The ad cost Visit North Korea up to $190, according to rates posted on the football club’s website. Whether it will attract more fans to Blyth games, where standard admission costs $15, remains ...

In 2017, Han Kwang Song became the first North Korean to score a goal in one of Europe’s five major soccer leagues and even made a shock transfer to the Italian giant Juventus in 2019, and later ...

“North Korea were interested in getting experience of Latin American football,” explains Cipriani. “There was this pressure from the government, who wanted the team to do well at the tournament.

Visit North Korea has signed a sponsorship deal with English football club Blyth Spartans, it has been announced. Advertising boards were on display during the team's 2-2 draw against Spennymoor ...

"But the more we were engaged in helping North Korea football, ... it meant that two North Korean club teams could finally play in Asia's AFC Cup, the equivalent of the Europa League. 4.25, ...

Pyongyang’s Korean Central Television on Friday blurred a moment when South Korean footballer Lee Kang-in of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) scored during its broadcast of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.

By Gawon Bae and Andrew McNicol, CNN (CNN) — After more than three years of going missing from world soccer, North Korean striker Han Kwang Song has reappeared, playing for his country in two ...

Football in North Korea is not how it looks in the rest of the world. There are two separate streams for players in the country: the domestic leagues and the national teams.

Sven-Goran Eriksson's colourful career took a bizarre turn when he was sent to North Korea by a conman who nearly bankrupted a lower-league club. King promised millions in Middle Eastern ...