Area Sports Round-Up: Baseball – Soccer – Volleyball
By Zhang Jiuzhou (Julius) Kia Tigers Begin Final Camp in Japan, Testing Candidates for Asian Player Slot The Kia Tigers began their final training camp of the year on October … Read More
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Sports Focus: Kia Tigers’ Foreign Players Face Uncertain Futures
By Zhang Jiuzhou (Julius) After failing to finish inside the top five this season, the Kia Tigers – last year’s KBO champions – wrapped up their 2025 campaign in eighth … Read More
Area Sports Round-Up: Baseball – Soccer – Volleyball, November 2025
By Zhang Jiuzhou (Julius) Tigers’ Season Ends in Disappointment The Kia Tigers’ 2025 KBO League campaign has come to a close with a disappointing record of 65 wins, 75 losses, … Read More
A Brazilian in Gwangju: Fan Support for Their Teams
By Diego Teixeira Setton To this day, the most-spoken topic between me and my dad is football. He won’t admit it, but making sure I grew up supporting the same … Read More
From Super Team to Structural Failure: The Fall of the Kia Tigers
By Zhang Jiuzhou (Julius) The Kia Tigers, last season’s reigning champions, have plummeted from grace in a stunning collapse that has shocked the KBO. Once hailed as a “super team” … Read More
Area Sports Round-Up – October 2025
A monthly overview of local sports, featuring area teams and brought to you… By Zhang Jiuzhou (Julius) Kia Tigers: Kim Do-yeong Out with Injury, Wisdom Fails to Rebound Ahead of … Read More
The Center of World Archery Moves to Gwangju
From September 5 to 12, the World Archery Championships will take place over eight days in Gwangju, the city of human rights. Outside of the Olympic Games and the Asian … Read More
Cricket: Echoes of Home – How Cricket Unites Gwangju’s South Asian Diaspora
By Saqib Sharif In the bustling city of Gwangju, best known for its cultural heritage, resistance, and passionate embrace of the Kia Tigers, a different kind of sport is quietly … Read More