Mexico’s Lorena Ochoa fired a 7-under-par 65 on Friday to increase her lead to seven strokes after two rounds of play at the HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore. The 2007 Rolex Player of the Year is now 13-under-par (66-65=131) entering Saturday’s third round. ...

Singapore's Amelia Yong finished 4-over-par on the second day of the HSBC Women's Champions and is now 9-over-par over two rounds. Amelia had two birdies and two doubles, with the birdies coming on the last and 14th hole. She bogeyed the par-4 first hole and the par-5 fifth. ...

78 of the world’s best players teed off on Thursday at Singapore’s Tanah Merah Country Club in the inaugural HSBC Women’s Champions. Rolex Rankings number one Lorena Ochoa picked up where she left off last season with a 6-under-par 66 to gain a one stroke advantage over Japan’s Ai Miyazato (34-33=67) and Paula Creamer (33-34=67), who both fired 5-under-par 67’s. ...

China has offered to assist with Singapore's bid to host the first Youth Olympic Games in 2010. Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo revealed this in Parliament yesterday, while commenting on Singapore-China bilateral relations. ...

Amelia Yong, the first Singaporean ever to compete at a Ladies Professional Golf Association event, was 5-over-par after the first round of the HSBC Women's Champions. ...

Anglican High survived a fierce fourth quarter onslaught by Ngee Ann Secondary to march into the East Zone basketball final. Although Ngee Ann managed to outscore their more illustrious opponent 20-11 in the fourth quarter, they still ended up losing the semi-final by a close 65-70 scoreline. ...

A surprisingly resilient St Andrew's Secondary pushed group favourites Gan Eng Seng Secondary all the way before eventually succumbing 50-58 in a second round South Zone Basketball Championship group X game. ...