30 Spectators filling up Jamsil Stadium in Seoul. The 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League is about to reach 8 million spectators. It is challenging the 5th milestone at the fastest pace ever. The Korea Baseball Organization announced on the 13th, “This year’s KBO League has reached a total of 7,988,527 spectators in 545 games as of the 11th. There are 11,473 left to reach 8 million spectators.” From the 2015 season, when the 720-game regular season system began, to the 2023 season, the league has surpassed 8 million spectators a total of four times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2023). Of these, the smallest number of games was achieved in the 2016 season, with 693 games and a final attendance of 8,339,577 spectators.

29 Tottenham Hotspur's new striker Dominic Solanke “It’s great that Solanke has signed with our team.” The British media outlet The Standard reported on the 13th that Son Heung-min (32), captain of Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League (EPL), said this regarding the team’s recent acquisition of Dominic Solanke (27). Solanke, an English striker, is a player that Tottenham announced on their website on the 10th that they have signed a contract until 2030. Solanke, who played for Bournemouth in the EPL last season, scored 19 goals in 38 league games, tying for 4th in individual scoring. In December of last year, he scored 6 goals and was selected as the EPL Player of the Month, the first in Bournemouth’s history and the first in his career. Last season, Son Heung-min scored 17 goals (35 games) in the league, ranking 8th in individual scoring.

28 It has been reported that Hyundai Card Vice Chairman Chung Tae-young and his wife, Hyundai Commercial President Chung Myeong-i, personally delivered Korean lunch boxes from Paris to their daughter-in-law, Lydia Ko (27, New Zealand). Lydia Ko won the gold medal with a final total of 10-under 278 in the women’s golf competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at Le Golf National (par 72) in Guyancourt, France, on the 10th (local time). Vice Chairman Chung actually visited the competition venue that day to cheer on his daughter-in-law. In an interview after her win, Lydia Ko said, “I ate Korean food here every day,” and “My sister helped me eat Korean food like stir-fried squid and bulgogi to gain strength. I won today thanks to my sister.” She also expressed her gratitude, saying, “It’s unfortunate that my husband couldn’t come, but my in-laws cheered me on.”

Dodgers season 70 wins 27 Shohei Ohtani, the star hitter of the LA Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB), led the team to victory by hitting a home run. On the 13th (Korean time), Ohtani started as the first designated hitter in the game against the Milwaukee Brewers of the 2024 MLB held at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, and played an active role with 1 hit, 1 home run, 2 RBIs, 1 walk, and 1 stolen base in 3 at-bats. Ohtani, who exploded in just 3 games, hit his 36th home run of the season. He maintained his season batting average at 0.298 and had 85 RBIs.

Visually impaired athlete who transitioned from male to female. 26 The first transgender athlete is set to participate in the Paralympics. The BBC reported on the 13th (Korean time), “Valentina Petrillo (50), who was selected to represent Italy, is set to become the first transgender athlete to compete in the Paralympics.” Petrillo is a visually impaired track and field athlete who underwent sex reassignment surgery from male to female in 2019. She will compete in the women’s T12 event, which is a competition for visually impaired athletes at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Heo Seok's 5th generation descendant Heo Mi-mi "I lie down and drink ionic beverage before the game My younger sister is better at judo than me" 25 Judo national team member Heo Mi-mi (center, Gyeongbuk Sports Council), who won a silver medal in the individual event and a bronze medal in the team event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, holds up her medal before visiting the memorial monument for independence activist and maternal grandmother Heo Seok in Hwasu-ri, Samgukyusa-myeon, Gunwi-gun, Daegu on the morning of the 6th. From the left, Gyeongbuk Sports Council coach Kim Jeong-hoon, Heo Mi-mi, and Gyeongbuk Sports Council president Kim Jeom-du. Heo Mimi (22, Gyeongbuk Sports Council), who won a silver medal in the women's 57 kg class judo and a bronze medal in the mixed team event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, is the fifth-generation descendant of independence activist Heo Seok. Immediately after returning from France, Heo Mimi visited her grandfather's grave in Samgukyusa-myeon, Gunwi-gun, Daegu to receive her medal. Heo Mimi, a third-generation Korean resident in Japan, explained the background of her decision to wear the Taegeuk mark in an interview with SBS Radio's "Kim Tae-hyun's Political Show" on the 13th, saying, "I participated in the 2021 Korean national team trials because my grandmother said, 'I want you to go to the Olympics as a representative of Korea. '"

