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Olympic torch relay begins in Fukushima, counting down to delayed Tokyo Games

Paris to commit 145mn euros for 2024 Olympic bid

‘Marvellous’ Rio flames out as Super Abe takes baton

Five cities 'interested' in hosting 2024 Games

IOC maintains Indian suspension

Mexican Olympic medalist shot in head

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Olympic torch relay begins in Fukushima, counting down to delayed Tokyo Games

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Thursday 25 March 2021, 09:25AM

JAPAN: The Tokyo Olympics torch relay kicked off Thursday (Mar 25), a year late and without spectators, heralding a major step towards the start of the coronavirus-delayed Games on July 23.

Paris to commit 145mn euros for 2024 Olympic bid

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Thursday 22 September 2016, 11:25AM

OLYMPICS: Paris will commit 145 million euros (B5.63bn) for the renovation of stadiums and other infrastructure to ensure it hosts the 2024 Summer Olympics, city officials said this week.

‘Marvellous’ Rio flames out as Super Abe takes baton

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Monday 22 August 2016, 02:34PM

BRAZIL: The Rio Olympics ended in a blaze of colour with an exuberant closing ceremony on Sunday (Aug 22) as Tokyo took up the baton promising to host the best Games yet in 2020.

Five cities 'interested' in hosting 2024 Games

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Wednesday 6 May 2015, 09:42AM

OLYMPICS: Five cities – Boston, Hamburg, Rome, Paris and Budapest – "are interested" in hosting the 2024 Olympic Games, IOC executive director Christophe Dubi disclosed on Tuesday (May 5).

IOC maintains Indian suspension

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Wednesday 11 December 2013, 10:16AM

OLYMPICS: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said Tuesday that a suspension of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) was being maintained.

Mexican Olympic medalist shot in head

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 10:08AM

MEXICO CITY: Noe Hernandez, a Mexican who won the silver medal in race walking at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, lost his left eye and was in serious condition Monday after being shot in the head in a bar, reports said.

Bid chief says Spain needs Olympic games now more than ever

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Tuesday 30 October 2012, 08:55AM

OLYMPICS: Madrid winning the right to host the 2020 Olympic Summer Games would deliver just the boost that is needed as Spain battles against a gruelling recession, the bid leader Alejandro Blanco told AFP in an interview.

Obama hails women's soccer team's Olympic gold

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Friday 10 August 2012, 05:26PM

FOOTBALL: US President Barack Obama congratulated the US women's football team after it clinched a 2-1 victory over Japan at the Olympic final at London's Wembley Stadium on Thursday.

Jamaica eye sprint dominance after Bolt heroics

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Friday 10 August 2012, 05:24PM

ATHLETICS: Jamaica's sprint kings will enter the home stretch of their golden Olympic campaign tonight after Usain Bolt's historic defence of his 100m and 200m crowns.

At 13, youngest Olympics competitor keeps it simple

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Monday 6 August 2012, 11:26AM

OLYMPICS: Togo's 13-year-old swimmer Adzo Kpossi, the youngest competitor at the London 2012 Olympics, trains in a hotel pool and wears costumes bought on sale at the market.

Spectators blown away by 'electric' 100m showdown

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Monday 6 August 2012, 11:24AM

OLYMPICS: Breathless, stunned and trying to make sense of it all, spectators who watched Usain Bolt win the Olympic men's 100m final said seeing it live was a mind-blowing experience.

Man arrested for throwing bottle on 100m track

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Monday 6 August 2012, 11:22AM

OLYMPICS: A man was in police custody Monday after being arrested for throwing a bottle onto the track the second the men's Olympic 100m final was about to start, London police said.

Funding blamed for Australia medal drought

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Monday 6 August 2012, 11:15AM

OLYMPICS: Australia's most senior member of the International Olympic Committee Monday blamed the country's dismal London Games medal haul on cuts in government funding, as New Zealand mocked its neighbour.

Athletics centre-stage as Phelps chases more gold

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Friday 3 August 2012, 11:37AM

The first track and field medals go up for grabs at the Olympics here Friday as American swimming superstar Michael Phelps chases his third gold of the Games.

Support for Hooper's Aboriginal flag shirt

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Wednesday 1 August 2012, 01:05PM

Indigenous leaders have defended Australian boxer Damien Hooper's decision to wear a T-shirt with the Aboriginal flag at the Olympics, saying he should not have to apologise for the move.

Badminton players charged with 'throwing' matches

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Wednesday 1 August 2012, 01:03PM

Eight women badminton players at the Olympics were charged by the sport's governing body on Wednesday with 'throwing' matches to secure an easier draw in the next round.

Thai weightlifter grabs Olympic silver

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Tuesday 31 July 2012, 09:13AM

A huge effort by 58kg Thai weightlifter Pimsiri Sirikaew won her an Olympic silver medal late last night (July 30).

Thai boxer fuming after defeat

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Tuesday 31 July 2012, 09:11AM

Thai lightweight Saylom Ardee was left feeling he had been cheated out of an upset win over world bronze boxing medallist Gani Zhailauov here on Sunday in their Olympic bout.

Medal-shy Thais back badminton hope for glory

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Tuesday 31 July 2012, 09:10AM

Off a dusty road in a Bangkok suburb away from the city's skyscrapers, a badminton school gathers around a television to watch the London Olympics -- and the daughter of its cleaner in action.

Malaysian mum-to-be targets gold

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Tuesday 24 July 2012, 06:18PM

SHOOTING: When Malaysia's first women's Olympic shooter takes aim in London, she will offer a silent prayer to Allah to keep her unborn child from kicking until the mum-to-be can pull the trigger.