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KUALA LUMPUR: A former Olympian says there is a "toxic and negative" team culture in Malaysian swimming, following a poor showing at the Southeast Asian Games. Marilyn Chua, who competed at the 2000 Olympics, spoke out ahead of the Asian…

Nineteen-year-old Yankun Zhao has some big skates to fill.The teenage speed skater is one of Canada's up-and-coming stars in the sport — earlier this year, he smashed his personal record, captured gold in the 1000m, and became a Canadian…

Olympian sailors -- Nethra Kumanan, Vishnu Saravanan, Varun Thakkar and KC Ganapathy -- will train and participate in competitions at various places abroad till September in preparation for the Hangzhou Asian Games later this…

BREAKING NEWS: Former British Olympian and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Shaun Pickering dies aged 61 - as Greg Rutherford hails him as 'a pillar of the athletics community'Olympic shot putter Shaun Pickering has sadly…

Charmaine Crooks has been elected president of Canada Soccer.The former Olympian beat out former Canada Soccer vice-president Rob Newman for the top elected job at the governing body's annual meeting in Saint John.Crooks was elevated to…

Ralph Boston, the Olympic long jump champion who, in August 1960, broke the track star Jesse Owens’s 25-year-old world record in the event, and a year later became the first jumper to break the 27-foot mark, died on Sunday at his home in…

Mike Austin, pictured here in-between his parents, never misses a hockey game at the local arena in Lewisporte. The community decided to honour his contributions to the town by renaming the arena the Mike Austin Arena. (Submitted by Bobby…

File image of former Russian-born Dutch table tennis player Elena Timina. Reuters…

TORONTO - Former Canadian men's basketball team member and Olympian Greg Francis has died at the age of 48. Canada Basketball confirmed the news on Monday. The cause of death was not released.…

Former Canadian men's basketball national team member and Olympian Greg Francis has died at the age of 48.Canada Basketball confirmed the news on Monday.The cause of death was not released.Francis competed for Canada at both the 1998 FIBA…