Share Malaysian shuttler Lee Chong Wei was hailed as a national hero Monday despite his bitterly disappointing finals loss to China‘s Lin Dan, which deprived the nation of its first Olympic gold. The silver medal was Malaysia‘s best result in 12 years at the Olympics and the best achievement by a singles player. Malaysians followed [...]

Share Michael Phelps became the greatest Olympian of all time Wednesday winning two gold medals in the space of an hour to lift his career total to an unprecedented 11 on his charge to Olympic immortality. As world records continued to tumble in the pool, Phelps passed the halfway point in his drive to be [...]

Share Daniel Bego broke his own national 200m freestyle record in the Olympic heats tonight, clocking 1:50.92s to better his previous mark of 1:51.05s at the national ‘Water Cube’ aquatics centre. He finished sixth out of seven in the race which was dominated by American swimmer Michael Phelps. Daniel, who is from Sarawak, holds two [...]

Share Kuala Lumpur was 13th of the 51 cities to be visited by the Olympic torch on its way to Beijing. The final 31 of these venues are all in China, on the torch’s domestic tour of this year’s Olympic Games host country. This should rekindle the Olympic flame into a semblance of glory by [...]