Take top 3 spots in ski-jumping event in PyeongChangPYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Slovenian ski jumper Matjaz Pungertar cleared 135 and 129.5 meters to win the FIS Continental Cup on Thursday at the Alpensia ski jump stadium in PyeongChang. Fellow Slovenian Rok Zima, who claimed second place at the first round Wednesday, finished just 9 points behind the winner after nailing 134 and 128.5 meter

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 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 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