The athletes’ village to be used during the upcoming Asian Games officially opened with a ceremony on Friday, a week before the start of the continental multisport competition. After a sneak preview for the media in late August, the organizers of the 17th Asiad in Incheon held the opening ceremony for the newly constructed facilities that will accommodate some 14,500 athletes and officials during the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 event. The athletes’ village is located in Guwol-dong in the central part of the

South Korea is the birthplace of the martial art taekwondo, which has long been one of its biggest gold mines at the Olympics and the Asian Games.South Korea’s taekwondo athletes have especially been dominant at the Asiads with an all-time lead of 47 gold medals. It swept up seven gold medals in 1986 when taekwondo first became a medal sport. In 1998, South Korea won six men’s and five women’s titles and followed that up with 12 gold medals in 2002 and nine in 2006.The country’s stranglehold was

The first batch of 94 members of the North Korean delegation to the Asian Games in South Korea arrived here on Thursday.The group that flew from Pyongyang to Incheon International Airport included athletes in football and rowing, officials, referees, medical staff and journalists. They will participate in the 17th Asian Games scheduled to open on Sept. 19 in Incheon, lying just west of Seoul.Jang Su-myong, a senior official from North Korea's Olympic Committee, was among the 94 members on Thursd

With the start of the 17th Asian Games to be held at home just around the corner, members of the South Korean delegation said Thursday they’re determined to keep alive the country’s strong tradition at the continental competition.The host country’s athletes and officials gathered for their team launch ceremony at Olympic Park in Seoul on Thursday, eight days before the official opening of the Asiad in Incheon, just west of the capital city.At the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 competition, South Korea will hav

With the Asian Games at home a few days away, South Korean wrestlers said Thursday they are eyeing a return to the sport’s glory days.South Korea grabbed at least five gold medals in wrestling at every Asian Games from 1986 to 2006, but was shut out of titles at the 2010 Asian Games, setting for three silver medals and six bronze medals.Greco-Roman wrestler Kim Hyeon-woo won the men’s 75 kg division at the 2012 Olympics, and he and Ryu Han-su, also a Greco-Roman star, each won a world title last

GENEVA (AP) ― Europe’s top football clubs still need to be convinced the 2022 World Cup in Qatar should be moved from summer.Although FIFA president Sepp Blatter has presented a switch to November-December as almost inevitable, the European Club Association wants to influence ongoing consultation talks.“We need more information before accepting the fact that the calendar should be disrupted,” ECA vice chairman Umberto Gandini said Tuesday. “We would not be part of something which is not credible

DETROIT (AP) ― Max Scherzer escaped a bases-loaded jam in the fifth, Rajai Davis and J.D. Martinez homered, and the Detroit Tigers beat Kansas City 4-2 on Tuesday night to pull within percentage points of the Royals atop the AL Central.Scherzer (16-5) allowed a run and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. Kansas City was down 3-1 in the fifth when Alex Gordon’s deep fly to right went just foul with two on. Gordon walked to load the bases with one out, but Salvador Perez lined out and Eric Hosmer struck