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Singapore’s only Olympic champion Schooling retires

SINGAPORE—Joseph Schooling, who famously beat his idol Michael Phelps in Rio to become Singapore’s first and only Olympic champion, said Tuesday he was retiring...

Dressel says he’s not chasing Olympic greats

Olympics—US swim star Caeleb Dressel rejected comparisons with Olympic greats Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz after claiming his fifth Tokyo gold on Sunday, revealing...

Olympic icon Phelps fired up by return to US swimming trials

The US Olympic swimming trials still get Michael Phelps's synapses firing, even though the Games great has nothing on the line at the pressure-packed...

Japan swim star Seto takes aim at Phelps’ 400 IM record

Tokyo—Japanese swim star Daiya Seto has set his sights on claiming one of Michael Phelps’ world records at the upcoming Tokyo Games, after winning...

Schooling coming to PH for SEA Games

Singaporean swimming star Joseph Schooling is coming to the Philippines as one the many celebrity athletes expected to shine in the 30th Southeast Asian...

Phelps hails Milak after losing record

Gwangju, South Korea—Michael Phelps paid tribute to Hungarian teenager Kristof Milak’s “beautiful technique” after he took down the American legend’s long-standing 200 metres butterfly...

Fil-Am ‘Superman’ sets a record

That’s what happened to 10-year-old Filipino-American swimmer Clark Kent Apuada, who recently erased a record set by Michael Phelps—the most decorated Olympic athlete of...

How music affects sports performance

According to several research, listening to a pumping beat can give a person an energy boost and build resistance. In his book, Applying Music...

Phelps loses race against great white shark…sort of

LOS ANGELES—Michael Phelps, the greatest Olympian of modern times, has finally met his match in a swim-off against the greatest predator in the oceans,...

Bolt: Rank me among the world’s greatest athletes

RIO DE JANEIRO—History-maker Usain Bolt said he deserves to be among sport’s all-time greats after romping to a third straight Olympic 200m gold. With a...

Phelps more than just a medal machine

RIO DE JANEIRO —Michael Phelps’ past and present converged at the Rio Olympics in a last explosion of gold for a swimming icon who...

‘We will never see another one like him’

RIO DE JANEIRO—Michael Phelps is said to have surpassed the deeds of Leonidas of Rhodes at the ancient Olympics and the American’s coach believes...

Phelps bags 22nd gold: ‘One hell of a career’

RIO DE JANEIRO—Michael Phelps swept to a jaw-dropping 22nd Olympic gold Thursday as China’s Chen Xinyi failed a doping test to cast a shadow...

Phelps cements legendary status with 21st swim gold

RIO DE JANEIRO—In an unforgettable display of Olympic power, Michael Phelps won two more finals to take his historic all-time record load to 21...
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