3G.COM.BN

Spurs' Son Heung-min (centre) and his South Korean team-mates share the Asian Games stage with less familiar sporting figures

Over the the next four days, the last of 12,000 athletes and officials will check into six tower blocks in the centre of Jakarta.

The Asian Games athletes village will be a diverse community.

The Philippines ended the game with just three players on court

Punches, kicks and chairs were thrown as a mass brawl broke out between players in a Philippines v Australia World Cup qualifying tie.

The Philippines ended the game with just three players left on court after nine of their side were ejected.

All ears: Goh V Shem (left) and Tan Wee Kiong listening to instructions from coach Paulus Firman (second right) as coach Cheah Soon Kit looks on during the Thomas Cup quarter-final tie against Marcus Fernaldi Gideon-Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. V Shem-Wee Kiong lost 19-21, 22-20, 13-21.

MALAYSIA’S Thomas Cup challenge has come to an end in the quarter-finals and with that, the wait for the elusive title continues after 26 years.

Malaysia went down fighting 3-1 to 13-time champions and arch-rivals Indonesia, Thursday.

Lance Armstrong won six of his seven Tour de France titles with US Postal before he was stripped of them all

Lance Armstrong has agreed to pay $5m (£3.5m) to the US government to settle a long-running lawsuit that could have cost him $100m (£71m) in damages.

The American, 46, was accused of fraud by cheating while riding for the publicly funded US Postal Service team.