North Korea's participation in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics will "lay the foundation for improving inter-Korean relations," the competition's top organiser said on Tuesday. Lee Hee-beom, head of the PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympics & Paralympic Games (POCOG), said North Korea's presence w...
A 280-member North Korean delegation, including cheerleaders and taekwondo demonstrators, will travel to South Korea this week ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Seoul's Unification Ministry said on Tuesday. The delegation, led by Sports Minister Kim Il-guk, will arrive in the South at around 9.30 a.m., on Wednesday via a wes...
The top organiser of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics said on Tuesday that he's confident of a sellout at the quadrennial competition. Lee Hee-beom, head of the PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Games (POCOG), said that as of Monday, 826,000 tickets had been sold, 77.3 percent of the total available, reports Yon...
South Korea's figure skater Cha Jun-hwan is well prepared to make a top-10 finish at his first Olympics in PyeongChang, his Canadian coach said Tuesday. "After he won nationals and earned his spot to come to the Olympics, he came back to Toronto as a different person," Brian Oser told reporters after wrapping up Cha's first practice...
Spain's Rafael Nadal remained in the number one spot in the men's Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday with 9,760 points, ahead of Switzerland's Roger Federer. The 20-time Grand Slam champion Federer, who won the Australian Open title last month over Croatia's Marin Cilic, needs just 155 points to get past Na...
The main athletes' village of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics held the first ceremony to usher in Olympians on Monday, four days before the opening of the games. The welcoming ceremony was conducted for athletes from Romania, Belgium and Brazil at the PyeongChang Olympic Village (POV). They braved icy winds as they marched and hoisted ...
Army Public School from Bengaluru clinched the FC Bayern Youth Cup India title after defeating Mumbai-based Campeon School 4-1 in an enthralling 30-minute final match here. Former French star footballer and FC Bayern Hall of Famer Bixente Lizarazu was present at the final of the tournament. Lizarazu said: "It was a great weekend ...
FC Barcelona retained their unbeaten record in the La Liga as they came back from a goal down to take a point from a feisty local derby away to Espanyol. Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde, perhaps mindful of his side's Cup semi-final return leg away to Valencia on Thursday night, left Leo Messi on the subs' bench along with Ivan Rakitic, Sergi Robe...
Reigning Dutch champions Feyenoord suffered their 5th defeat of the Eredivisie football season, 1-0 at VVV-Venlo, to stay far behind league leaders PSV. Feyenoord had beaten PSV 2-0 in the quarterfinals of the Dutch Cup last Wednesday, but could not replicate that on Sunday, reports Xinhua news agency. Clint Leemans converted a penalty in the ...
Lebanon's tennis national team scored a major achievement by beating Chinese Taipei 3-2 in the Asian-Oceania second group of the Davis Cup competition. The games that were played on the grounds of the Taadod club in Beirut saw Lebanon leading Chinese Taipei 3-2 on Sunday, setting up a match with Hong Kong, who beat Iran in the same group, reports Xinhua n...
