In brief: Pyeongchang rewarded with 2018 Olympics

Olympics: Persistence paid off for the South Korean city of Pyeongchang.

After a decade of trying and two defeats, it won the right to host an Olympics – the 2018 Winter Games – beating two European rivals Wednesday in a landslide vote which took place in Durban, South Africa.

Pyeongchang routed Munich and Annecy, France, in the first round of a secret ballot of the International Olympic Committee. Needing 48 votes for victory, Pyeongchang received 63 of the 95 votes cast. Munich received 25 and Annecy seven.

Croatia hands U.S. U19 team first loss

Basketball: Toni Katic scored 21 points to lead Croatia (4-2) to an 87-85 victory over the United States at Riga, Latvia, in the second round of FIBA’s Under 19 World Championship.

Jeremy Lamb had 25 points for the U.S. (5-1), which had already clinched a berth in the quarterfinals that start Friday.

• Vogel officially made Pacers’ head coach: The Indiana Pacers officially rewarded Frank Vogel, who took over at the middle of last season and led the team to its first playoff berth since 2006, with the head coaching job.

• Union defends inquiry of NBA finances: Day 6 of the NBA lockout featured sparring by union and league officials over financial information, a day after a report questioned whether the NBA indeed lost money two seasons ago.

Though the NBA says it lost $340 million in 2009-10, a New York Times blog post Tuesday called the league “fundamentally a healthy and profitable business” with an estimated operating income of $183 million that season.

“In 2009-10, the NBA repeatedly offered projections that league revenues would decline as much as 5 percent, or $180 million, while also projecting losses of $370 million. Revenues were actually up in ’09-10 and the revenue projections were off by as much as $200 million. Yet, the loss figures were only adjusted by $30 million. So yes, we feel there is more than adequate basis for questioning their projections and financials,” union spokesman Dan Wasserman said.

NFL training camps may be delayed

NFL: The prospect of postponing the opening of training camps grows as lawyers for the NFL and the players’ association sorted out contract language and details for a second straight day, hoping it could speed the process in reaching a new collective bargaining agreement.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA chief DeMaurice Smith plan to return to the negotiations today, along with several owners and players.

Some training camps are set to open in less than three weeks and the first exhibition game is Aug. 7 in Canton, Ohio.

High-profile doctor enters guilty plea

Miscellany: Dr. Anthony Galea, a Canadian sports doctor whose high-profile clients have included Tiger Woods and Alex Rodriguez, pleaded guilty in federal court in Buffalo, N.Y., to bringing into the United States unapproved drugs, including human growth hormone, that were used to treat up to 20 professional athletes at their homes, hotels and friends’ houses from October 2007 to September 2009.

Galea has agreed to cooperate with investigators and disclose the identities of his patients and their treatments.

• Red Sox place Lester on DL: The Boston Red Sox put left-hander Jon Lester on the 15-day disabled list with a strained muscle in his back.

• Schools against additional recruiting calls: Legislation passed in April that allowed NCAA Division I schools to contact high school juniors by phone in sports other than football and men’s basketball has been suspended because 106 override requests were received by the June 27 deadline.