Month: January 2024

The Klinsmann, which entered Doha, Qatar, the ‘decisive battleground’, raises anchor in earnest there.  Although there were unexpected injuries, coach Jürgen Klinsmann of the Korean men’s national soccer team expressed confidence, saying, “I’m not too worried.” Klinsmann arrived in Doha, where the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup is being held, via Hamad International Airport…

Market-wide casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) in Macau amounted to MOP4.3 billion ($530 million) in the first 10 days of September, according to an estimate from JPMorgan Securities (Asia Pacific), a return of MOP430 million per day. “While this is well below the daily operating rate of about 550 million MOPs over the past two…

Macao authorities plan to create a customized questionnaire that will specifically cover non-gaming investment projects by Macao’s six casino concessionaries as part of data collection work conducted by the Macao Statistical Office. The Macao government will also begin researching ways to evaluate the effectiveness of such non-gaming projects, a press release said Monday. The update…

Banking group Morgan Stanley says it has lowered estimates for earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) by an average of 5% for six Macau casino operators against the backdrop of a market recovery. The forecast decline for Macau’s gaming industry EBITDA is “to reflect our expectations for a slightly slower-than-expected recovery,” wrote analysts…

French media “L’Equipe” reported on the 11th (Korea time), “PSG has decided to recruit Diego Llorente (30, AS Roma) to reinforce its defense in the transfer market this winter.” PSG is aiming to win the Ligue 1 title again this season. Having played 17 matches in the league, PSG is currently in the lead-up race…

Lee Jae-won, a catcher who represented SSG Landers in the past, had a sluggish season last year, as he had to agonize over whether to continue his career as a player. He had only 27 chances to play, and had a batting average of 0.091 (4 hits in 44 times at bat), two RBIs and…

Kim Chan will make his official debut at the upcoming championship, which will take place at the Waialei CC (par 70) near Honolulu on Oahu Island, Hawaii, for four days from Wednesday (Korea time). Korean players including Ahn Byung-hoon, Lee Kyung-hoon and Kim Sung-hyun will also participate in the Sony Open, which is drawing keen…

Banking group Morgan Stanley cut its 2023 Macau casino industry earnings forecast by 1.9% before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Currently, Morgan Stanley expects to be just over $6.42 billion, compared to its previous estimate of $6.55 billion. The agency also reduced its 2024 market EBITDA estimate by 6.3%, which it now expects to be…

The state-run Philippine Play and Game Company (Pagcor) reported net income of nearly 4.86 billion PHP ($85.3 million) in the first nine months of 2023. The results were up 39.7% from a year earlier, according to a financial report posted on its website on Saturday. The institution’s net profit for the third quarter was 1.89…

On the 9th (Korea time), reporter Florian Flettenberg of Germany’s Sky Sports said, “Tottenham and Genoa have reached a complete agreement on the transfer of Dragusin. The transfer fee is 25 million euros (about 36.1 billion won), and there is an additional clause, and the contract will be signed by 2029.” Earlier, Fabrizio Romano, a…