South Korea

Bokwang Phoenix Park has been confirmed as the host venue for the snowboarding and freestyle skiing competitions at the 2018 winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Cho Yang-ho, the head of the organising committee for the 2018 PyeongChang winter Olympic Games, has rubbished suggestions that hosting duties could be shared with another city in South Korea or abroad.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has established a special joint task force with South Korean organisers of the 2018 winter Olympics amid concerns over the pace of preparations in PyeongChang.

Organisers of the PyeongChang 2018 winter Olympic Games have insisted that preparations for test events due to be staged next year are on track, despite International Ski Federation (FIS) president Gian-Franco Kasper having voiced his concerns over the current situation.

The Los Angeles Dodgers MLB baseball franchise has reportedly entered into discussions with South Korean investors over the potential sale of a minority ownership share in the team.

Organisers of the PyeongChang 2018 winter Olympic Games have vowed to step up their preparations for the sporting spectacle after admitting to a number of “difficulties” posed by funding issues and construction delays.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said the venue master plan for the PyeongChang 2018 Games has been finalised, putting an end to speculation that hosting rights to the next edition of the winter Olympics could be shared throughout South Korea, or even outside the country.

Organisers of the 2018 winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang have hit out at fresh claims linking the South Korean resort to possible event-sharing with other cities in the country.

Organisers of the 2018 winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang have rejected suggestions by the Governor of Gangwon province, Choi Moon-soon, that the South Korean resort could co-host certain events with neighbouring North Korea.

The Korean Grand Prix has been dropped from the calendar for Formula One’s 2015 season, but intrigue remains around the campaign’s final make-up with motorsport’s global governing body, the FIA, stating that the calendar will retain a record 21 races.

PyeongChang 2018 organisers have signed off on an 85.9bn won (€62.9m/$78.1m) plan to address one of the key venue concerns for South Korea’s staging of the winter Olympic Games, while another senior political figure has rejected the idea of the country sharing hosting rights to the event.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye has slammed suggestions that PyeongChang should seek to share its hosting rights for the 2018 winter Olympics, stating such talk is “meaningless”.

The PyeongChang organising committee for the 2018 winter Olympics (Pocog) has played down speculation that Games competitions could be moved out of the South Korean city.

A South Korean governor has rejected a proposal from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move various events from the 2018 winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang to another country in order to help save money.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has proposed that bobsleigh and luge events are moved outside of South Korea for the 2018 winter Olympic Games in order to save money for local organisers in PyeongChang.

The Korean Grand Prix is set to return to the Formula One calendar in 2015 after being listed as a surprise inclusion on a provisional calendar that swells to a record 21 races.