South Korea includes a drunk driving convict on its soccer team...what's the association's explanation?
▲이상민 선수. 출처=성남 FC 홈페이지 캡처 Defender Lee Sang-min (Seongnam), who was controversially named to the national team for this year's Hangzhou Asian Games despite having a drunk driving conviction, has been removed from the Asian Games squad. "We have decided to exclude Lee Sang-min from the national football team for the Hangzhou Asian Games 2023," the Korea Football Association said on Monday. "We humbly acknowledge that we selected a player who did not meet the rules of the national football team during the selection process for the Asian Games, which was announced on the 14th, and promise to do our best to prevent a similar situation from occurring in the future by overhauling the administrative system." "The player was initially selected for the U-22 National Team in September 2021 and had previously been selected for the U-23 and U-24 National Teams on three separate occasions. The player was caught driving under the influence of alcohol in May 2020 and was ...