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Ski jumper Pungertar wins FIS Continental Cup title in PyeongChang

Jan 12, 2011

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Matjaz Pungertar of Slovenia beat fellow countryman Zima Rok and Germany’s Julian Musiol to claim his first career title at the PyeongChang FIS Continental Cup title Wednesday.The 20-year-old had the day’s longest effort of 134.5 meters on the K-125 hill and followed up with a 128-meter leap to win the title with a total of 249.5 points at the Alpensia ski jump sta
Ski jumpers take off in PyeongChang

Jan 12, 2011

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― Korea is still in its early days of ski jumping, but national team coach Kim Heung-soo says they are progressing rapidly through a newly built jumping slope. Some of the world’s top level ski jumpers on Wednesday had their first taste of the snow-covered Alpensia ski jumping slopes for the FIS Continental Cup, slated for Jan. 12-13.PyeongChang is holding the two-day
PyeongChang ...submits 2018 bid

Jan 11, 2011

PyeongChang delivered its candidature file Monday to the International Olympic Committee for its bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.Cho Yang-ho, CEO of Pyeong-Chang’s 2018 bid committee, joined by Korean bobsleigh team coach Kang Kwang-bae and short-track speed-skating gold medalist Choi Min-kyung, headed to Lausanne, Switzerland to hand in the finalized bid book to the IOC ahead of the Jan. 11
Lee Kang-too heralds positives of sport

Jan 10, 2011

Promoter of ‘Sport for All’ focuses on global cooperationMany people make exercising their top New Year’s resolution, but are often unable to follow through.For Lee Kang-too, exercising regularly doesn’t have to involve running or going to the gym. Instead, it can be a simple activity, such as walking or climbing the stairs.“I wear my work-out shoes all the time. So wherever I go I’m ready to go f
Asia witnesses soccer power shift

Jan 7, 2011

Chung loses FIFA post to Jordanian princeIt was a shock to Chung Mong-joon that the Asian Football Confederation decided not to re-appoint him as the FIFA vice president for Asia.The 45-member committee voted Thursday 25-20 in favor of Prince Ali bin al-Hussein over Chung at the Asian Football Confederation’s meeting in Doha.Chung, 59, had been in the job for 16 years and was widely expected to se
PyeongChang finalizes 2018 bid

Jan 6, 2011

PyeongChang has completed its candidature file for its bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.Cho Yang-ho, CEO of PyeongChang’s 2018 bid committee, joined by Korean Olympic Committee president Park Yong-sung and Lee Kwang-jae, Governor of Gangwon Province, signed Thursday the finalized proposal in a special ceremony held in central Seoul. The International Olympic Committee set the deadline for the
Chung loses FIFA vice presidency

Jan 6, 2011

Chung Mong-joon failed to retain his FIFA vice president title after losing to Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan in a vote held at the Asian Football Confederation’s meeting Thursday in Doha.Prince Ali garnered 25 votes while Chung received 20 votes from the 45-member AFC executive committee to oust the honorary president of the Korea Football Association from the FIFA seat that he has kept for
Nadal, Federer through in Qatar Open

Jan 6, 2011

DOHA (AFP) ― Roger Federer and fever-hit Rafael Nadal both had to fight their way out of trouble before reaching the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open on Wednesday.Federer needed to recover from 4-5 down in the first set tie-breaker and from a break of serve down at 1-4 in the second against Swiss compatriot, and childhood friend, Marco Chiudinelli, ranked only 117 in the world, before coming throu
Cubs’ Sung sees bright future for Korean players

Jan 6, 2011

At the start of the 2011 Major League Baseball season, Choo Shin-soo of the Cleveland Indians will probably be the only big leaguer from South Korea.But in a couple of years, there might be a few more from the country.Sung Min-kyu, a South Korean minor league coach for the Chicago Cubs, is working with seven South Korean players in the Cubs’ system. In an interview with the Yonhap news agency this
Cho Yang-ho recognized for influence on Olympics

Jan 5, 2011

The head of the 2018 Winter Olympics bidding committee for South Korea’s PyeongChang has been named among 25 figures expected to wield the most influence on Olympic-related developments in 2011.Around the Rings (www.aroundtherings.com), a U.S. website specializing in Olympic-related news, ranked Cho Yang-ho, chairman of the PyeongChang bid efforts, No. 7 on its annual list of the “Golden 25.” Sinc
Ice man’s adventure to break world record

Jan 4, 2011

A 51-year-old Dutch man jumped into a tank filled with ice water in an effort to raise awareness of climate change and promote his plans to break a world record in Hong Kong, the Telegraph reported Thursday. Wim Hof of the Netherlands, known as “Iceman,” has a world record of staying in ice water for an hour and 44 minutes. Now he plans to break it on New Year’s Eve by staying for an hour and 50 m
Asiad: Angry Taiwan hackers attack taekwondo website

Nov 19, 2010

Taiwanese hackers launched cyber-attacks on Asia's top taekwondo body as anger mounted on the island over the controversial disqualification of a female fighter in the Asian Games, reports said Friday.Hackers wrote "Shame on you" and "Give back the gold" on the Asian Taekwondo Union's website, amid accusations that China and South Korea were behind the decision to disqualify the Taiwanese athlete, the Central News Agency said.The hackers added an image of a hand with its middle finger raised on