When he was 15, four schoolmates ganged up and beat him up so badly he had to be hospitalised for about five days.Mr Muhammad Muslihin Omar, now 23 and a full-time boxer, looks back at that moment as the...
In the old days, droves of spectators gathered in communal theatres around rural Myanmar to witness just one thing - Lethwei, the nation's bareknuckle combat sport.A martial art that welcomes headbutts, chokes, and raking knuckle strikes, Lethwei is classified...
ENGLAND - Leicester City's win over Newcastle on Monday not only sent them five points clear of Tottenham Hotspur at the top of the Premier League, it effectively ended the challenge of Manchester City and Arsenal, said Southampton manager...
He is holding his cards close to his chest, but national swim coach Sergio Lopez is confident Singapore will be able to send a "good number" of swimmers to the Rio Olympics in August.His charges are headed into their...
It was his first Men's Health Urbanathlon (MHU) in three years. But that did not stop Jason Lawrence from climbing, crawling and swinging his way to a fourth Urbanathlon title out of the five times he has taken part...
Manchester - Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal praised the spirit of his side as they scored a late goal to earn an FA Cup quarter-final replay at West Ham and potentially save their season.United trailed to a stunning...
LIVERPOOL - Controversial Chelsea striker Diego Costa insisted on Sunday that he did not bite the neck of Gareth Barry during his team's 2-0 FA Cup quarter-final defeat at Everton.The fiery Chelsea star was shown a second yellow card...
When Maria Sharapova admitted earlier this week that she had failed a drug test at the Australian Open, she hoped her explanation-that she didn't know a drug she had used for a decade was recently banned-would garner a lenient...
USA - Venus Williams finally made peace with Indian Wells tennis fans Friday by ending her 15-year boycott of the hardcourt tournament, but she couldn't put away her Japanese opponent.Williams' hopes for a storybook ending in her return to...
"We once knew a girl named Maria But suddenly that name Will never be the same."With apologies to Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, whose lyrics I have altered, their enduring love song of the 60s musical West Side Story...
