‘Championship handovers’ during the Beijing Half Marathon: A disgrace to the sport
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2024
The once esteemed Beijing Half Marathon has become a “mockery”. During the race, three African contenders, namely Kenya’s Robert Keter and Willy Mnangat and Ethiopia’s Dejene Hailu, did something most unusual. They appeared to pivot and offer encouragement to their fellow Chinese athlete, He Jie, with an air of reluctance to fully embrace their own victory.
A Thai female athlete Ploy Bhinsaeng wins Polo championship
SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 2024
Ploy Bhinsaeng, a prominent Thai national female polo athlete, won the King Power International Ladies’ Polo Tournament 2024, reaffirming her potential to become Asia's number one ranked female polo player.
Nation Group honours its staff who won medals at Asean Para Games
SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2023
The Nation Group on Friday held a ceremony to congratulate three of its employees for their medal-winning performances in badminton at the 2023 Asean Para Games in Cambodia from June 6-9.
WADA's 'Operation LIMS' passes 200 sanctions of Russian athletes
FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2023
More than 200 Russian athletes have been sanctioned following the ‘Operation LIMS’ investigation into Moscow's anti-doping laboratory with more bans to come, the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Thursday.
Spanish extreme athlete emerges into daylight after 500 days living in cave
SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2023
A 50-year-old Spanish extreme athlete who spent 500 days living 70-metres (230 feet) deep in a cave outside Granada except for a week due to "technical reasons" says the time without contact with the outside world flew by and she did not want to come out.
‘He had his penis out’: Athlete suffers mishap at World Championships
SATURDAY, AUGUST 06, 2022
An Italian athlete dropped to last place in the 400 metres decathlon race at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships after suffering an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction.
Thai teen sprint sensation Puripol smashes own 200m record
MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2022
Thai athlete Puripol Boonson snatched the gold in the men’s 200-metre sprint at the XXXI Qosanov Memorial in Almaty Kazakhstan, om Sunday, breaking Thailand’s national record for the third time, with a time of 20.19 seconds.