May I suggest that the pent-up anger of most football fans in Singapore is rooted in the disappearance of that once upon a time tangible sense of national pride in football? But why should a group of talented 15-year-olds bear those grievances? ...

"So sad, so sad ..." were the words heard from a group of solemn spectators as the final whistle of the Singapore-Haiti semi-final match was blown. Those mutterings alone echoed our cubs' futile attempt at the nation's very first Youth Olympic gold medal. ...

Singapore diver Chloe Chan disappointed herself when she underperformed in the women’s 3m Springboard preliminary and failed to be part of the first 12 divers to make it to tonight's final. ...

A ruthlessly-efficient Isabelle Li put herself in contention for Singapore’s first gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games when she knocked out Thailand’s Suthasini Sawettabut in four straight sets (11-9, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9), in the women's singles semi-finals of the table-tennis competition. ...

Russel Low scored a massive 19 points as the Singapore basketball boys team ended their Youth Olympic Games campaign on a high when they swept India aside 31-20 to finish in 17th place out of 20 teams. ...

Lightning struck the Singapore girls twice as they lost by one point again. This time, they fell 15-16 in overtime to Chile to finish 19th in the Youth Olympic Games FIBA 33 basketball competition. ...

Ranjitha Raja clocked 3 minutes 3.90 seconds to finish fifth in the 1000m "B" Final. The winner of the final was Manal El Behraoui of Morocco in 2:53.87. ...