Sporting Life

Sporting Life

Marathoner’s defiance of human limits is an act of rare, inspirational beauty

Sabastian Sawe's time of 1:59:30 in the London marathon was the first time a runner had run below two hours.

Sporting Life

Fifty years after Nadia Comaneci’s 10, athletes are still chasing perfection

Former Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci poses with her Life Achievement Award during the 27th Laureus World Sports Awards gala in Madrid on April 20, 2026.

Sporting Life

The Aussie with flying feet: Gout Gout is 18 and seriously fast

Gout Gout of Australia poses with fans after winning the 100m final of the Australian Athletics Junior Championships on April 18.

Sporting Life

Rory McIlroy, the majestic maverick, Masters himself when it matters

Right to the end, Rory McIlroy fought the course and himself on his way to victory at the Masters.

Sporting Life

Tradition, like at the Masters, is one of the great seductions of sport

BRIDGING GENERATIONS: American player Sam Burns crosses the Hogan Bridge at Augusta National which was dedicated to the legendary golfer Ben Hogan in 1958.

Sporting Life

$50 million matters only if Singapore football builds something worthy with it

Singapore football officials must take the $50 million and turn the country's love for the sport into something wide and wonderful.

Sporting Life

A hot day, a cool pro, a golf lesson in the rungs of talent

Gregory Foo of Singapore, who plays on the Asian Tour, once had a round of six birdies and one eagle.

Singapore Open swansong for Mardan?

Singapore's golfer Mardan Mamat pictured during the Pro-Am Tournament on Wednesday, 27 January 2016, ahead of The SMBC Singapore Open at the Sentosa Golf Club, Serapong Course, Singapore. The US$ 1 Million event is co-sanctioned between the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour Organization, January 28 - 31, 2016.

Sporting Life

The things we don’t see in sport? The painful, uplifting struggle of practice

In practice, Singapore's Gan Ching Hwee sometimes does 10 sets of 300m at full pace. The result: “If my legs could scream, they would.”

Sporting Life

The testing world of Carlos Alcaraz: Everyone brings their best against him

Carlos Alcaraz lost in Miami after being unable to solve the challenge of Sebastian Korda.

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