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Registration for Community Games now open

Les Tan — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:49:20 +0000

Registration for the Community Games is now open. The Community Games will feature seven sports — badminton, basketball, bowling, football, netball, sepak takraw and table tennis. … [visit site to read more]

ASEAN Para Games: Singapore’s Tay Wei Ming defends badminton singles title

Les Tan — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:15:32 +0000

Defending champion Tay Wei Ming beat Tran Minh Nhuan of Vietnam 2-1 (14-21, 21-17, 21-8) to win the BMSTU4 men’s singles final at the 6th ASEAN Para Games. Team Singapore athletes bagged two fold, seven silver and two bronze medals from the day’s action and the contingent remain in seventh position with a total of nine gold, 10 silver and nine bronze. … [visit site to read more]

ASEAN Para Games: Swimmers win 3 more gold while bowlers bring in 1

Les Tan — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:25:05 +0000

Singapore added three gold medals to their haul with another new record set in the pool today while our bowlers won a gold. Team Singapore is in seventh place in the overall medal tally with seven gold, three silver and seven bronze. … [visit site to read more]

ASEAN Para Games: Singapore swimmers rule the pool

Les Tan — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:04:00 +0000

Swimming was the main contributor of medals at the 6th ASEAN Para games today. Collecting a total of six medals, our para-swimming team performed very well and lived up to expectations. … [visit site to read more]

ASEAN Para Games: Swimmer Theresa Goh and bowler Ismail Hussein win Singapore’s first two golds

Les Tan — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:58:54 +0000

Swimmer Teresa Goh won Singapore’s first gold medal at the 6th ASEAN Para Games. A second Singapore gold followed when bowler Mohamed Ismail B. Hussein took top spot in his TPB3 singles event with 990 pinfalls. … [visit site to read more]

Inaugural Singapore National Games slated for September 2012

Les Tan — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:01:23 +0000

The multi-sports competition will be held once every two years and the 2012 edition will pit community teams against each other in 10 sports — Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Bowling, Dragon Boat, Football, Netball, Sepak Takraw, Swimming and Table Tennis. … [visit site to read more]

SEA Games Badminton: Fu Mingtian captures Singapore’s first ever women’s singles gold

Les Tan — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:25:52 +0000

When Singapore’s Fu Mingtian made an improbable shot at the net to go ahead 21-20 in the final set to stun Indonesia’s Adriyanti Firdasari, you knew the South-east Asian (SEA) Games badminton singles gold was hers. … [visit site to read more]

SEA Games Day 9: Singapore in action

Erwin Wong — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:13:43 +0000

Singapore start Day 9 fifth on the medal tally with 33 gold, 38 silver and 61 bronze medals. … [visit site to read more]

SEA Games Day 8: Singapore in action

Erwin Wong — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:23:31 +0000

Singapore start Day 8 fifth on the medal tally with 32 gold, 36 silver and 56 bronze medals. … [visit site to read more]

SEA Games Day 7: Singapore in action

Erwin Wong — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:04:54 +0000

Singapore start Day 7 fourth on the medal tally with 30 gold, 33 silver and 49 bronze medals. … [visit site to read more]

SEA Games Day 6: Singapore in action

Les Tan — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:16:41 +0000

Singapore start Day 6 fourth on the medal tally with 25 gold, 24 silver and 40 bronze medals. … [visit site to read more]

SEA Games Day 3: Singapore in action

Les Tan — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:51:50 +0000

By Les Tan/Red Sports and Erwin Wong/Red Sports

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Singapore’s Rebecca Chew leads the pack in the roller sports women’s 1500m at the Jakabaring Sports Complex in … [visit site to read more]

SNOC issues final list of 419 athletes who will represent Singapore at SEA Games

Les Tan — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:27:16 +0000

The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) has issued the final list of 419 names of Singaporeans who will represent the country at the upcoming South East Asian (SEA) Games in Indonesia. … [visit site to read more]

ASEAN Schools Badminton: Singapore boys and girls both bag bronzes in team events

Stefanus Ian — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:36:10 +0000

Singapore clinched a joint-third position alongside Indonesia in both the boys’ and girls’ team categories at the 3rd ASEAN Schools Badminton tournament. Thailand and Malaysia claimed the gold and silver medals respectively in both categories. … [visit site to read more]

ASEAN Schools Badminton: Thailand overwhelm Singapore 5-0 in both Boys’ and Girls’ events

Stefanus Ian — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:55:59 +0000

The Singapore shuttlers were swept aside by their Thailand counterparts 5-0 in the preliminary rounds for both the Boys’ and Girls’ team categories in the 3rd ASEAN Schools Games. … [visit site to read more]

Singapore Sports School sets up ’School Within A School’

Red Sports reader — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:30:01 +0000

Singapore Sports School (SSP), in collaboration with Singapore Badminton Association (SBA), Singapore Golf Association (SGA) and Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA), will be making significant adjustments in the “school day” for 18 selected student-athletes. … [visit site to read more]

Singapore Open Badminton: Lin Dan no-show leaves sour taste as China win four of five titles

Stefanus Ian — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:17:01 +0000

China swept all but one of the titles in the 2011 Singapore Open but the much anticipated final between Chinese shuttlers Lin Dan and Chen Jin was cancelled when Lin Dan withdrew at the last-minute, claiming he had gastroenteritis. … [visit site to read more]

Singapore Open Badminton: Lin Dan recovers to beat Peter Gade 2-1 in semi-final

Stefanus Ian — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:25:05 +0000

Lin Dan recovered from a set down against Peter Gade to win 20-22, 21-17, 21-15 at the Singapore Open. The win set up an all-Chinese final with Lin Dan scheduled to play Chen Jin in the final. … [visit site to read more]

Singapore Open Badminton: Lin Dan scrapes past Santoso to make semi-finals

Stefanus Ian — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:39:46 +0000

Lin Dan fought back from a set down at the Singapore Open to complete a comeback victory over Indonesia’s Simon Santoso, 21-14, 13-21, 22-20. … [visit site to read more]

Singapore Open Badminton: Wang Zhengming sweeps aside World Junior champion Viktor Axelsen in men’s singles quarter-finals

Stefanus Ian — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:22:58 +0000

Current World Junior champion Viktor Axelsen falls to China’s Wang Zhengming 21-15, 21-10 in the men’s singles quarter-finals. Three Chinese players — Wang, Chen Jin and Lin Dan — reach the semi-finals. … [visit site to read more]