Sport

  • 2017 Autumn Table-Tennis Tournament for Disabled Persons and Amateurs Held

    The 2017 Autumn Table-Tennis Tournament for Disabled Persons and Amateurs took place at the Gymnasium of Kim Il Sung University from Oct. 16 to 22. Among the audience were Chairman Kim Mun…

  • DPRK acrobats won Gold Lion Prize at the 16th China Wuqiao International Acrobatics Festival​

    DPRK acrobats won Gold Lion Prize at the 16th China Wuqiao International Acrobatics Festival. Taking part in the festival, held on Sept. 29-Oct. 4, were excellent acrobats from 17 countries…

  • DPRK Championships Open

    The DPRK championships opened with due ceremony at the Basketball Gymnasium in Chongchun Street here on Monday. The championships are to be held at stadiums and gymnasiums in Pyongyang and…

  • DPRK Women Footballers Back Home

    DPRK women footballers returned home on Monday after winning in the 2017 AFC U-16 Women’s Championship. Footballer Kim Kyong Yong won the best player and top scorer prize. The footballers…

  • 20th Taekwon-Do World Championships Close

    The 20th Taekwon-Do World Championships were closed on Thursday with due ceremony at the Taekwon-Do Hall in Pyongyang. Present at the closing ceremony were Premier Pak Pong Ju, member of…

  • Third-Day Events of Taekwon-Do World Championships

    Events of the 20th Taekwon-Do World Championships are going on. Working people of all strata and students and youths in Pyongyang city, Taekwon-Do fans and foreign guests watched sparring matches,…

  • First-Day Events of Taekwon-Do World Championships

    The first-day events of the 20th Taekwon-Do World Championships took place at the Taekwon-Do Hall Monday. Attending them were famous players who proved successful in the past championships. The first-day…

  • Sosan Hotel in Pyongyang

    There is Sosan Hotel for sportspersons at the sports village in Chongchun Street, Pyongyang, the DPRK. Now the hotel is crowded with Taekwon-Do players and fans from different countries and…

  • Taekwon-do Teams and Delegations Here

    Teams and delegations of different countries arrived here Saturday to take part in the 20th World Taekwon-Do Championships. They included teams and delegations from South Africa, Morocco, Macedonia, Mongolia, Bulgaria,…

  • Jong Jin Man, Promising Weightlifter of DPRK

    Jong Jin Man, a weightlifter of the Kigwancha Sports Team in the DPRK, attracts attention of experts as a promising weightlifter. He established new records in snatch, jerk and total…

  • Taekwon-Do Hall Renovated

    Taekwon-Do Hall has been successfully renovated as befits the center for the development of the national martial arts. It can host international and domestic games at a high level. It…

  • Results of Group G Matches for 2018 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers (2)

    Following are the results from Group G matches for the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers held at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, the capital city of the DPRK, on…

  • National Taekwon-Do All-Star Tournament for Jonsung Cup Opens

    The National Taekwon-Do All-Star Tournament for Jonsung Cup opened with due ceremony at the Nampho Gymnasium Friday on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of the Korean people’s victory in…

  • Results of Group G Matches for 2018 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers (1)

    Group G matches for the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers began at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, the capital city of the DPRK, from Wednesday. Following are the results…

  • AFC Grassroots Football Day 2017 Marked in DPRK

    An event took place in the DPRK on the occasion of the AFC Grassroots Football Day 2017 (May 15). Present there were students and teachers from juvenile sports schools in…

  • National Martial Art Championship for Mangyongdae Prize Closes

    There closed the National Martial Art Championship for Mangyongdae Prize which was opened in celebration of the Day of the Sun. Pyongyang City Taekwon-do Team came first in team standing in…

  • Group B Matches of AFC Women’s Asian Cup Jordan 2018 Qualifiers (1)

    Group B matches for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Jordan 2018 Qualifiers began at the Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang on April 3. Following are the results of the…

  • National Volleyball Tournament of Agricultural Workers

    A national volleyball tournament of agricultural workers took place at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium from Mar. 22 to 27. The tournament brought together men and women players of 23 teams…

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