Pusan out to save Asian Games

Pusan out to save Asian Games

SEOUL (AFP): The Olympic Council of Asia has given the South Korean city of Pusan 30 days to meet new conditions to save its hosting of the 2002 Asian Games, officials said Sunday.

The OCA set an Oct. 15 deadline for Pusan to meet the financial conditions of a new accord made with the organizers on the sidelines of the Olympics in Sydney on Saturday night.

The OCA had threatened to move Asia's biggest sporting event after accusing Pusan of breaching the host city contract. New Delhi and Kuala Lumpur were ready to stand in to act as emergency hosts.

"With this new agreement, the OCA looks forward to improved cooperation and sincerity in all of our dealings and we are sure that relations will improve," said the OCA president Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahd Al Sabah.