Diving

6 May 2013

Paul Rose’s powerful bearing and wind-worn face make him easy to spot in the crowded lobby. Sipping tea at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Rose seems like a man from a different time.

10:21AM

Rival celebrity diving shows fail to make a splash with critics

10 Apr 2013

Two rival television variety shows about one of the mainland's favourite sports premiered last weekend to generally poor reviews, despite having star-studded rosters of contestants, including some...

5:03AM

Club leaders must show the way

21 Dec 2012

Apart from referees, soccer's numerous supervisors, superiors, seniors and stalwarts also set standards on the field of play.

3:00AM

Name and shame the plummeting prima donnas

6 Oct 2012

In June 1968, during his excavation of a small necropolis about a kilometre outside the city of Paestum, Italian archaeologist Mario Napoli made an important discovery - the Tomb of the Diver.

2:52AM

Diving into the

28 Jul 2012

The atmosphere at the London Olympics will be unlike anything the 10,343 athletes could ever have imagined.

With the eyes of a global audience upon them, the experience of competing...

10:26PM

Kowloon Park splashdown

16 Feb 2012

Dickson Chow Ho-wing has used disappointments to keep on improving as a diver. Despite the setbacks, including niggling injuries caused by overtraining, he has managed to remain positive.

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7:36AM

Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

3:37AM

The arc of a diver

Years before David Oshry, one of Asia's top male models, posed in swimsuits, he competed in them. From ages eight to 18, he was a diver, jumping off boards around his native South Africa, where he...

2:37AM

Is it time for a sea change among the city's divers?

Renowned underwater photographer Michael Aw has never dived in Hong Kong waters, and he has no intention of doing so unless someone shows him what he is missing.

12:11PM

From a great height

One! Two! Three! Dive!

11:30PM

Pool operators deny they are in over their heads

Operators of the iconic Water Cube National Aquatics Centre in Beijing yesterday defended their running of the venue following claims the on-going Olympic Diving World Cup test event had been...

8:23PM

All In A Day's Work: Underwater instruction

Andrew Couch, PADI course director at Mandarin Divers, brings the diving experience not only to local adults but to a large number of school children.

7:01PM

Give yourself a sporting chance, says Tian

Olympic gold medallist diver Tian Liang hopes his move into acting will encourage other athletes to find another career away from sport.

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