The long battle to host the 2018 Winter Games is entering the final stage with just 30 days to go until the International Olympic Committee meets to choose the host city.Can Pyeong-Chang become the second Asian country to host Winter Games, or will Munich become the first city to host both a Summer and Winter Olympics? Or is Anncey destined to bring the Games into the French Alps again? Until rece

LONDON (AFP) - Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney has expressed his delight after undergoing a hair transplant.Rooney confirmed on his Twitter account he visited a top London clinic for treatment in a bid to restore his receding locks."Just to confirm to all my followers I have had a hair transplant. I was going bald at 25 why not. I'm delighted with the result." Manchester United'

A ruling party lawmaker was elected Friday as the head of South Korea’s top men’s professional basketball league.Rep. Han Sun-kyo of the Grand National Party will replace Chon Yook as the commissioner of the Korean Basketball League. Han won seven votes among 10 KBL clubs, a day after the two remained tied following five rounds of voting.Rep. Han Sun-kyo of the Grand National Party. (Yonhap News)C

Chung Mong-joon, the outgoing FIFA vice president from South Korea, became the honorary vice president for football’s international governing body on Thursday.At the FIFA Congress in Zurich, Switzerland, Chung took the honorary post. His term as vice president ended at the start of this month.Chung Mong-joonHe was nominated for the honorary position by FIFA’s Executive Committee in March. In Janua

Formula One racing is in full swing and the excitement is higher than ever.Although the championship is dominated by Sebastian Vettel ― this season the young German has won five of six Grand Prix so far and scored 143 points ― the new rules and technology designed to improve the show are working brilliantly. As the F1 is back in Europe, so are motorhomes and hospitality units in the paddock that s

Former national team striker Kim Dong-hyun was arrested on match-fixing charges Wednesday, accused of linking other players to gambling brokers.Prosecutors believe Kim, 27, who now plays with Sangju Sangmu, received bribes from brokers and transferred the money to other suspected players. Sangju FC’s Kim Dong-hyunWith Kim’s arrest, six players from the K-League have been arrested on charges of rec

Korean U23 team manager Hong Myung-bo has admitted that he is unhappy with his current squad despite watching his side defeat Oman 3-1 in a home friendly Wednesday. Korea came back from behind to win the game at Gangneung Stadium thanks to defender Hwang Do-yeon and striker Bae Chun-suk. The host pressured Oman in the first 20 minutes but the Oman side fought back with counterattacks, taking a lea

The 2011 IAAF World Championships are only four months away.Since it won the bid to host the 2011 IAAF World Championships in March 2007, Daegu Metropolitan City has been making all-out efforts to prepare for the event over the past three years.The Organizing Committee for the 2011 IAAF World Championships (hereafter Organizing Committee) has been preparing for the event with the support of relate

South Korea’s football governing body announced on Wednesday that it will set up a special committee to prevent match-fixing.Korea Football Association said in a statement that it will establish an emergency committee of representatives from the KFA, the Ministry of Justice and all the professional and amateur leagues here, including the K-League.The decision came as the country’s top division lea

The 2011 Korea Cup International Yacht Race kicked off on Wednesday with an opening ceremony in the east coast city of Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province. The Korea Cup, which is organized by Korea Sailing Federation and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, runs until June 6, covering a total of 600 kilometers. Participants of the Korea Cup International Yacht Race (Yonhap News

ZURICH (AP) ― In the face of FIFA’s worst scandal in its 107-year history, a seething Sepp Blatter denied it is in crisis on Monday as he moved closer to a fourth presidential term as head of the world’s most popular sport.With his only challenger, Mohamed bin Hammam of Qatar, provisionally suspended along with FIFA vice president Jack Warner due to bribery allegations, Blatter said the two had do

The growing scandal of match-fixing by certain players belonging to K-League teams is a depressing one. If there is any consolation it lies in the fact that it is being taken seriously as authorities ― both of the soccer and police varieties ― move quickly to punish offenders and try to take steps to ensure that it doesn’t happen again.If there is another source of consolation it is that the compe

A former professional football player on the list of suspects in a recent match-rigging scandal was found dead in a Seoul hotel Monday.According to police, Chung Jung-kwan, a former midfielder for Jeonbuk Hyundai in the K-League, hanged himself from the ceiling of a Gangnam Princess Hotel room.He left a four-page note in which he said: “I feel ashamed to be a part of the match-rigging,” police sai

Chung calls for action to root out corruption in soccerChung Mong-gyu, the head of the country’s top division football league, has announced that he will take all measures necessary to root out match-fixing attempts.Chung, president of the K-league, made a public apology on Monday, admitting that the league is facing the “worst crisis” in its history. His comment came in the wake of allegations th