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Was the Women 10K really 10km?

At least three of the elite women runners at the Women 10K race on Sunday were off their personal best (PB) times by enough of a margin to lead to some puzzlement on their part. ...

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What’s a Singapore passport to most of our foreign sports talents? Nothing more than an exchange of services.

Two badminton players on the Foreign Talent Scheme apparently went home earlier this year. Apparently our pink identity card and red Singapore passport is not colourful enough. ...

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Table tennis coach Liu Guodong says salary offer is “insulting”

Liu Guodong, the man who coached the women's table tennis team to a silver medal at the recent Beijing Olympics, has rejected the new contract offered to him by the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA). He says the offer is "insulting". We are insulted. ...

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Li Jiawei is leaving – and there’s nothing the STTA and SSC can do about it

Singapore Sports Fan says the Singapore Table Tennis Association is reaping what it sowed. ...

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Will the table tennis saga die down?

A nice juicy scandal involving a politician is more fun to write and talk about rather than just the pure sports story of the country's first silver medal since independence. ...

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So what’s next for Singapore table tennis after Olympic success?

After the euphoria of winning a team Olympic silver medal dies down, what is next for the future of Singapore table tennis? The question is asked because the current strategy of recruiting foreign talent will probably see a natural death with rule changes by the governing sports body. ...

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The 6 silliest things a coach will say

Hey athletes, Did you know that you can nominate your coach for an award? The deadline for a nomination is 30 June 2007. You can check out more details at www.ssc.gov.sg/CRA2007. After attending countless games, I now have a list of things that coaches will say (or rather, yell) at their charges in the heat of a game. Here is my list of the silliest things we heard: ...

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