PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― A panel of the International Olympic Committee arrived in PyeongChang on Monday to evaluate the city’s bid to host the Winter Olympics. PyeongChang, the popular winter sports resort city in Gangwon Province, is competing against Munich of Germany and the French town of Annecy for the 2018 Winter Games.The 14-member delegation, led by Gunilla Lindberg of Sweden, visi

More Sports Feb. 14, 2011

Korean national sports delegation held Friday their inaugural ceremony for the upcoming Asian Winter Games, which is slated for Jan. 30-Feb. 6 in Kazakhstan.Korea is sending 150 athletes and officials to the games, vowing to accomplish a back-to-back third place finish at the seventh Winter Asiad.Four years ago at Asia’s biggest winter extravaganza in Changchun, China, Korea came in third place be

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The chief organizer of Korean F1 Grand Prix is planning to sue over his dismissal, a source close to him said Sunday. Chung Young-cho, the head of the Korea Auto Valley Operation, the operating body of F1 Korean Grand Prix, was dismissed from his post following a board meeting on Friday. In an emergency meeting, shareholders of KAVO voted to oust Chung along with two other top officials due to all

More Sports Jan. 17, 2011

Dream on iceThere have been many foreign athletes here, but they don’t come much more successful than Czech-born ice hockey star Patrick Martinec.Now 40, Martinec has established himself over the course of five seasons as one of the all-time best ice hockey players in Korea. His name will not be familiar to many, but the former Czech national player is a superstar among hockey fans here.Unfortunat

People Jan. 14, 2011

Take top 3 spots in ski-jumping event in PyeongChangPYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Slovenian ski jumper Matjaz Pungertar cleared 135 and 129.5 meters to win the FIS Continental Cup on Thursday at the Alpensia ski jump stadium in PyeongChang. Fellow Slovenian Rok Zima, who claimed second place at the first round Wednesday, finished just 9 points behind the winner after nailing 134 and 128.5 meter

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Chung loses FIFA post to Jordanian princeIt was a shock to Chung Mong-joon that the Asian Football Confederation decided not to re-appoint him as the FIFA vice president for Asia.The 45-member committee voted Thursday 25-20 in favor of Prince Ali bin al-Hussein over Chung at the Asian Football Confederation’s meeting in Doha.Chung, 59, had been in the job for 16 years and was widely expected to se

More Sports Jan. 7, 2011

PyeongChang has completed its candidature file for its bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.Cho Yang-ho, CEO of PyeongChang’s 2018 bid committee, joined by Korean Olympic Committee president Park Yong-sung and Lee Kwang-jae, Governor of Gangwon Province, signed Thursday the finalized proposal in a special ceremony held in central Seoul. The International Olympic Committee set the deadline for the

More Sports Jan. 6, 2011

Chung Mong-joon failed to retain his FIFA vice president title after losing to Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan in a vote held at the Asian Football Confederation’s meeting Thursday in Doha.Prince Ali garnered 25 votes while Chung received 20 votes from the 45-member AFC executive committee to oust the honorary president of the Korea Football Association from the FIFA seat that he has kept for

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