Olympics-Japan women’s gymnastics captain out of Paris Games for smoking
TOKYO (Reuters) -Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of the Japan women's artistic gymnastics team, has withdrawn from the squad for…
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Boxing-Helenius gets two-year ban for failed drug test before Joshua bout
(Reuters) - Finland's Robert Helenius has been banned for two years due to Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) for the presence…
Cricket-Hodge and Athanaze lead West Indies fightback
NOTTINGHAM, England (Reuters) -Kavem Hodge and Alick Athanaze led a West Indies revival as they finished a sunny second day…
Basketball: One goal – gold
THERE is one goal, and it’s always the same goal for USA Basketball. The only acceptable result from these Paris…
Swimming: The swim queen
TWELVE years on from her stunning 800m freestyle victory at the London Olympics, Katie Ledecky is headed to her fourth…
Ready for litmus test
SYDNEY: Swim star Ariarne Titmus (pic) says she has never prepared as well for a major event and is in…
Prepma pick swimmers Syaiful and Imaan over Zy for Paralympics
PETALING JAYA: It is final – para swimmers Nur Syaiful Zulkafli and Imaan Aiman Redzuan will represent the country at…
Cricket-Suryakumar takes over as India’s T20 captain ahead of Pandya
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Suryakumar Yadav was appointed India's T20 captain on Thursday ahead of Hardik Pandya and his tenure…
Cricket-Flintoff’s 16-year-old son Rocky youngest to hit test ton for England U-19s
(Reuters) - Rocky Flintoff, the 16-year-old son of former England all-rounder Andrew, became the youngest player to hit a century…