When he was just seven Dej earned a paltry $2 for his impoverished family every time he got into the ring as a child Muay Thai boxer.Thirty years on, he pulls in a six figure salary as a mixed...
PARIS - IOC president Thomas Bach said Wednesday that "dozens" of athletes could be banned from the forthcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after new tests on samples from previous games.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to...
BANGKOK - Thai fans mobbed newly crowned English Premier League champions Leicester City as they arrived on Wednesday for a publicity blitz after their fairytale title triumph.They also hoped to banish the memory of a sex tape scandal that...
TOKYO - A Japanese official who led the successful bid for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics said on Wednesday the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) plans to investigate the bidding after questions were raised about payments by the bid committee.Media has...
BANGKOK - Newly-crowned English Premier League champions Leicester City arrived in Thailand Wednesday on a publicity blitz, hoping to tap into euphoria over their unlikely triumph.They also hoped to banish the memory of a sex tape scandal that marred...
Singapore is a long way from Las Vegas, the American city famed for its staging of top boxing and mixed martial arts (MMA) bouts.Yet it was to the Republic that lightweight title holder Rafael dos Anjos turned as he...
LONDON - Thirty one athletes from six sports could be banned from this year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics after 454 doping samples were re-tested from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the IOC said on Tuesday.A statement from the International Olympic...
LONDON - Teenager Marcus Rashford has already taken Wayne Rooney's place in the Manchester United forward line, now he threatens to do the same at international level after Roy Hodgson included him on Monday in his 26-man preliminary squad...
LONDON - Manchester United's teenage sensation Marcus Rashford and Newcastle United winger Andros Townsend were named in a provisional 26-man England squad for Euro 2016 on Monday.The uncapped Rashford, 18, has burst onto the scene with United this season,...
TOKYO - Japan vowed to cooperate with a French probe into $2 million allegedly paid to help Tokyo secure the 2020 Olympics on Monday, as the son of ex-world athletics chief Lamine Diack denied receiving the money.Prime Minister Shinzo...
