PARIS, July 29 — Paris Olympics organisers cancelled the triathlon swimming training session for the second day in a row today, with 24 hours until the men’s race, after heavy rain affected water quality levels in the Seine.

PARIS, July 28 — National men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and mixed doubles pair Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei confirmed their tickets to the Paris Olympics quarter finals, after notching second consecutive victories in their group stage matches, today.

PARIS, July 28 — The Olympics’ triathlon swimming training session scheduled for today has been cancelled after recent heavy rain in Paris affected pollution levels in the Seine, organisers said in a statement.

PARIS, July 28 — National top men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia opened his 2024 Paris Olympics campaign on an easy note with loud cheers from some 8,000 spectators at Porte de La Chapelle Arena here today.

PARIS, July 28 — Top national women’s pair Pearly Tan-M.

PARIS, July 28 — Just one day after the 2024 Paris Olympics officially began, two national athletes have already been shown the exit.

PARIS, July 25 — The French government and Olympics officials are seeking a creative solution to allow Muslim French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla to wear her hijab at the opening ceremony while still complying with the country’s secularism laws, they said yesterday.

PARIS, July 24 — Swimmers from China were the most tested athletes ahead of the Paris Olympic Games, according to World Aquatics statistics yesterday, reported Xinhua.

IPOH, July 21 — The Malaysian contingent to the Paris Olympics are aware of the dangers of doping linked to nutritional supplements, Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Adam Adli Abdul Halim said.

KUALA KUBU BHARU, July 21 — Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh has urged all parties to stop disseminating unofficial material on the country’s Olympians due for Paris.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 — National men’s singles professional shuttler Lee Zii Jia faces an easy mission to clear the group stage after receiving a favourable draw in the Paris Olympics.

SYDNEY, July 10 — Australian athletes will be free to speak out about the doping case surrounding the Chinese swimming team at the Paris Olympics as long as they do not do it on the playing field or medal podium, Chef de Mission Anna Meares said today.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — National athletes due to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics from July 26 to August 11 will be provided with portable air coolers amid France’s hot summer.

PARIS, July 6 — Russian wrestlers invited to compete at the Paris Olympics as neutral athletes will not take part after some leading wrestlers were left off the invitation list, the Russian Wrestling Federation (RWF) said today.

PARIS, July 5 — Water pollution levels in Paris’ Seine river have improved, data showed yesterday, three weeks before the Olympics, in which the French capital’s landmark waterway is meant to be a swimming venue.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 — Four national professional athletes bound for the Paris Olympics will receive a grant of RM300,000 from the Youth and Sports Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) is prepared to provide any assistance to national women’s professional shuttler Goh Jin Wei in her preparation for the Paris Olympics.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) has chosen a new design featuring “fiercer-looking” tiger stripes on the official attire of the national contingent for the Paris Olympics.

PARIS, June 28 — Water pollution levels in Paris’ River Seine are still much higher than allowed for bathing, data showed today, one month before the Olympics in which the capital’s landmark waterway is meant to be one of the swimming venues.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) will improve the design of the national contingent’s attire for the Paris Olympics and incorporate the tiger motif and OCM logo on the jacket, befitting the status of the Jalur Gemilang.