24 South Korea Badminton Team Ahn Se-young The Korea Professional Badminton Federation is pushing for a revision of management regulations to reduce the contract period for rookie badminton players and increase the upper limit of their annual salary. A Badminton Federation official explained to News 1 on the 13th, “We are revising the regulations to increase the upper limit of rookie players’ annual salary and reduce the contract period.” According to the current Badminton Federation regulations, the contract period for rookie players was fixed at 5 years for college graduates and 7 years for high school graduates, and the contract amount could not exceed 150 million won and 100 million won, respectively. The upper limit for annual salary was 60 million won (50 million won for high school graduates). In addition, the annual salary could not increase by more than 7% for the first 3 years. This means that this framework is being adjusted.

23 South Korea's national weightlifting team member Park Hye-jeong and British athlete Emily Campbell are holding a ceremony as China's Li Wenwen, who won the gold medal in the women's 81kg weightlifting class at the 2024 Paris Olympics, stands on the podium at Arena 6 in South Paris, France on the 11th (Korean time). The United States and China, who are engaged in a war for hegemony, won 40 gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but the United States won first place overall with more silver and bronze medals. However, Chinese netizens are claiming that China won because Hong Kong and Taiwan combined have a total of 44 gold medals, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on the 12th (local time). Hong Kong won two gold medals at the Paris Olympics. Taiwan also won two. Therefore, the Chinese-speaking world has won 44 gold medals, beating the United States.

'World No. 1' Ahn Se-young earned 900 million won 13th place earned close to 10 billion won 22 As world No. 1 Ahn Se-young (22, Samsung Life Insurance), who won the gold medal in the women's singles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, was reported to have received approximately 900 million won in prize money and annual salary last year, the world's 13th-ranked foreign player is earning up to 10 billion won annually, raising the need to adjust the income system for domestic players. According to the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on the 13th, Ahn Se-young won $628,020 (approximately 860 million won) in prize money last year by winning eight World Tour tournaments and advancing to the final four. This ranks second overall, following world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen in the men's singles, who received $645,095 (approximately 885 million won). Ahn Se-young's total prize money from BWF World Tour tournaments to date is $1,458,291 (approximately 2 billion won). Separate from the prize money, Ahn Se-young's annual salary is estimated to be around 61 million won. It is reported that she received 50 million won in her first year of joining, and her annual salary increased by 7% every year until her third year last year.

7,988,527 people until the 11th game. 21 The professional baseball league is on the verge of reaching 8 million spectators. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced on the 13th that “as of the game on the 11th, the cumulative spectators for 545 games are 7,988,527, leaving 11,473 spectators left to reach 8 million.” From the 2015 season, when the 720-game regular season system began, to the 2023 season, there have been four seasons that have surpassed 8 million spectators: the 2016 season, the 2017 season, the 2018 season, and the 2023 season.

Diving Kim Su-ji, 3m springboard preliminaries 11th place advances to semifinals Semi-finals scheduled for 5pm on the 8th Diving national team member Kim Su-ji (26, Ulsan Metropolitan City Hall) has successfully advanced to the women's 3m springboard semifinals. Kim Su-ji received a total of 285.50 points from her first to fifth attempts in the women's 3m springboard preliminaries for the '2024 Paris Olympics' held at the Paris Aquatics Center in France at 10 p.m. on the 7th (Korean time). With this, Kim Su-ji ranked 11th out of 28 total participants, easily securing a ticket to the semifinals, which are given to the top 18. On this day, Kim Su-ji was the fourth to get on the board and passed the preliminaries by steadily receiving scores in the upper 50s except for the second attempt.

Miroslaw breaks world record twice in sport climbing, wins gold "I only focused on the game and myself" - 6.21 seconds, 6.10 seconds in the preliminary round Sport climber Aleksandra Miroslaw (30, Poland) broke her own world record twice and won the gold medal. Miroslaw reached the top fastest with a time of 6.10 seconds in the women’s speed final of the sport climbing competition held at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Stadium in Paris, France on the 7th (local time) . Miroslaw broke the world record twice in previous competitions. In the women’s speed preliminary of the sport climbing competition held on the 5th, Miroslaw recorded a time of 6.21 seconds. It was 0.03 seconds faster than the world record she set last year. In the second climb of the same competition, he climbed faster than the first climb with a time of 6.06 seconds, once again becoming the world's best.

