Naegohyang beat Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1-0 in South Korea finalKim Kyong-yong scores only goal in rare trip across borderThe first North Korean team to visit the South in eight years crowned their trip by winning the Asian Women’s Champions League, beating Japan’s Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1-0 in Saturday’s final.Naegohyang Women’s FC lifted the trophy thanks to captain Kim Kyong Yong’s goal just before half-time in the South Korean city of Suwon. Continue reading...
Visit will be the first time a North Korean women’s football team has competed on southern soil since the 2014 Incheon Asian GamesA North Korean women’s football club will travel to South Korea this month, marking the first visit by a northern sports delegation in nearly eight years, at a time of near-total estrangement between the two Koreas.Naegohyang Women’s FC, based in North Korea’s capital Pyongyang, will face South Korea’s Suwon FC Women at Suwon sports complex, on 20 May for the semi-finals of the AFC Women’s Champions League. Continue reading...
