THE Olympics is over! Every four years, the cream of the sporting crop sheds blood, sweat and tears for a chance to stand on the grand stage where athletic prowess is celebrated. Some, however, just show up and perform some questionable breakdancing. While each event has its overwhelming favourites, like Usain Bolt, who was considered the greatest...
China and the United States might have dominated the final medal tally at the recently concluded Paris Olympics, but it seems another country is getting attention for its haul. North Korea’s 14-member contingent won six medals — two silvers and four bronze medals — beating out many countries with bigger populations. The hermit kingdom has a population of 26 million people. North...
PETALING JAYA: Men’s singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong will need time to regain his old confidence after enduring a frustrating year. Tze Yong has yet to return to full training after undergoing two back surgeries in February and April and has been ruled out of all remaining competitions this year. National coaching director Rexy Mainaky said that...
PETALING JAYA: Men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik are keen to keep playing badminton at the highest level into their late 30s like Indonesian pair Mohd Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan. And just like the legendary Ahsan and Hendra, Aaron-Wooi Yik want to win more major titles. Hendra, 39 has won all the major crowns including the Olympics, World...
(Reuters) -Britain's five-time Olympic diving medallist Tom Daley is retiring from the sport, he said on Monday as he returned from the Paris Games where he won silver in the men's synchronised 10-metre event together with Noah Williams. Having stepped away from the sport after the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Daley made a return last year...
IT’S time to throw caution to the wind and go for broke. And for gold. Azizulhasni Awang must dare to take risks if he is to realise his ambition of capturing the elusive Olympic gold medal for Malaysia, says former Olympian cyclist Rizal Tisin. The keirin competition starting at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome today is realistically Malaysia’s last...
PARIS (Reuters) -India beat Spain 2-1 to win bronze in men's hockey at the Paris Olympics on Thursday as skipper Harmanpreet Singh scored twice to put his side in front after they fell behind in a tournament where his heroics proved decisive in all of their wins. The win gave India's their second consecutive bronze medal...
PARIS (Reuters) - Swedish marathon swimmer Victor Johansson has pulled out of the Olympic men's 10km event scheduled for Friday citing concerns about the water quality of the Seine river, Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported. Johansson told the paper triathletes had fallen sick after swimming in the urban river during the Olympic competition, without naming any. "There...
PARIS (Reuters) - Jade Jones' hopes of a third Olympic medal in taekwondo were crushed on Thursday after the debutant who ousted the British double champion was herself defeated in the featherweight quarter-finals, closing a back door route to the podium. Miljana Reljikj beat Jones 6-7 4-5 1-1 in a round of 16 contest at Paris'...
PARIS (Reuters) -Chinese young gun Luo Shifang won the 59kg Olympic weightlifting title at the Paris Games on Thursday with a total of 241kg, setting Olympic records in the snatch and clean and jerk. In a classic battle of youth against experience, 23-year-old Luo came out on top against Canada's Maude Charron and Taiwan's defending champion...
