20 badminton player Yeo Jia Min “ had her guts with her ” as she took on the higher-seeded world No.... “ Our future lies in our unbreakable Singapore spirit, ” he wrote.“ Through the highs and the lows, never let go of that Singapore spirit,( and) each of us too being able to say ‘I gave my all’.... ” Singapore’s medal hopes continue with 17-year-old Max Maeder who is in the men’s kitefoiling final at the Marseille Marina....

Police officers stand near the entrance to the athlete's village for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Tokyo.... Dutch rower Finn Florijn tested positive for COVID-19 after competing in his heat at the Olympics on Friday, according to the organizers.... The Olympic organizing committee said it is working to determine whether anyone has been in close contact with Florijn, who they previously said was unable to row for" medical reasons." A separate member of t

A cardboard bed at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games athletes' village is seen in the capital's Chuo Ward on June 20, 2021.... On July 26, Israeli pitcher Ben Wanger posted a video to TikTok showing multiple athletes testing the strength of one of the athletes' village cardboard beds by jumping on it, and the resultant broken bed.... The athletes reacted quickly after the video invited a strong backlash online and elsewhere....

PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin congratulated Datuk Azizulhasni Awang in a video call on his silver medal win in the men’s keirin event at Tokyo 2020.In the call that lasted about seven minutes, Muhyiddin spoke to Azizul. The Prime Minister also spoke with Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican and second national track cyclist Mohd Shah Firdaus Sahrom. Muhyiddin asked Azizul, a Terengganu native, to show him his silver medal.“ This is silver but

The stage is set before the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.... The others are slotted by their order in the Japanese alphabet, so Iceland and Ireland precede Azerbaijan, for example.... The IOC says 206 teams--205 nations and the refugee team--will be taking part in the opening ceremony....