PARIS: American sprinter Noah Lyles said he ran the Olympic 200 metres final two days after testing positive for the coronavirus. Lyles won the 100m on Sunday but was denied a double when he had to settle for bronze in the 200m, with gold going to Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo. Lyles
PARIS: National diving ace Nur Dhabitah Sabri managed to keep her medal hopes alive in the women’s 3 metre (m) Springboard event at the 2024 Paris Olympics after advancing to the final, here yesterday. In yesterday’s semi-finals, despite losing focus on the third dive, she improved on her last two jumps
SEPANG: Strengthening the Asean community was crucial towards connectivity and resilience of the region, said Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Mohamad Alamin. He said Malaysia would be the chair of Asean next year and is expected to lead efforts in strengthening Asean beyond 2025. Mohamad said Malaysia’s chairmanship was a special
PARIS: National track cycling ace Datuk Mohd Azizulhasni Awang ended his campaign in the sprint event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the 1/8 finals at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome last night. He did not qualify for the quarter-finals after finishing third in the 1/8 repechage round, trailing 0.190
From Vikneswaran Raman PARIS: The Malaysian contingent’s challenge at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games heated up again on day 12, with the country’s athletes competing in four different sports. First, weightlifter Mohamad Aniq Kasdan came close to making history by delivering Malaysia’s first medal in weightlifting, but fell short of
PARIS: Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez has etched his name in Olympic history by becoming the first athlete to win the same individual event at five consecutive Games, according to the German press agency (dpa). Lopez, aged 41, secured the gold medal in the 130-kilogramme division by defeating Chile’s Yasmani
PUTRAJAYA: The National Day and Malaysia Day theme song, titled ‘Madani Jiwa Merdeka’, was launched today with a unique arrangement incorporating traditional instruments like the sitar, tabla, and gendang. Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) music director Datuk Mokhzani Ismail said that the song, written and composed by Affan Mazlan and performed
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have confirmed receiving a report regarding an article published by an online news portal yesterday claiming there will be a transfer of senior Bukit Aman officials. Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said in a statement that an officer from Bukit Aman lodged the police
PARIS: Chinese diving sensation Quan Hongchan defended her title in the women’s 10m platform at the Paris Olympic Games on Tuesday. The 17-year-old grabbed the gold in 425.6 points, edging her compatriot Chen Yuxi to the second place with 420.7, Xinhua news agency reported. It is Quan’s second gold from
GUA MUSANG: The Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Nenggiri by-election, Mohd Azmawi Fikri Abdul Ghani, is not a new face who has only recently started engaging with residents, said Umno Supreme Council Member Ahmad Maslan. He said the Kelantan Umno Youth chief, commonly known as Awie, has developed a
