Coach Park Hang-seo continues to be honored; 1 body found in plane carrying new recruits

Coach Park Hang-seo honored in his hometown Sancheong

Recently, Coach Park Hang-seo returned to his hometown in Sancheong County to celebrate Lunar New Year. Here, he received the great honor of being appointed as the ambassador of Sancheong County, Gyeongsang Province.

Coach Park Hang-seo was chosen as ambassador in his hometown Sancheong.

Coach Park was honored for his great contributions in promoting the image of Korea as well as Sancheong County. This coach's influence is not only in Vietnam and Korea but also in Asia.

Sharing with the press, the head of Sancheong district said: "We will expand economic and cultural exchanges with Vietnam after the miracles that coach Park Hang-seo has brought to this country's football."

Surpassing Son Heung-min, Japan's most expensive star in Asia

Recently, Al-Duhail Club has turned Japanese player Shoya Nakajima into the most expensive Asian player of all time when recruiting this midfielder for 35 million euros.

Not long ago, Qatari club Al-Duhail officially successfully recruited Japanese midfielder Shoya Nakajima from Portimonense club in the Portuguese National Championship.

Notably, many reputable sources, including Transfermarkt, confirmed that the Qatari team had to spend up to 35 million euros to recruit the 24-year-old star who was noticed by both PSG and Man City.

Shoya Nakajima (far left).

With this shocking transfer fee, Shoya Nakajima surpassed Hidetoshi Nakata and Son Heung-min to become the most expensive Asian player of all time. Meanwhile, in 2015, Son Heung-min moved from Bayer Leverkusen to Tottenham Hotspur with a contract worth 30 million euros.

Salah racially abused in match against West Ham

Liverpool are under a lot of pressure in the Premier League title race, after receiving two consecutive draws recently. In the recent 1-1 draw with West Ham, striker Salah continued to play poorly and could not help his team win.

Not only that, the Egyptian player also had to endure a lot of vulgar and racist insults from West Ham fans in the stands.

A clip was recorded by a fan and posted on Twitter, in which the caption emphasized: "I watched the match between West Ham and Liverpool and felt disgusted by what I heard. People like this do not deserve a place in our society, let alone football matches."

West Ham are currently investigating to identify the person who used abusive language towards Salah. A spokesman for the London club confirmed: "At West Ham, we have a zero-tolerance policy towards any form of violence or abuse."

1 body found in plane carrying recruits

On January 21, the Piper Malibu plane piloted by David Ibbotson carrying striker Sala to Cardiff disappeared without a trace in the Channel Islands. The subsequent search was very difficult for many reasons.

It was not until yesterday that a private investigation team found the wreckage on the seabed in the English Channel. Shortly afterwards, the first images of the crashed plane were released by the AAIB.

According to the AAIB, they found a body in the Piper Malibu wreckage at the bottom of the sea. It is still not possible to determine whether it is Sala or Ibbotson.

Emiliano Sala forced onto crashed plane

Maximiliano Duarte, Sala's close friend, has criticized the Argentine striker's agent, Willie McKay. According to Duarte, McKay was the "culprit" leading to Sala's death because this agent forced the Argentine striker to board the crashed plane to Cardiff City for a medical examination against his will.

Man City takes top spot, Barcelona draws with Real

- Aymeric Laporte and Gabriel Jesus took turns scoring to help Manchester City win 2-0 at Everton in the early match of round 26 of the Premier League.

This victory helps coach Pep Guardiola's team temporarily take the top spot from Liverpool with 62 points but a better goal difference.

However, Manchester City have played one game more than The Kop - who will play AFC Bournemouth on February 9.

- Meanwhile, in Spain, the classic match between Barcelona and Real Madrid in the first leg of the King's Cup semi-final ended in a 1-1 draw.

- At Nou Camp, Lucas Vazquez put Real ahead early in the 6th minute. However, in the second half, Malcom scored to help the home team draw with their opponents.

With this result, Real Madrid is the team with the advantage before the second leg, but it is difficult to predict anything, especially when Barcelona will have the return of Lionel Messi.

- In Germany, Bayern Munich booked their place in the quarter-finals of the National Cup after a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Hertha Berlin in 120 minutes of play.

Serge Gnabry shone with a double to help Bayern draw 2-2 with their opponents after 90 minutes, before Kingsley Coman scored the decisive goal to bring victory to the Bavarians in extra time.

Along with Bayern, RB Leipzig and Schalke 04 also qualified after overcoming Wolfsburg and Fortuna Düsseldorf.