Sports Shorts: World record weightlifter Lin gets eight-year ban

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday   IMAGE: Taiwan's Lin Tzu Chi reacts after setting a new Asian Games record of 116kg in the women's 63kg snatch weightlifting......

Madrid says economic crisis ending, can afford 2020 Games

Madrid's Olympic bid team said on Wednesday that Spain's debilitating economic crisis is ending and the country will have no problem covering investments and rallying support at home to host the......

Istanbul, Japan, Spain pitch bids for 2020 Olympics

Istanbul were spared a grilling on Wednesday over protests which have rocked Turkey when the three candidates to host the 2020 Olympics presented their cases to the International Olympic Committee......

Nadal honoured to carry flag for Spain at the Games

Olympic tennis champion Rafael Nadal said he was honoured on Wednesday to be asked to carry the Spanish flag at the London Olympics opening ceremony in what he believes will be one of the most......

Noah's doping comments angers Nadal

Rafa Nadal branded comments made by former French tennis player Yannick Noah about doping as "stupid" on Sunday, saying they were the words of a "kid". In an interview in French newspaper Le Monde,......