DAEGU (Yonhap News) -- American Walter Dix won the men's 100 meter race Thursday at an international athletics competition in Daegu, a southeastern Korean metropolitan city, where the next world athletics championships will be held later this year. (Walter Dix (center) wins the men's 100 meter race at the Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Meeting on Thursday. (Yonhap News)The 25-year-old came in at

Club rolls to third-straight championshipBARCELONA (AP) ― Barcelona players sprayed each other with bubbly and fans celebrated by lighting flares.A title that had appeared inevitable for weeks finally was clinched with two games to spare when Barcelona tied 1-1 at Levante on Wednesday night to win Spain’s La Liga for the third straight season.“We have been very united this year. That has been very

Bid chief Cho Yang-ho ‘delighted’ with reportWith less than two months to go before the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics is decided, Pyeong-Chang has received high marks for its campaign in an International Olympic Committee evaluation report.The IOC Evaluation Commission released its technical report on the Gangwon Province city Tuesday following its on-site inspection earlier this year. The repo

ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida (AP) ― Ernie Els followed the trail of South African idol Gary Player by winning golf tournaments all over the world, a journey that took him all the way to the World Golf Hall of Fame.Els, a three-time major champion and the ultimate global player of his generation, was among six people inducted Monday night at the World Golf Village. Known as the “Big Easy” for his languid

Club looks to join other K-League teams in next roundThe Asian Champions League has been going well for South Korean teams again this year. In 2010, all four of the nation’s representatives reached the last eight. That is unlikely this time, but there is nothing wrong with that ― such an achievement is unprecedented in Asia.Still, as the group stage of the 32 team competition, made up eight groups

Korean swimming star Park Tae-hwan has revealed his confidence for the upcoming 2011 world championships, despite his disappointing results two years ago. Since the 2010 Asian Games, Park has trained with Australian coach Michael Bohl in Brisbane, Australia. He returned home Sunday for a weeklong break before gearing up for the world championships in Shanghai in July.Fresh from his overseas traini

South Korean figure skating star Kim Yu-na will make a pitch to International Olympic Committee members next week for Pyeong-Chang’s 2018 Olympics bid, the bid committee announced Sunday. The figure skating champion has been working with PyeongChang’s 2018 bid committee as a member of the bid’s athletes committee and she will make her debut presentation for the city’s bid campaign at the IOC techn

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - A new rule that orders female badminton players to wear short skirts could be scrapped after objections from China, Indonesia and Scandanavian countries, a Malaysian official said Saturday. Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na of Korea return a shot against Japan's Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kaiiwa in their women's doubles badminton match during the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Superseries 20

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) ― John Velazquez won the Kentucky Derby by a broken nose.An injury to Animal Kingdom’s regular rider, Robby Albarado, cleared the way for Velazquez to pick up the mount on the 20-1 long shot. Once he took the reins Saturday, he rode his good luck all the way to the winner’s circle.“For once, I’m on the good end of it,” Velazquez said. “All of a sudden I pick up this one a