Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

[단독 인터뷰] 가레스 베일, 축구 인생을 돌아보다

In Korea for the Icons Match, Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid legend Gareth Bale reflected on his best goals, his relationship with Son Heung-min and his love of golf.

2025-09-29

소환된 2009년의 추억, 루니·마이콘 서울 득점

It’s an argument that has echoed across time and we finally have an answer: Defenders beat attackers. This is the question behind the Icons Match, a game that pits the biggest footballers of the 2000s against each other in an offense-defense faceoff.

2025-09-22

Exclusive: From that bicycle kick to playing with Sonny, Gareth Bale looks back on greatest hits

In Korea for the Icons Match, Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid legend Gareth Bale reflected on his best goals, his relationship with Son Heung-min and his love of golf.

2025-09-21

벵거·라파, 서울 넥슨 아이콘 매치서 옛 인연과 재회

Sunday’s Nexon Icons Match in Seoul will not only bring together some of the biggest names in global football of the 2000s and 2010s, it will also be a chance for some of those players to reconnect with the gaffers that led them to glory

2025-09-15

2009 comes calling as Wayne Rooney, Maicon score in Seoul

It’s an argument that has echoed across time and we finally have an answer: Defenders beat attackers. This is the question behind the Icons Match, a game that pits the biggest footballers of the 2000s against each other in an offense-defense faceoff.

2025-09-14

Wenger, Rafa to reunite with former star players at Nexon Icons Match in Seoul

Sunday’s Nexon Icons Match in Seoul will not only bring together some of the biggest names in global football of the 2000s and 2010s, it will also be a chance for some of those players to reconnect with the gaffers that led them to glory

2025-09-12

Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard joins Nexon Icons Match

Steven Gerrard joins 2025 Nexon Icons Match in Seoul, featuring legendary footballers, with presale tickets selling out quickly.

2025-08-24

Ronaldinho, Rooney and Casillas to face off in Seoul's Nexon Icons Match in September

Ronaldinho, Rooney, and Kaká will headline the Nexon Icons Match in Seoul on Sept. 13-14, featuring legendary players facing off in a showdown between strikers and defenders.

2025-08-21

Ronaldinho joins Icons roster for Seoul exhibition game

Ronaldinho is the only player ever to win a World Cup, a Copa America, a Confederations Cup, a Champions League, a Copa Libertadores and a Ballon d'Or. But can he add a Nexon Icons title to that palmarès? We’ll find out next month here in Seoul.

2025-08-14

Park, Park, wherever he may be, in the Nexon Icons Match with a healthy knee

Park Ji-sung is ready to reap the fruits of a year of training with a return to one of the most star-studded exhibition football series in the world, the Nexon Icons Match, which is returning to Korea after smashing success last year.

2025-07-04