SINGAPORE – Postponing Tokyo 2020 to next year will not be a distraction for Singapore’s only Olympic gold medallist Joseph Schooling, but an opportunity for him to defend his 100m butterfly title. The 24-year-old has been training in Virginia in the United States with mentor Sergio Lopez since February, but with swimming pools over there closed from Tuesday (March 25) […]

UNTIL now, the show always went on. Outside World Wars, the Olympic Games were an immovable feast. Terror attacks in Munich in 1972 and Atlanta in 1996 couldn’t halt the greatest sporting jamboree on Earth.Political boycotts couldn’t derail Moscow 1980, nor Los Angeles 1984. Even under the Nazi flag in Berlin in 1936, the Olympics carried on regardless. And then […]

The cost of postponing Tokyo 2020 was not discussed with Japan’s Prime Minister, says International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach. The IOC and Games organisers announced on Tuesday the Olympics and Paralympics would be delayed until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, following a phone call between Bach and Shinzo Abe. “This is about protecting lives,” the German said when […]

Australia Women coach Matthew Mott believes his side have “left a legacy” after winning the T20 World Cup final at a packed Melbourne Cricket Ground earlier this month. The Southern Stars thumped India by 95 runs in front of 86,174 people to win the tournament for the fifth time before celebrating with Katy Perry, who performed before and after the […]

THE last few days we have seen intense speculation around the future of Arsenal’s top scorer and talisman Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang. There are rumours that the club will not match the pay rise he is asking for to extend his tenure in North London, which has led to numerous high-profile suitors apparently hovering. In the past, admittedly under different regimes, Arsenal have left […]

AJ STYLES has challenged The Undertaker to a Boneyard Match at WrestleMania 36. The Phenomenal One  continued his verbal assault on the Dead Man on the latest episode of Monday Night Raw. He mocked the veteran Phenom for being controlled by his real-life wife, ex-WWE star Michelle McCool, as he aired a social media post from the pair in a […]

NOT managed to pick up your copy of The Sun today? Fear not. You can catch all of our top tips right here. Each-way Thief REBEL GOLD (2.00 Clonmel) showed real improvement when third at Wexford last time out. He can hit the frame again at decent odds. Put him in an each-way double with ASK HEATHER (4.30 Clonmel) who […]

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will be postponed, according to veteran International Committe member Dick Pound. Pound said a decision has already been made to push back the Games, which were due to start on July 24, 2020. ‘On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided,’ Pound told USA Today. ‘The parameters going forward have […]

BRAZIL footballer Hulk has reportedly married his ex-wife’s pretty niece in a "sudden marriage" after confirming their relationship in December. The striker ended his 12-year relationship with ex-wife Iran Angelo in July of last year and reports of his relationship with her niece Camila Angelo, 31, later surfaced in December. It was claimed the couple had been dating since October […]

EX-LIVERPOOL star Joe Cole insists the season should be scrapped if it cannot be finished – even if that denies the Anfield side the title. The former England international fears a June 30 end for the Premier League remains unrealistic as the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc across the world. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news […]