RIO DE JANEIRO - Usain Bolt roared into Olympic history here Sunday, capturing an unprecedented third consecutive 100m crown to confirm his place in the pantheon of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen.The 29-year-old Jamaican legend, competing...
RIO DE JANEIRO - Olympic divers slammed Rio organisers on Sunday for not replacing the murky green water in their pool that has proved a smelly eye-sore.Unlike the adjacent pool at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Centre which was drained...
RIO DE JANEIRO - Andy Murray became the first player to win two Olympic tennis singles gold medals Sunday when he defeated Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in an epic final.Murray added the Rio title...
The United States won its 1,000th Olympic gold medal on Saturday when the American women's 4x100 meter medley relay team clinched victory at the Rio Games.The honour of reaching the milestone was shared by Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana...
JOHANNESBURG: Jailed murderer Oscar Pistorius has been put on suicide watch following mysterious wrist injuries that landed him in hospital earlier this month, media reported on Sunday.Prison officials told City Press newspaper that the athlete who is serving a...
Rio de Janeiro - Michael Phelps is said to have surpassed the deeds of Leonidas of Rhodes at the ancient Olympics and the American's coach believes we will never see his likes again."Absolutely not, I'm not even looking," Bob...
The New Paper's DAVID LEE charts the rise and rise of Singapore's first Olympic gold medallist.2006Curious to know how far their child could go in the sport, the Schoolings send Joseph for a bone age test. The test, which...
Summoning their fighting spirit, the Republic's women's table tennis team claimed a dramatic 3-2 quarter-final win over South Korea yesterday in Brazil.So often cast as the country's table tennis heroine, Feng Tianwei reprised that role with a decisive contribution...
His hands were tied but his spirit was free. He became a part of history without even getting his feet wet. Mr Vincent Poon got up at 7am yesterday as usual, but could do nothing for his former student...
The island yesterday felt the full power of sports as a unifying force. For 50.39 seconds, shortly after the clock struck 9.13am, the Republic stood still, gripped and enthralled by a flying fish, a son of Singapore, who won...
