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Tennis: Flavia Pennetta beats Agnieszka Radwanska to win Singapore exhibition tournament

Tan Jon Han — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:45:09 +0000

Flavia Pennetta of Italy beat Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-4, 7-5 to win the Singapore Women’s Exhibition Tournament over the weekend. … [visit site to read more]

Charles Kanyao is surprise winner of Singapore Marathon

Les Tan — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:18:41 +0000

Charles Mwai Kanyao, 35, was the surprise winner of at the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore while Irene Jerotich Kosgei, last year’s women’s winner, retained her crown. … [visit site to read more]

SEA Games Football: Malaysia beat Indonesia 4-3 on penalties to win gold

Les Tan — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:32:43 +0000

Defending champions Malaysia beat Indonesia 4-3 on penalties to win the gold medal at the South-east Asian (SEA) Games football tournament. The game was tied 1-1 at half time. … [visit site to read more]

SSC 7s: Daveta beat Borneo Eagles 29-19 to win Ablitt Cup

Vanessa Lim — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:25:24 +0000

Daveta of Fiji beat Borneo Eagles 29-19 to win the Ablitt Cup in front of a capacity crowd of 7,000. … [visit site to read more]

Vietnamese team to join ASEAN Basketball League for third season

Les Tan — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:52:07 +0000

A Vietnamese team owned by the Saigon Sports Academy will join the third season of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) slated to tip off on January 14th, 2012. … [visit site to read more]

US Open winner Samantha Stosur to play in Singapore tennis exhibition

Red Sports reader — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:23:08 +0000

US Open Women’s singles champion Samantha Stosur has confirmed her participation in a 3-day exhibition tournament featuring six Women’s Tennis Association’s (WTA) players at the Singapore Indoor Stadium from December 16th to 18th. … [visit site to read more]

French national squad to participate in SCC Rugby 7s tournament

Red Sports reader — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:16:30 +0000

The Singapore Cricket Club has unveiled the details of this year’s prestigious SCC Rugby 7s tournament which will see a host of quality sides play over three days from 4-6 November to claim the coveted Ablitt Cup. … [visit site to read more]

Brunei Barracudas pull out of ASEAN Basketball League

Les Tan — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:02:12 +0000

The Brunei Barracudas will not take part in the third season of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). No reason was given for the pullout but the Barracudas failed to make the playoffs in the first two seasons. With a weak bench, the team at times relied only on their starting five — who were all imports — to play the whole game. … [visit site to read more]

Japan and China to send team for FINA Swiming World Cup in Singapore

Red Sports reader — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:56:18 +0000

The China Swimming Association and the Japan Swimming Federation has today confirmed that they will each be sending a team of 10 swimmers to the Singapore leg of the FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup on November 4th to 5th this year. … [visit site to read more]

San Miguel Beermen to join 3rd season of ABL starting in January 2012

Les Tan — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:09:30 +0000

The San Miguel Beermen are set to join the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) for the third season scheduled to start on January 14th, 2011. … [visit site to read more]

U-18 Hockey Asia Cup: Malaysia score 14 goals past hapless Sri Lanka to top Group B

Lai Jun Wei — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:34:08 +0000

Malaysia beat Sri Lanka 14-0 in both team’s final group match in the Boy’s Under-18 Hockey Asia Cup 2011. … [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]

Tennis: Tursunov wins Singapore ATP Challenger

Red Sports reader — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:32:39 +0000

29-year-old and 197-ranked Dmitry Tursunov of Russia kept up his splendid run, serving out fifth seed Lukas Rosol from the Czech Republic to win the Singapore ATP Challenger 2011. … [visit site to read more]

Rosol upset second seed Soeda while Lipsky and Martin clinch men’s doubles title at Singapore ATP Challenger

Red Sports reader — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:44:48 +0000

25-year-old and 162-ranked Lukas Rosol from the Czech Republic scored one of his best career wins as he knocked out 119-ranked and the second seed of the tournament Go Soeda of Japan, to set up a title clash with former world No. 20 Dmitry Tursunov in the Men’s Singles final of the Singapore ATP Challenger 2011. … [visit site to read more]

Seeds survive scare to advance to round two at Singapore ATP Challenger 2011

Red Sports reader — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:22:22 +0000

Even though the incessant rains caused delays lasting more than three hours, third seed Italian Paolo Lorenzi and fifth seed Lukas Rosol from the Czech Republic manage to survive scares to advance to round two at the Singapore ATP Challenger 2011, while Singaporean born American Michael Yani, who was granted a wild card, provided a silver lining to a rather gloomy day when he beat New Zealander Artem Sitak to advance to round two. … [visit site to read more]

Australian Commonwealth Games medallists will start at OCBC Cycle Singapore

Red Sports reader — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 04:44:38 +0000

Two Commonwealth Games Gold Medallists, both coming off the back of glory in this week’s Australia Road National Championships, have been confirmed as starters for the Professional Night Criterium in this year’s OCBC Cycle Singapore. … [visit site to read more]

Power Balance forced to admit its products have no scientific basis

Les Tan — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:24:11 +0000

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has forced Power Balance to withdraw marketing claims they felt were not credible from a scientific point of view. … [visit site to read more]