Sporting Life

Sporting Life

Tenzing: A fond, overdue film in praise of an Everest legend

Tenzing, the movie, movingly captures the life of Tenzing Norgay and the first ascent of Mount Everest.

Sporting Life

From jiu-jitsu fighter Noah Lim a lovely lesson: Grace after grit

Singaporean jiu-jitsu fighter Noah Lim (right) sitting down and putting a consoling arm around his defeated and emotional rival Elyas Zwawi Y Banjar of Saudi Arabia at the Asian Games.

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Singapore athletes shone at the Asian Games. So let’s tell them we care by celebrating them

National sprinter Shanti Pereira and her coach, Luis Cunha, deserved a bigger crowd on their return to Singapore.

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To watch Shanti Pereira run fast is a privilege

In this memorable photograph of Shanti Pereira at the finish of the 200m, her feet are still in the air and she resembles a winged vehicle about to land.

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Sunday lessons at the Singapore Tennis Open: Faith, defiance, defeat, dignity

Talia Gibson, who had reached her first final at the Singapore Tennis Open, knows her best days are ahead of her.

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Every athlete has a story: Maja Chwalinska’s is about vulnerability and toughness

Poland’s Maja Chwalinska, who got to the French Open final, in action during the US Open.

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As graceful and gritty Eala’s long journey begins, Asia is entranced

Focused and modest, Alexandra Eala of the Philippines is the star Asia has been waiting for.

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The Hyrox athlete went too far but sport, at its core, is raw, brave and messy

Novak Djokovic, who vomited at the US Open, also threw up in March at Indian Wells, but despite his physical issues, he always kept competing fiercely.

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Ben Shelton is tough, but the weight of history was too big a burden

For Ben Shelton, and America’s men’s players, the US Open trophy has been an elusive prize since 2003.

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Insight, distress, cliche: Why press conferences are a worthy tennis ritual

Whether they’re elated, dismayed, angry or frustrated, tennis stars like Carlos Alcaraz show up to explain themselves at press conferences.

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