Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik overcame their South Korean opponents in their opening group match in the Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday (July 24). Other Malaysian athletes failed to clear their hurdles or make an impact. WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
Friends and family, as well as fellow badminton players and coaches of former badminton men's doubles shuttler Gan Teik Chai bade their final farewell Wednesday (Aug 9) morning to the 40-year-old, who passed away on August 5 in Surabaya, Indonesia. WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah were in tears after losing in the Malaysia Masters final to world No. 6 pair Baek Ha-na-Lee So-hee of South Korea in three games. The world No. 11 from Malaysia went down fighting 20-22, 21-8, 17-21 to their opponents in yet another energy-sapping match that lasted 101 minutes at Axiata Arena on Sunday (May 28) Read more at https://shorturl.at/pwBJ4 WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
Pearly Tan’s discipline and determination coupled with M. Thinaah’s faith that her partner will recover and regain her form saw the duo overcoming the injury scare and capture the French Open title in Paris. When met at the family’s home in Alor Setar, Kedah, Pearly’s mother Tan Chai Ling said they are proud of her daughter’s achievement. Read more at https://bit.ly/3h4F1gU WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
Two of the five people trapped inside the van that was crushed by a collapsed bridge died at the scene. The two were female factory workers who were on their way to work. Earlier, the van and the people in it were trapped after a bridge under construction collapsed onto it near Desa Tun Razak, from Sungai Besi heading towards Bandar Tun Razak on Wednesday (Mar 3). A trailer lorry is believed to have hit a portion of the bridge causing it to collapse. Read more at https://bit.ly/387ifxh WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
The French national team defeated an underdog Croatian team 4-2 in the World Cup final in Moscow on Sunday. It's France's second World Cup title and first since it hosted the tournament 20 years ago. Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/football/2018/07/16/france-the-class-of-the-world-cup-brings-home-the-trophy/