Money not biggest issue in NFL talks?
With five more days and nights ― at least ― to reach an agreement, the NFL and the players' union might find money off the top is not the bottom line. The owners' request that about $2 billion of total revenues be deducted before they split the rest with the players has been a sticking point ever since 2008. That's when the owners opted out of the current collective bargaining agreement, which w...
Sabbatini roars into Honda Classic lead
Yang Yong-eun stays in second, seeks first title since 2009 PGA Championship PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida (AFP) ― South African Rory Sabbatini fired a four-under par 66 on Saturday to seize a five-stroke lead after the third round of the $5.7 million U.S. PGA Honda Classic. Sabbatini, who began the day one stroke behind American Kyle Stanley, made five birdies against a lone bogey to stand on ni...
K-League rivals meet in season opener
Now that the winter is over and spring is setting in, the football season is back. This season a new team in Gwangju brings the K-League line-up to 16 teams. After a three-month break, the 29-year-old league resumes this weekend with four matches slated for Saturday and Sunday. The excitement has already begun as the league's two arch rivals FC Seoul and Suwon Samsung meet in Seoul on Sunday. ...
S. Korean short track coach claims innocence after being suspended for abuse allegations
A South Korean Olympic short track speed skating champion who has been suspended from coaching in the United States for allegations of corporal punishment claimed his innocence Thursday, saying U.S. skating officials disciplined him based only on media reports. Kim Dong-sung, who won the gold in the men's 1,000 meters at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, has been suspended from teachingyoung skat...
Muju Taekwondo Park to be a martial arts hub
Work to build a grand scale taekwondo theme park in Muju, North Jeolla Province, is well underway, according to the head of the sport's promotional body. The construction of Taekwondo Park, covering a total area of around 2 million square meters with $540 million in investment began last year and is expected to be completed in 2013, said Lee Dai-soon, head of Taekwondo Promotion Foundation. Lee...
K-League clubs off to mixed starts at AFC Champions League
Four teams from South Korea's K-League got off to mixed starts at the ongoing Asian Football Confederations Champions League this week. Jeju United, making its debut at the continent's top club competition, opened its Group E campaign with a 1-0 loss to Tianjin Teda of China at home on Tuesday. The following day, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, the 2006 Champions League winner, edged Shandong Luneng FC ...
S. Korean cycling recruits help of retired French racer
Chasing their first Olympic medal on tracks, South Korean cyclists have recruited help of a former world champion French cyclist. The Korea Cycling Federation announced Thursday that Frederic Magne will visit South Korea next Wednesday to discuss training regimens with local officials. Magne will also give a lecture in Seoul on the state of today's world cycling. "Magne will provide strong supp...
Mungyeong hopes to host 2015 Military World Games
For most South Korean people, Mungyeong in North Gyeongsang Province is associated with "Mungyeong Saejae," a mountain trail that helped Koreans in the Joseon era living in the southeastern peninsula pass over the Sobaek Mountains to get to Seoul. This week Mungyeong is busy welcoming the evaluation committee that will assess the city's bid to host the 2015 Military World Games. The committee ar...
Coaches agree to reach beneficial solution on roster problems
The head coaches of South Korea's senior and U23 men's national football teams agreed on Wednesday to work toward a mutually beneficial solution to the problem of recalling young players for international matches. Cho Kwang-rae, the coach of the senior squad, and Hong Myung-bo, who coaches the U23 team for the Olympics and the Asian Games, sat down Wednesday, along with other football officials,...
Korea F1 lowers ticket prices
Ear-piercing engine sounds and the smell of burning tires. Formula One, the world's fastest sport, is back again this year. Korea held its inaugural F1 Grand Prix in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province, last year and the second edition of the event is slated for Oct. 14-16. One big change from last year's event is that the local organizer has reduced ticket prices by 30 percent from the previous sea...
Lee makes debut at championships
GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province ― The crowd suddenly became silent as Lee Dong-won took his opening pose Monday afternoon in the preliminary round of the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Gangneung. His hands were shaking. Although he fought to compose himself, it wasn't easy for the 14-year-old skater. "I was very nervous as this is my first time at Junior Worlds," Lee said after comple...
Gangneung calls on young skaters
GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province ― Less than a month before the World Figure Skating Championships, promising young skaters from across the world arrived in Gangneung for the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, which take place from Wednesday to Sunday. The five-day competition organized by the International Skating Union is taking place at the Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink with more than 200 skat...
Orser coming to Korea for first time since split
Figure skating coach Brian Orser is coming to Korea next week for the first time since parting with Olympic medalist Kim Yu-na, his agent confirmed Tuesday. Orser is coming for the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships, slated to run from Feb. 26 to Mar. 6 in Gangneung, Gangwon Province. Orser, the 1984 and 1988 Olympic silver medalist, is currently coaching 16-year-old American Christi...
Olympic torch may travel into space
The next Winter Olympic Games' torch relay is to be the longest one ever, if Russia's bold plan is realized. Russia, the host of 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, is now in the beginning stages of extending the Olympic torch ceremony to the International Space Station. Vitaly Davydov, deputy head of the Russian Federation Space Agency, said that such a project was "interesting" and "theoretically pos...
Korea vows support for PyeongChang bid
The government assured Thursday that it would continue to back PyeongChang's 2018 bid and work to bring the Winter Olympics for the first time here. "2018 Winter Games is our top priority this year," said Choung Byoung-gug, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism in a public meeting explaining the government's sports policy. "We have successfully passed the IOC's inspection, but we still have a...