Singapore’s swimmers conclude SEA Games campaign with 21 golds
HANOI: A miracle, a dream but now a reality.
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Australia's Jack 'proves' her point after successful comeback from doping ban
MELBOURNE : Three years after becoming the pariah of Australian swimming, Shayna Jack can finally look ahead with hope after coming back from a doping ban to book her place at the world championships and Commonwealth Games.
Another SEA Games gold for Gan Ching Hwee as Amanda Lim’s unbeaten streak in 50m freestyle ends
HANOI: Swimmer Gan Ching Hwee made it four SEA Games golds in as many events as she cruised to victory in the women’s 1,500m freestyle at the My Dinh Water Sports Palace on Wednesday (May 18).
'Won't apologise for slapping Jagbir, have done nothing wrong': Satender Malik
Satender Malik has refused to apologise to international referee Jagbir Singh for abusing and hitting him during the selection trials for the Birmingham CWG here on Tuesday. The burly 125kg freestyle wrestler has, in fact, decided to quit wrestling and focus on his Air Force job with the Indian Armed Forces, if the decision to impose life ban on him wasn't overturned by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). A day after his photos and videos hitting Jagbir went viral on social media, Satender – who hails from Haryana's Mokhra village – spoke exclusively with TOI on Wednesday, narrating the sequence of events which led to his physical assault on the referee.
One more SEA Games? 'We'll see', says Joseph Schooling after wrapping up with 2 golds, 1 bronze in Hanoi
HANOI: It was not the high he would have wanted to end his campaign on, making the question that most reporters had even more pertinent: Is Joseph Schooling coming back for more?
Swimming-Pop singer Simpson upstages Chalmers at Australian trials
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian pop singer-turned-swimmer Cody Simpson is on track for a remarkable world championships debut after upstaging Olympic freestyle gold medallist Kyle Chalmers at national trials in Adelaide on Wednesday.
Abused, pushed, slapped: Wrestler attacks referee at CWG trials, banned for life
Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Tuesday, when Haryana wrestler Satender Malik – representing Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) – abused and punched international referee Jagbir Singh in front of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and other office-bearers after losing his final bout in the men’s freestyle 125kg category to compatriot MohitGrewal in a controversial fashion. As a result of Satender’s indiscretion, the WFI chief banned him for life from all wrestling-related activities, while a case of physical assault and manhandling was registered against the wrestler by Jagbir at the IP Extension police station. The police team, later, visited the KD Jadhav Indoor wrestling hall – the venue for the trials – at the IGI stadium and recorded the statements of coaches and WFI officials for further investigation into the matter. After hitting the referee, Satender immediately left the venue with his supporters while Jagbir was comforted by fellow referees and coaches.
Hat-trick of individual golds for swimmers Gan and Zheng Wen, Maximillian Ang smashes SEA Games record
HANOI: As the Vietnamese crowd roared for the hometown favourite Pham Thanh Bao, Singaporean Maximillian Ang had only one thing on his mind towards final stretch of his breaststroke race in the 31st SEA Games.