South Korea golf team member Ko Jin-young is hitting her second shot on the third hole during the first round of the 2024 Paris Olympics women's golf held at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, France on the afternoon of the 7th (Korean time). “I wondered what I was doing.” Jin-young Ko (29, Solair), who was struggling in the first round of the Olympics for the second time, blamed herself. Fortunately, she was able to make a comeback and looked forward to the remaining matches. On the 7th (Korean time), Jin-young Ko recorded 4 birdies, 3 bogeys, and 1 double bogey in the first round of the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s golf held at Le Golf National (par 72) in Guyancourt, France, recording 1-over-par 73. As of 11 p.m., when the afternoon round is in progress, Ko Jin-young is tied for 21st place. She is 5 strokes behind the leader Celine Boutier (France, 4 under par).

South Korea Taekwondo national team member Park Tae-jun is celebrating after winning against Tunisia's Mohamed Khalil Zendoubi in the men's 58kg semifinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France on the 7th (Korean time). Korean Taekwondo pioneer Park Tae-jun (20, Kyung Hee University) has advanced to the finals of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Park Tae-jun, who secured a silver medal, is aiming for his first Olympic gold medal in eight years since the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. Olympic sparring world No. 5 Park Tae-jun defeated Mohamed Khalil Zendoubi (No. 1, Tunisia) 2-0 (6-2 13-6) in the semifinals of the men’s 58kg class taekwondo held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France on the 7th (local time) and advanced to the finals. His opponent in the finals will be the winner of the semifinals between Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Vito Dell’Aquilla (No. 4, Italy) and Gasim Magomedov (No. 26, Azerbaijan). The finals will be held at 4:37 a.m. on the 8th, Korean time. No Korean athlete has ever won a gold medal in the 58kg class. The best performance was the silver medal that Lee Dae-hoon won at the 2012 London Games. Attention is focused on whether Korean taekwondo, which lost face as a leading

LG falls to 3rd place, 4 consecutive losses Lotte wins 4 consecutive games Ryu Hyun-jin, 2 consecutive 12 hits The Samsung Lions of professional baseball have reclaimed second place by beating the Hanwha Eagles. Samsung won 10-6 against Hanwha in the 2024 Shinhan Solbank KBO League game held at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 7th. Samsung (57 wins, 2 draws, 49 losses), which avenged the previous day’s loss, has overtaken the LG Twins (54 wins, 2 draws, 48 ​​losses) and moved up to second place. 8th place Hanwha (46 wins, 2 draws, 55 losses) failed to win two in a row.

South Korea Taekwondo national team member Park Tae-jun is celebrating after winning against France's Syrian Labe in the quarterfinals of the men's 58 kg class at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France on the 7th (local time). Park Tae-jun (20, Kyung Hee University), a Korean figurehead aiming to restore the pride of the Taekwondo home country, has advanced to the semifinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Park Tae-jun, ranked 5th in the world in Olympic sparring, defeated host country France’s rising star Sirial Labé (ranked 11th) in a close match with a score of 2-1 (8-5 3-4 5-4) in the quarterfinals of the men’s 58 kg class held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France on the 7th (local time). Park Tae-jun is likely to face Mohamed Khalil Zendoubi (Tunisia) in the semifinals. Zendoubi, ranked 1st in the world in this weight class and a strong candidate to win, will play Bailey Lewis (Australia, ranked 14th) in the quarterfinals on this day. Park Tae-jun, who was first selected as a national team member in 2022 while attending Hansung High School, is participating in the Olympics for the first time in his life. In the national team selection tournament (3 matches, 2 wins) held in February of this year, Park Tae-jun won two consecutive matches against his senior Jang Jun (24) to earn a ticket to Paris.

