Thirty years to the month from when Joe Anastasi and Alex Zammit took part in their first hill climb in Sicily, they return this weekend, only this time not to race themselves but to support their sons Joshua and Matthew respectively, ...

Last week the Malta Tennis Junior Championship, sponsored by San Michel and sanctioned by the Malta Tennis Federation, was held at the Marsa Sports Club after two weeks of junior tournaments....

Gasan Enterprises Ltd have presented a sponsorship to Sliema McDonalds senior waterpolo team through its Ford brand. Sliema team members and coach Igor Gocanin (second from right) are seen here with ...

Malta’s other athlete in action yesterday, judoka Marcon Bezzina was eliminated after her first – and only – bout early yesterday morning.She was beaten by Algerian girl Kahina Saida who notched a Waza-ari to beat Bezzina....

Today, all Maltese eyes will be on the Water Cube (Olympic Pool) where Madeleine Scerri will be the only competitor in action.She is taking part in the 100m freestyle (heats) – from 12.30pm (local time) onwards....

Contacted yesterday, the secretary general of the Maltese Olympic Committee, told The Malta Independent that the MOC was proud of Chetcuti....

Pau Gasol scored 29 points to lead world champions Spain to an 85-75 overtime victory over Yao Ming and hosts China in Olympic men's basketball yesterday. ...

China's men's gymnastics team won the Olympic gold medal that it has long craved. Its score of 286.125 yesterday was more than seven points ahead of Japan, the defending Olympic champions. ...

Teenagers Wang Xin and Chen Ruolin gave China its third straight victory in Olympic diving, easily winning the women's 10-metre synchronized competition yesterday. ...

Montenegro routed Canada 12-0 in men's water polo yesterday, and the United States upset Italy in preliminary play at the Beijing Olympics. ...