LAUSANNE ― PyeongChang’s hosting of the 2018 Winter Olympics would be a crucial opportunity to promote winter sports and the spirit of the Games in Asia, its bidding committee said Wednesday. In a news conference after its presentation before the International Olympic Committee members in Lausanne, Switzerland, committee officials also emphasized its compact, athlete-friendly venue and pledged the

LAUSANNE -- South Korean figure skating star Kim Yu-na is making her debut pitch today for PyeongChang’s 2018 campaign to the International Olympic Committee.The Olympic gold medalist is one of a six-member panel, representing the Gangwon Province city, who are delivering a presentation for IOC members in Lausanne during the 2018 technical briefing. PyeongChang is bidding against Munich and Annecy

PyeongChang steps closer to 2018 Olympics Kim Yu-na pitches to IOC members By Oh Kyu-wookLAUSANNE -- The final race for the 2018 Winter Games has begun and PyeongChang, making its third bid, looks very strong this time after successfully delivering their campaign on Wednesday to International Olympic Committee members. With just 50 days to go before the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics is decided,

ROME (AFP) ― Roger Federer’s French Open problems piled up on Thursday when he was dumped out of the Rome Masters by Richard Gasquet but world number one Rafael Nadal shook off a fever to make the quarterfinals.World number three Federer went down 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/4) in the third round to Frenchman Gasquet, a worrying setback less just 10 days before the start of Roland Garros, the second Gr

DAEGU ― Daegu has successfully hosted an international athletics competition, which was interpreted as a dress rehearsal for this summer’s IAAF Word Championships, producing some world record-breaking actions from world’s top athletes. But the pre-championships event also showed that the level of Korean athletes still lags far behind other competitors.The Colorful Daegu Pre Championships meeting w

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

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