An Se-young (left) and Bang Soo-hyun. Commentator Bang Soo-hyun, the 'legend of women's badminton' and the first Korean to win a gold medal in the singles, revealed her thoughts on Ahn Se-young's (22, Samsung Life Insurance) 'resolution statement'. In an interview with YTN Radio's 'Wise Radio Life' on the 7th, Bang began by saying, "In fact, if you think about it, all athletes have no choice but to go to such a big competition with an injury," regarding Ahn Se-young's comment that she was disappointed in the association's complacent handling of her injury. She continued, "The Asian Games, which should have been held in 2022, were held in 2023, so Ahn got injured then. I also think that as an athlete, it must have been very burdensome to prepare for the Olympics, which are less than a year away," but added, "However, it is a little disappointing that she said that the association handled her injury poorly." Commissioner Bang said, “I think the association and the system need to change a little, but Ahn didn’t win the gold medal alone,” and added, “The reason Ahn won the gold medal is because the coaches and coaches entered the national team and trained with him, and the reserve players worked as partners for him. And if there are problems with the association system, they should be improved. It would have been better if Ahn had first thanked those who worked hard with him for their contributions, enjoyed everything as a gold medalist, and then talked to the association after he had sorted out what he had in mind. It’s unfortunate.”

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun answers reporters' questions as he returns home through the Gimpo Airport Business Aviation Center on the afternoon of the 7th after completing his business trip to the Paris Olympics. Chung Eui-sun, chairman of Hyundai Motor Group (005380), who went on a business trip to the 2024 Paris Olympics as the chairman of the Korea Archery Association, said on the 7th upon his return to Korea, “I am glad that archery went well this time, and I think badminton and the opening ceremony all went well.” Chairman Chung returned to Korea at around 5:35 PM that day through the Seoul Gimpo Business Aviation Center in Gangseo-gu, Seoul. As the chairman of the Korea Archery Association, Chairman Chung supported the national archery team in every way while staying in Paris during the 2024 Paris Olympics. Korean archery swept gold medals in all five events at this Olympics. Hyundai Motor Group has sponsored archery for 40 years, starting with the late Hyundai Group founder Chung Ju-young, followed by Honorary Chairman Chung Mong-koo and now Chairman Chung Eui-sun. It is the longest-term sponsorship record among domestic single-sport sports organizations, and Chairman Chung has been serving as the association president for 20 years.

South Korea national team member Woo Sang-hyeok is delighted after successfully clearing 2.24m in the first attempt at the men's high jump preliminaries at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Stade de France in Paris, France on the 7th (local time). Woo Sang-hyuk (28, Yongin City Hall), a leading figure in the men's high jump, is flying high toward the finals of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Woo Sang-hyuk advanced to the finals by tying for third place in the men's high jump preliminaries for the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Stade de France in Paris, France on the 7th (local time). In the men's high jump of this competition, those who clear 2m29 or are in the top 12 out of 31 total will advance to the finals. The finals will be held at 2:00 AM on the 11th, Korean time. The preliminaries that day were divided into Group A (15 people) and Group B (16 people), with 31 participants. Woo Sang-hyuk, who started as the 14th runner in Group A, easily cleared 2m15, 2m20, and 2m24 in his first attempt. He failed his first attempt at 2m27 due to his hip getting caught, but succeeded in his second attempt, confirming his advance to the finals. Woo Sang-hyuk shouted, “Let’s go to the finals” and expressed his joy. On this day, only five athletes, including Woo Sang-hyeok, cleared 2.27m. Shelby McEwan (USA) was the only one who cleared without fail and advanced to the finals in first place, while Hamish Kerr (Australia), who cleared 2.27m in one go, came in second.

"Starting from February of this year, we will provide dedicated trainer support to help with injury management and recovery" "We are currently checking the records of misdiagnosis and treatment We will manage to prevent this from happening again" The Badminton Korea Association, which was thrown into chaos after the bombshell remarks by the Korean national badminton team member Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life), has revealed its official position. On the 7th, the Badminton Korea Association announced in a press release, “As soon as the team returns to Korea, we will hold interviews with the national team coaching staff and national team players including Ahn Se-young, form a fact-finding committee, identify the content and problems, and take appropriate measures to protect the players.” They continued, “We have never forced players to participate in international competitions without considering their physical condition or ignoring their wishes.” Regarding the part about 'forcing participation in competitions due to fines', they said, "There is a regulation that fines and sanctions are exempted if an appropriate medical certificate (a medical certificate from a doctor prohibiting overseas travel) for the player's injury is submitted to the Badminton World Federation and exemption is approved," and "There has never been a case where an injured player was forced to participate in an international competition due to the fine regulations. Ahn Se-young also did not receive any fines or sanctions from the federation after submitting documents during the process of not participating in the competition." They also explained the