[Sports Round-up] An Se-young clinches sixth title of year with BWF Japan Open

Time now to look at what's been happening in the world of sports.

For that, we have our sports editor Paul Neat joining us in the studio.

Hello, Paul.

Hello.

Let's start with badminton.

Yet another title for An Se-young.

Yes, that's number six for the year for the world number one.

An Se-young's most recent win was the Japan Open in Tokyo on Sunday.

In the women's singles final, An swept world number two Wang Zhiyi of China in straight sets --21-12, 21-10 --and did so in just 42 minutes.

An actually went behind in the earlier part of the first game, 5 to 7, but found her rhythm and never looked back.

An has now won six of the seven Badminton World Federation competitions this year.

Wasting no time at all, An will compete in the China Open from July 22nd to the 27th.

Moving on to football now.

The 2025 K League season is heading towards the business end now.

Yes, the weekend saw the second round robin end.

The third begins tomorrow with Round 23.

Jeonbuk are the runaway league leaders, sitting 12 points clear of Daejeon in second.

On Saturday, Jeonbuk came back from 2-0 down to beat Pohang Steelers away, while Daejeon having been 2-0 up, drew 2-2 with Gangwon.

Jeonbuk are looking for their first K League 1 title since 2021 and are edging closer.

The Green Warriors are now unbeaten in 18 matches in the league.

Elsewhere over the weekend, FC Seoul moved up to fourth following a 1-0 win over Ulsan.

It was their first win over the Horangi in eight years and was won via a wondergoal by ex-Premier League star Jesse Lingard.

Afterwards, Lingard said the goal was in his personal top five.

K League 1 goes through three round robins of 11 matches for each team, followed by Final A and B after Round 33, when the top six play each other once more, so too the bottom six.

To baseball. Lee Jung-hoo put in a solid performance for the San Francisco Giants on Sunday.

Yes, in what was his return to the leadoff spot as well.

He recorded two hits, going 2-for-5 with an RBI on Sunday in what was an 8-6 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.

It was the first time since mid-June for Lee to be the leadoff, and he opened the game with a double -his 20th of the season, which is the most among all Giants players.

His RBI came in inning number six.

The Giants are third in the National League West.

Lee is batting point-249 for the season but is at point-306 for July following his four multihit games.

And, finally, in sports climbing.

A gold medal for a South Korean.

Yes, a first gold of the season for Lee Do-hyun.

It came on Saturday local time at the 12th IFSC World Cup in Madrid.

In the men's lead final, Lee outclimbed Spain's Alberto Ginés López and Japan's Satone Yoshida to claim the top spot.

After barely making it through the semis, Lee surged ahead in the finals to secure his third podium this season, adding to earlier silver and bronze wins in bouldering.

This gold is especially meaningful, as it's his first ever in the lead discipline, and is his fourth career World Cup gold overall.

Alright, thank you for that wrap-up, Paul.

We shall see you again next week.

Yes, thank you.