12 years ago, Singapore returned with no medals from the 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur. There no medals from the two games prior to that. Up to 1998, Singapore had won a total of only nine medals since the games' inception in 1958. ...

Tao Li won a silver in the 100m Butterfly to earn Singapore’s lone medal on the first day of the two-day meet. She touched in just behind in-form Swede Therese Alshammar, who picked up another gold medal in the series with a finishing time of 56.32 seconds. ...

The Brunei Barracudas saw a six-point lead with 26 seconds to go in regulation time disappear when Santiago Jr Cabatu sank two consecutive three-pointers to even things up at 61-61 at the buzzer. In overtime, the Barracudas were outscored 11-6 and lost their first ASEAN Basketball League home game 67-72. ...

The Thailand Slammers won their first away game today when they crushed Satria Muda 84-63. It was also their third consecutive win and they now have a 3-0 win-loss record and sit top of the ASEAN Basketball League. ...

Singaporeans Adi Puttera Bin Yusoff and Serene Lee took the lead in Category 1 Men and Category 1 Women respectively on the first day of the inaugural Tour de Bintan at Bintan, Indonesia today. Stage 1 (156km) of the Tour de Bintan started from Simpang Lagoi via the picturesque Trikora coast, Kijang and Tanjung Pinang back to Simpang Lagoi. ...

The team, consisting of Richard Chng, Jeremy Kevin Matthews, Mattias Ng, Arren Quek, Teo Zhen Ren, Aaron Yeo and Dzulhaili Mohd Kamal, were not considered to be Singapore's best possible representatives. The main squad are preparing for next month's Asian Games which have been identified as their target meet for the year. Nevertheless, the swimmers gave a good account of themselves at the Delhi Games. ...

The Singapore contingent has returned from India with a record haul of medals. Singapore returned with 11 gold, 11 silver and nine bronze medals. In the 2006 Melbourne games, Singapore won five gold, six silver and seven bronze. ...