Nat'l football team looking to end year on winning note vs. Qatar

DOHA — The men's national football team will try to end 2026 on a winning note when they face Qatar in their final friendly match of the year this week. The match between 32nd-ranked South Korea and world No. 60 Qatar at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha will kick off at 5 p.m. Tuesday (local time), or 11 p.m. Tuesday (South Korean time). This will be the last international match in 2026 for South Korea, as they try to pick up the pieces following a 3-2 loss to 55th-ranked Saudi Arabia last Friday. South Korea never led in that loss — their first against Saudi Arabia since 2005 — and missed a slew of opportunities in the second half to at least get a draw. After the match, Robert Moreno, caretaker manager for South Korea, said the team had to improve "in every aspect." Tuesday's match is Moreno's sixth and likely his last one for South Korea. The Spanish tactician was hired in early September to replace Hong Myung-bo, who had resigned at the end of June in light of an early World Cup exit. Instead of rushing to find a successor to Hong, the Korea Football Association (KFA)...