It's not often a distance runner cites a boxing flick as an inspiration.But a chance viewing of the 2006 movie Rocky Balboa - the sixth instalment in the famous Rocky franchise - helped national runner Soh Rui Yong overcome...
Football used to be just an after-school hobby for Mr Muhd Alfie Aasriq.But thanks to a surprise visit by Tampines Rovers winger Jermaine Pennant, Mr Muhd Alfie now wants to turn professional.Mr Muhd Alfie, 20, a full-time national serviceman,...
He is Singapore's brightest hope for a medal at this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and yesterday morning (Singapore time), swim star Joseph Schooling issued a statement of intent at the NCAA Division IMen's Swimming & Diving...
KUALA LUMPUR - Westports Malaysia Dragons have clinched their first Asean Basketball League (ABL) title after beating Singapore Slingers in Game Five of the Finals.With the five-game series tied at 2-2, the Dragons banked on a roaring home crowd...
NEW DELHI - England's contrasting batting displays in their last two World Twenty20 matches did little to enhance their title credentials but batting mainstay Joe Root said the team's best is yet to come in the tournament.Blown away by...
LONDON - Football was accused of having a "cultural problem" as former England international Adam Johnson was sentenced to six years in prison after engaging in unlawful sexual activity with a 15-year-old fan.Johnson, once a winger with Sunderland and...
MIAMI - Former England football great David Beckham has taken a key step towards his goal of launching a Major League Football franchise by buying land for a stadium in Miami, one of his partners said Thursday.Beckham's group of...
KUALA LUMPUR - Badminton bosses have brought in lifetime bans for match-fixers and illegal gamblers as part of a new charter announced on Thursday which gives the body greater scope to root out corruption.The Badminton World Federation (BWF) also...
IT WAS a good pitch at Mohali, not damp, not a raging turner, not a slow, spongy surface where the ball has a cup of tea before it reaches the batsman.No, it was a surface on which New Zealand...
Singapore - Singapore's German coach Bernd Stange has confirmed he will be stepping down after a lacklustre stint that leaves the football-mad city-state at 148th in the world rankings.The 68-year-old said the World Cup qualifier against Afghanistan next week...
