South Korea
Business

Sochi, the Russian Black Sea resort is to bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics just weeks after Moscow failed in its effort to attract the 2012 Summer Games.

Manchester United's South Korean signing, Park Ji-Sung, was the most searched-for footballer on search engine Megasoccer.com last month.
Business

The Swedish government has rejected plans to bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Real Madrid footballer Luis Figo is one of the owners of the Portuguese motor racing team which will compete in the new A1 Grand Prix series.

Un Yong Kim of South Korea has decided to step down as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Business

Worldwide Olympic sponsor Samsung has signed Italian ski great Alberto Tomba as its global athlete ambassador, part of a series of announcements for the company’s 2006 marketing programme revealed in Turin.
Events

Soccer giant Real Madrid Club and Interactive Sports Television Ltd. (ISTV) have agreed to jointly develop and broadcast an interactive television programme to be launched in several of Asia’s soccer markets this autumn.
Events

With less than a week to go before SPORTELAsia 2005, all floor space has been sold and more than 250 companies from 41 countries worldwide have registered for the market.
Sponsorship & Marketing

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has announced that Total Sports Asia (TSA), Asia’s leading integrated sports marketing company, will be the exclusive Asian television rights distributor for the US Open.
Events

Yokohama would be an excellent venue for the 2011 rugby World Cup final, according to International Rugby Board (IRB) chairman Syd Millar.
Business

The IOC's executive board has urged members to expel vice-president Kim Un-Yong, jailed in South Korea after being found guilty on corruption charges.
Business

The X Games, the world’s signature action sports competition, will make its South Korean debut when Seoul hosts the Asian X Games 2005.

South Korea has named Pyeongchang – 100-miles east of Seoul - as its candidate for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
Stadia

National Basketball League commissioner Rick Burton is in China for talks about establishing an annual competition, perhaps as early as April.
Business

The Swedish towns of Ostersund and Are will apply to host the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
Stadia

The Oceania Nations Cup, which determines the top team in FIFA's smallest and least powerful region, could be shelved in favour of a four-nation tournament designed to attract top Asian, European and South American teams.
Business

The initial field for the 2014 Winter Olympics will be set on July 28, 2005.
Events

The Associated Press reports that Salzburg and Innsbruck Austria will make a formal bid for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games at a presentation in Vienna next month.