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Kim Jong-Un on Monday gave the first indication that North Korea could participate in next month's Winter Olympics in the South, despite tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme. "I sincerely hope the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics will be staged successfully," said Kim, the North Korean leader, in his new year's address to the nation. "We are willing…
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Olympics chief Thomas Bach is hoping to visit North Korea as early as this month to discuss Pyongyang's participation in the 2018 Winter Games, a report said Friday. South Korean organisers of the Pyeongchang Olympics are pushing for the North to compete as they hope to portray the event as a symbol of peace on the flashpoint peninsula.
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Lindsey Vonn, whose name is known within the sports world for Olympic gold medal skiing and without, for dating Tiger Woods, took some serious potshots at the president en route to this February's winter games in Pyeongchang. And in so doing, she pretty much slammed the country that elected Donald Trump - the country she's supposed…
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Olympic gold medal skier Lindsey Vonn made it clear during an interview Wednesday that she will be representing the American people at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, not President Trump. Speaking to CNN in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the two-time Olympic medalist said she takes representing the United States much more seriously than the president. "I…
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Terror and cyber-security threats to major global sporting events, including football's World Cup and the Olympics, are growing, Interpol's secretary general warned on Wednesday. Speaking on the fringes of a security conference in Doha, where the 2022 World Cup will be held, Jurgen Stock said "a spectrum" of threats, which also included hooliganism, now existed for…
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South Korea is ready to welcome the world at the 2018 Winter Olympics, including athletes from its sabre-rattling neighbour North Korea, chief organiser Lee Hee-Beom said in Prague on Friday. "Korea is ready to welcome the world. We will welcome all eligible athletes and National Olympic Committees (NOCs), including DPR Korea," he said at a meeting…
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The United States Olympic Committee said it has faith in the organizers of the 2018 South Korea Winter Olympics to put on a successful event despite growing security fears on the Korean peninsula. USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun said Friday they have confidence in the job the Pyeongchang officials are doing and preparations are moving ahead…
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Austria and Germany joined France on Friday in raising the spectre of staying away from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea amid security fears over nuclear-armed North Korea. Despite efforts by the International Olympic Committee to calm the jitters, winter Olympic powerhouse Austria said it was prepared to envisage staying away from the Pyeongchang Games…
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The recent tensions on the Korean peninsula has one country contemplating their participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Recent tests from North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs has left the French sports minister questioning if his country will go to the Olympic Games in South Korea, stating that “We will not put our team…
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Czech ice hockey legend Jaromir Jagr said Tuesday he would consider playing at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea if his talks on an NHL future failed. "I would have to be ready and be good, but if I were and the coaches asked me, I would say yes, of course," the 45-year-old right wing…
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Online ticket sales for next year's Winter Olympics opened in South Korea Tuesday, with organisers admitting far fewer places had so far been sold than previously implied, and concerns growing over North Korea's nuclear antics. The 2018 Pyeongchang Games will take place in a country with a limited winter sports tradition and far from the core…
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Berlin (dpa) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday voiced disappointment that the National Hockey League will not send its stars to the 2018 Games while local Games organizers in South Korea have not given up hope. "This must be a huge disappointment for the players who definitely wanted to play at the Olympic Winter…
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Washington Capitals star left wing Alex Ovechkin is still planning to play in the 2018 Winter Olympics, even if he's the only NHL player to do so. Ovechkin said the league's announcement Monday that it will not participate in the upcoming Olympic games in Pyeongchang, South Korea did little to change his desire to play for…
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The National Hockey League on Monday ruled out participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, North Korea, saying the Olympic committee hasn’t bothered to make participation more attractive. It will be the first time since 1998 that the league has not accommodated the Games. “This will confirm our intention to proceed with finalizing our 2017-18…
Negotiations for participation by the National Hockey League in the 2018 Olympics in North Korea have broken down, making it less likely the league will send any players to the Winter Games, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Tuesday. “Assume we’re not going,” Bettman tweeted. Bettman said there have been no negotiations with the International Olympic Committee…
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NBC's longtime Olympics host Bob Costas is handing the torch to Mike Tirico for the 2018 Winter Games, the network announced Thursday. Tirico will debut as the prime-time host for the network with the 2018 games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, ending a run for Costas that began in 1992. Costas, 64, said in a statement that…
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Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - Tickets have gone on sale, test events are in full swing, athletes' excitement is growing and organizers are upbeat as Thursday marked the one-year countdown until the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics. The snow and ice Games are in the first in mainland Asia, after Japan hosted the event 1972 in Sapporo…
