KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called on all Malaysians to rally behind the national contingent as they embark on their mission to win the country's first-ever gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The Prime Minister urged Malaysians to pray for the contingent to make history and deliver strong performances, securing...
BANGKOK: Thai athletes will be bidding to burnish the kingdom’s reputation with more medals when the 2024 Games kicks off next week Thailand has won 35 Olympic medals – 10 gold, 8 silver and 17 bronze – since debuting at the 1952 Helsinki Games. The first medal came 24 years later when boxer Payao Poontarat stepped onto...
There are few things more inspiring than athletes achieving Olympic glory. The Olympic Games later this month will be extra special for one table tennis star — Zhiying Zeng. The Guangzhou-born athlete turns 58 today (Jul 17) and will be making her Olympic debut in Paris. Table tennis has always been in Zhiying’s blood. Her mother was a table tennis coach, and...
While the 2024 Olympics will stage events in the Seine river from the ornate Alexandre III bridge, a proud declaration of the waterway's environmental renewal, many swimmers in the capital are already defying decades-long bans to take the plunge. Fears over pollution and safety led to a ban on swimming in the Seine and the Paris...
Concerns remain rife about the safety of the 2020 Olympics.Reuters Japan pledged on Thursday (May 27) to keep in close contact with Olympic stakeholders at home and abroad to ensure a safe and secure Games even as it prepared to extend a state of emergency across much of the nation, including host city Tokyo. Concerns remain rife...
