In chasing his dream, the young swimmer experienced homesickness and setbacksWhen he was younger and wanted to swim faster, Olympic 100m butterfly champion Joseph Schooling would imagine a shark coming after him.In hindsight, the image is apt.His - and...
As new-found fame comes his way, the Olympic champion faces a challenging road aheadThe athlete watches videos on technique, dissects his rivals and hones his body. He is ready for anything, but never fame, for it comes like an...
Amid a whirlwind week, Schooling has hardly had time to breathe, let alone take in the reality of his new superstar statusSpeed is Joseph Schooling's game. But even he has difficulty keeping pace with what has been a whirlwind...
PUTRAJAYA - The Olympic gold may have eluded Malaysia yet again, but Malaysians remain proud of Datuk Lee Chong Wei who fought valiantly in a bid to make history.The thousands gathered at Dataran Putrajaya for the match raised loud...
RIO DE JANEIRO - US gold medalist Ryan Lochte admitted to Brazil's largest broadcaster on Saturday night that he'd exaggerated his story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio - but insisted he did not lie.In an interview aired...
Rio de Janeiro - Nine Australian Olympic athletes were detained overnight and fined for tampering with their identity cards to be able to watch their home country's basketball semi-final, officials said Saturday.The athletes "had tampered credentials" to get into...
RIO DE JANEIRO - China's Chen Long stepped out of compatriot Lin Dan's shadow to spoil Lee Chong Wei's hopes of a golden Olympic swansong and win the men's badminton title on Saturday.The Malaysian's conqueror at successive world championship...
RIO DE JANEIRO - Chinese superstar Lin Dan, regarded by some as badminton's greatest-ever player, batted off retirement talk after leaving the Rio Games empty-handed Saturday with a bronze-medal-match defeat to Denmark's Viktor Axelsen.The double Olympic champion took the...
RIO DE JANEIRO - Chinese superstar Lin Dan, regarded by some as badminton's greatest-ever player, left the Rio Games empty-handed on Saturday after losing the men's singles bronze medal match to Viktor Axelsen.The Danish 22-year-old came from behind to...
PETALING JAYA - The hopes and dreams of an entire nation rests once again on national shuttler Datuk Lee Chong Wei as he seeks to finally end Malaysia's gold medal drought at the Olympics on Saturday at the Riocentro...
