While medals naturally make the headlines, a lot of background work goes on to build an ecosystem that breeds that success. The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) is the lead statutory board under the Ministry of Community Developement, Youth and Sports (MCYS) that is focused on building this ecosystem. However, in Singapore's context, the role of the Ministry of Education (MOE) is also crucial. ...

The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) recently announced a target of six medals at the 2016 Olympic Games. The target for the 2012 London Games is two. ...

In a society like ours where students are suffering "death by tuition" because of the obsession with grades, getting our youth sweating for half an hour every day is the cheaper solution to a smarter - and healthier - future generation. ...

In their second successive pre-season victory against Meralco Bolts of the Phillipine Basketball Association (PBA) on Monday, the Slingers unleashed another two new signings in Filipino Leo Avenido and local Lim Sheng Yu. ...

A biennial Singapore Games is slated to take off in 2012 to maintain the momentum generated by the Youth Olympic Games. "Through the Biennial Singapore Games, we can create a platform that can bring sporting talents and community sports participation from across Singapore together," said MP Zaqy Mohamad. ...

The Youth Olympic Games budget got an airing when members of parliament questioned Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, the minister in charge of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS). ...

Singapore has been drawn in Group B alongside Myanmar, defending champions and co-hosts, Vietnam and the qualifying round’s runner-up for December’s AFF Suzuki Cup 2010. Group A will feature the other co-hosts Indonesia as well as Malaysia, Thailand and the qualifying round winner. ...