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Rio de Janeiro - American teenager Lilly King celebrated stopping tainted Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova from getting an Olympic gold as doping hostilities worsened in Rio.King was joined by US legend Michael Phelps and other swimmers in calling for...
Ex-world champ, 53, takes shock 2-0 lead before S'porean finds footing and prevailsTwo paddlers stood at opposite ends of the table yesterday at the Riocentro Pavilion 3. Both table tennis veterans, both former world champions - one with the...
Quah's journey must include showing off form in and out of the poolVarious media gathered in a huddle of similar nationalities along a crowded mixed zone at the Olympic Aquatics Centre yesterday morning (Singapore time).As always.Waiting for their swimmer...
Rio de Janeiro - In the chaotic world of Rio criminality, it is an old trick that is winning the gold medal.A blonde woman distracts the victim while an accomplice grabs the bag of cameras, computers or valuables. A...
Nothing it seems, can prepare someone for the pressure of competing at the Olympic Games, as national shooter Teo Shun Xie found out to her cost yesterday.The 28-year-old may be the reigning Commonwealth Games and SEA Games champion in...
Most of the five stars on the Chinese flags being used at medal ceremonies at the Rio Olympics are misaligned, officials said, prompting a diplomatic protest and online fury.Chinese internet users were quick to detect a "plot" against the...
Chinese weightlifter Long Qingquan broke a 16-year-old world record and North Korean Om Yun-Chol's heart on Sunday, taking a second career Olympic gold in the men's 56kg-category in Rio.Long lifted a combined total of 307kg to break a record...
French gymnast Samir Ait Said underwent surgery on the gruesome double break of his leg suffered at the Rio Olympics but vowed to try to come back for Tokyo 2020.The 26-year-old snapped the lower part of his left leg...
China's Wu Minxia splashed into the Olympic record books on Sunday, passing legends like American Greg Louganis and "big sister" Guo Jingjing as the most decorated diver in history.Wu became the first person with five diving gold medals thanks...
Serena and Venus Williams were deposed as Olympic Games women's doubles champions on Sunday, their hopes of a fourth gold dashed by Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova in the first round.Just a day after 36-year-old Venus, suffering from a...
