It takes more than gold to make a hero

When fencer Ruben Limardo set off for the London Olympics, he little imagined that he would be cheered through the streets of the Venezuelan capital Caracas on top of a truck on his return, and......

Sports Shorts: Raducanu tests positive for COVID, out of Abu Dhabi event

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday. IMAGE: US Open champion Emma Raducanu, who was due to face Olympics singles gold medallist Belinda Bencic at the December 16-18 event,......

16-year-old from Lithuania powers to breaststroke record at Worlds

Lithuania's teenage Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte set a European and World championship record in qualifying for the 100 metres breaststroke on Monday as she chases a first world swimming gold......

Doing the swimming 'double'... without much trouble

Swimming in Olympics is synonymous with medals and records. The London Games is no exception. Nine world records and 15 Olympic records were broken during the course of the week that......

Phelps sets record with 19th career Olympic medal

Michael Phelps swam into history with his 19th Olympic medal, and this one was a more appropriate color. With a lot of help from his friends, Phelps took down the last major record that wasn't his......