MIAMI (AP) ― LeBron James acknowledges there is a point in the NBA schedule where regular-season games start carrying a little bit more significance.It’s now.He’s not shy about saying that, either. Though they all count the same in the marathon 82-game schedule, games after the All-Star break just seem to carry more weight in James’ mind. The reason is simple: With every passing game, he’s that mu

    Hwang Young-jo, a South Korean Olympic gold medalist in the men's marathon, has a busy summer ahead of him, as he tries to juggle his duties for his home province and also for a future generation of athletes. (Yonhap News)   Hwang, who won the marathon at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics, is one of the honorary ambassadors for the 2018 Winter Games bid for PyeongChang. The alpine town, in it

Honduran President Porfirio Lobo showed Sunday his passion for taekwondo during a visit to Korea. Lobo had a special dinner with Choue Chung-won, president of the World Taekwondo Federation and other officials from the sport governing body on the Korean leg of an Asian tour also including Singapore and Kuwait.World Taekwondo Federation president Choue Chung-won (right) presents a statue to Preside

DRESDEN, Germany (AP) ― Simon Cho won gold in the 500 meters at the short track speedskating World Cup on Sunday, a day after the American lost a race by one hundredth of a second.Cho won in 41.070 seconds. Wenhao Liang of China was second in 41.196, and Thibaut Fauconnet of France followed in 41.250. Simon Cho competes to win the men’s 500m finals. (AFP-Yonhap News)Cho won the overall event, fini

IOC evaluation team leader says city has made great progress in Olympic bidPYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― It seemed almost a pipe dream when PyeongChang, a small city in Gangwon Province, first made its name internationally by bidding to host the Winter Olympics. After nearly a decade of relentless effort, however, PyeongChang, making its third bid to host the Winter Games, came one step closer t

WASHINGTON (AFP) — South Korea's Kim Dong-Sung, famously disqualified from a 2002 Olympic short-track speedskating race to give Apolo Anton Ohno gold, reportedly has been accused of striking young US skaters.The Washington Post reported Saturday that six youth said they were struck or saw abusive actions by Kim, a 1998 Nagano Olympic 1,000-meter champion who retired in 2002 and began coaching spee

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province — A panel of the International Olympic Committee praised on Saturday the preparation of PyeongChang’s bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics.On the final day of the week-long inspection, Gunilla Lindberg, the leader of the 14-member panel, said she was impressed by the progress of the PyeongChang team.The panel arrived here Monday for an on-site inspection to evaluate the c

IOC completes on-site inspection on positive notePYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― PyeongChang came one step closer to hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics on Friday, passing its first big test from the International Olympic Committee.The IOC team, which arrived here on Monday, showed satisfaction after completing its on-site inspection for the city’s bid for the 2018 Winter Games, according to PyeongCh

14-member panel expresses satisfaction with infrastructurePYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― The International Olympic Committee evaluation team on Thursday visited sports venues in PyeongChang, one of three candidate cities bidding for the 2018 Winter Olympics.On fourth day of their visit, the IOC delegation, led by Gunilla Lindberg of Sweden, took a careful look around the Nordic, cross country, bi

Panel of experts delivers presentations about PyeongChang’s 2018 bidPYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- The head of PyeongChang’s bid committee says he was confident about how the bid was going.PyeongChang, the candidate city of the 2018 Winter Games, is now undergoing on-site evaluation by the International Olympic Committee.On day three of their visit, the 14-member panel, officially began its sche

On a recent visit to the Alpensia winter sports complex in South Korea’s mountainous eastern region, legions of young athletes were shuffling up and down the groomed slopes, practicing for an upcoming event. A two-day snowfall had just blessed the area with about 60 centimeters of fresh snow just in time for the arrival this week of an IOC team to inspect PyeongChang’s bid to host the 2018 Winter

Officials blame poor record keeping for latest questions about ageBEIJING (AP) ― Chinese skating officials are blaming poor record keeping for the latest questions about the age and eligibility of some athletes, including 2006 Olympic pairs silver medalists Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao.The birthdates the Zhangs provided when they entered competitions were “real,” the Chinese Skating Association said in