The Korea Herald

Slovenians sweep FIS Cup

Jan 13, 2011

Take top 3 spots in ski-jumping event in PyeongChang PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Slovenian ski jumper Matjaz Pungertar cleared 135 and 129.5 meters to win the FIS Continental Cup on Thursday at...
Coach for Olympic swimmer Park resigns

Jan 13, 2011

The coach credited with grooming swimmer Park Tae-hwan to become an Olympic gold medalist abruptly announced Thursday that he was resigning as head coach of the national team, a move that followed Pa...
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 ...
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 ...
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 b...
Lee Kang-too heralds positives of sport

Jan 10, 2011

Promoter of ‘Sport for All’ focuses on global cooperation Many people make exercising their top New Year’s resolution, but are often unable to follow through. For Lee Kang-too, exercising regularly...
Asia witnesses soccer power shift

Jan 7, 2011

Chung loses FIFA post to Jordanian prince It 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 co...
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 Y...
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. Prin...
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 ...
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 m...
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. Aro...
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...
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 Frida...