Good chance for Bryan to make semis

DIVER Bryan Nickson Lomas was the first Malaysian athlete to qualify for the Beijing Olympics and he could well be the first to break into the top-18 semi-finals when he competes in the 10m platform preliminaries at National Aquatics Centre Friday night.

Fook Chien on track for nation's first wushu medal

WUSHU exponent Pui Fook Chien is on course to bag Malaysia’s first medal in the Wushu Tournament Beijing 2008 after garnering the second highest score in the men’s nanquan (southern boxing) at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Thursday.

Stomach cramps force Yufang out of walk event

IT never should have happened to an experienced athlete but try telling that to Malaysian walker Yuan Yufang, who drank ice water barely two hours before the start of the women’s 20km walk competition Thursday.

Lanky Lopez ends Elaine's hopes

TAEKWONDO exponent Elaine Teo waited almost eight hours for her chance to fight again after losing her opening round women’s below 57kg match to Turkey’s Azize Tanrikulu in the morning.

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Past champions heap praises on Lightning Bolt

AUSTRALIAN cricketing great Steve Waugh had trouble finding enough superlatives to describe Usain Bolt's sprinting feats.

Finding new Bolt could take 20 years

JAMAICAN coach Don Quarrie said Thursday it may take the Caribbean island another 20 years to produce an athlete like double sprint gold medallist Usain Bolt “but we will”.

Rogge: Usain should show more respect for his rivals

JAMAICAN sprint superstar Usain Bolt should show more respect for his rivals said IOC President Jacques Rogge Thursday.

Veronica completes sprint sweep on a bad day for the Americans

JAMAICA continued their athletics gold rush when Veronica Campbell-Brown won the women's 200m Thursday and though there was an American sweep in the men's 400m it was another bad day for the sport's superpower.

Blonska off long jump list

UKRAINE'S heptathlon silver medallist Lyudmila Blonska looks set to be disqualified and face a life ban for a second doping offence after she was removed from the long jump finalists' list Thursday.

Perfect seven for China, thanks to Chen

CHEN Ruolin rallied on her last dive to earn four 10s, winning the gold medal in the women’s 10m platform Thursday and making China 7-for-7 with one event remaining at the Beijing Olympics.

Holland stun US for gold

HOLLAND won the gold medal in the women’s water polo competition Thursday, scoring a goal in the final minute to beat the United States 9-8.

Mission to stop Messi

BRAZIL failed miserably, now it’s Nigeria’s turn to find a way of keeping Argentina’s virtuoso Lionel Messi in check in Saturday’s showpiece Olympics football final at the National Stadium.

US deny Brazil again with an extra time winner

DEFENDING champions United States produced an extra time winner to claim Olympic gold after a 1-0 win over Brazil in the women’s football tournament in Beijing Thursday.

Overcoming cancer helped win 10km marathon gold, says Dutchman

DUTCHMAN Maarten van der Weijden said the experience of beating cancer helped him win an Olympic gold medal after victory in the men’s 10km Open water marathon swim Thursday.

China’s weightlifters are not only strong, they are smart too

CHINA'S weightlifters aren't just strong they are smart, with more than half of the team that claimed eight gold medals here having bachelor degrees and the rest taking university courses.

A podium to show their anger and joy

THEY have won the contest, secured the medal. So the drama is all over, right? Not so fast.

Yank floored by own weight

US wrestler Daniel Cormier lost his fight for Olympic glory Thursday without even setting foot on the mat, having been taken down by that common of American afflictions – excess body weight.

American duo repeat Athens’ triumph in heavy downpour

US BEACH volleyball queens Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor overcame a stern challenge from China's Wang Jie and Tian Jia to successfully defend their Olympic title Thursday.

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