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Taiwan’s presidential office and former president today expressed support for Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting who has been embroiled in a row over gender at the Paris Olympic Games ahead of her opening bout. — Picture via Facebook/boxingting

Taiwan’s leaders back boxing champ Lin Yu-ting in Olympic gender uproar

Simone Biles’s sixth Olympic gold medal hung around her neck, and so did a twinkling little goat — just a reminder to the gymnast hailed as the greatest of all time that she does indeed belong in the pantheon of sports greats. — AFP pic

Simone Biles seals GOAT status with gold medal and goat bling

Pearly-Thinaah, who continued to give a fierce challenge to Qing Chen-Yi Fan with solid cheers from the audience. — Bernama pic

A bridge too far as record-breaking Pearly-Thinaah stumped by China's No. 1 pair in nerve-wracking Olympic semis

Valentina Gottardi of Italy in action against Doaa Elghobashy of Egypt. — Reuters pic

Egyptian Olympic beach volleyball player smashes French hijab ban, says ‘you don’t tell me to wear a bikini’

Silver medallist Australia's Kyle Chalmers (left), gold medallist and world record holder China's Pan Zhanle (centre) and Romania's David Popovici (right) takes a selfie on the podium of the men's 100m freestyle swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on July 31, 2024. — AFP pic

‘I finally beat them all!’ China’s Pan Zhanle says snubbed by Aussie, US swimmers after smashing own record to take Olympic gold

Algeria’s Imane Khelif (in red) punches Italy’s Angela Carini in the women’s 66kg preliminary round of 16 boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on August 1, 2024. — AFP pic

What is testosterone? Here’s why two female boxers competing in Paris 2024 have sparked a gender row

Malaysian archer Nurul Azreena Mohamad Fazil was eliminated in the 1/32 elimination round of the women's individual event at the Paris Games on August 1, 2024. — Bernama pic

Malaysia’s bid for Olympics archery ends after Nurul Azreena bows out in women’s individual event

China's Zheng Qinwen celebrates after beating Poland's Iga Swiatek in their women's singles semi-final tennis match on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on August 1, 2024. — AFP pic

Paris 2024 medal tally (Aug 2): China still leads US by two gold medals after record achievement in tennis

Catch Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah this afternoon as they go against the China women’s doubles pair in the badminton semi-finals for the Olympics 2024. — Bernama pic

Paris Olympics 2024: Who are the Malaysians in action today (Aug 2), and when can you watch them?

An underwater view shows China's Pan Zhanle competing in a heat of the men's 100m freestyle swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on July 30, 2024. — AFP pic

‘Not humanly possible’: Sore loser Australian coach angry at China swimmer Pan’s stunning world record amid doping claims

Hungary Minister of Defence and Sport Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky at the Olympic Village food hall. — Reuters pic

Paris Olympics’ eco-friendly menu has athletes asking: ‘Where’s the meat?’

Lee Zi Jia beat world No. 20 Toma Junior Popov to reach the Olympic quarter-finals. — Bernama pic

Badminton champ Zii Jia reaches Olympic quarter-finals by beating French wildcard Popov in front of home crowd

Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik will also proceed into the Olympic semi-finals after defeating India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty. — Bernama pic

Paris 2024: Men’s badminton pair Aaron Chia-Wooi Yik also march to semis after beating India’s Asian Games gold medallists

Imane Khelif of Algeria has her hand raised after her fight against Angela Carini of Italy. —- Reuters pic

Amid gender row, female Algerian boxer wins after just 46 seconds as opponent collapses in tears

Pascal Gross joins Borussia Dortmund from Brighton. — Picture from Instagram/BVB09

Brighton loses player-of-the-season Gross as German midfielder joins Dortmund

Pearly-Thinaah put up a brilliant performance to upset 10th ranked South Koreans, 21-12, 21-13 in 42 minutes. — Bernama pic

Smooth sailing as Pearly-Thinaah beat S. Korea in straight sets, break record as first Malaysian women's pair to reach Olympic semis