top-flight K-League to start on 8 May as country gradually lifts restrictions

The league was suspended when South Korea went into lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, and players have recently returned to training this week

Coronavirus Outbreak: South Korean officials considering shortened K-League season, yet to settle on new start date

Representatives of the 12 clubs that make up the K-League met to discuss plans for the new season, which was halted ahead of its original 29 February start as the nation was hit by the coronavirus outbreak

Former Crystal Palace winger Lee Chung-yong joins South Korean K-League side Ulsan Hyundai

Former Bolton Wanderers and Crystal Palace winger Lee Chung-yong has signed up for South Korean side Ulsan Hyundai, the K-League club announced on Wednesday.

'Why didn't you play?' South Korean fan flies to Sweden to harangue Cristiano Ronaldo after missing pre-season friendly

In an 11-minute clip posted on his Youtube channel, which has racked up nearly 3,000,000 views, Kwak Ji-hyuk approaches Cristiano Ronaldo at a hotel in Stockholm

Police raid South Korean sports agency in Seoul over Cristiano Ronaldo no-show in Juventus pre-season friendly

A criminal complaint accuses agency The Fasta of swindling nearly 6 billion won (US$4.9 million) worth of ticket sales by saying the contract with Juventus obliged Cristiano Ronaldo to play for at least 45 minutes, and not warning buyers that he might not appear.

Serie A: South Korea's K-League accuses Juventus of 'deception' after Cristiano Ronaldo no-show in friendly

The football body accused Juventus of a breach of contract by not playing Ronaldo, rejecting its explanation that he was rested on medical advice

Furious South Korea football fans to sue sports agency after Cristiano Ronaldo fails to make appearance in Juventus' pre-season friendly

When the organisers first announced Juventus' game in Seoul, it was said that Ronaldo's contract stipulated that he will have to play at least 45 minutes

Cristiano Ronaldo sits out friendly to annoyance of Korean fans as Juventus play out draw with K-League all-star team

Juventus midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo remained on the bench throughout the game ignoring appeals from the crowd to lace up his boots in the friendly encounter.