A new tomorrow for Fu Mingtian
Local heroine Fu Mingtian may have been knocked out in the second round of the 2009 Singapore Badminton Open by Judith Meulendijks of Netherlands, but the 18-year-old believes a new dawn has arrived for her.
Singapore Badminton Open – A picture story of our local shuttlers
Red Sports believes that the sporting moments of the other 3 local doubles pairs, who have been knocked out in the first round of the 2009 Singapore Badminton Open, are equally worth capturing, remembering and honouring.
Singapore doubles pairs humble seeded shuttlers
A total of 10 seeded shuttlers fell by the wayside in the first round of the 2009 Singapore Badminton Open with the hosts felling three of them.
Singapore's Fu Mingtian conquers China's great wall
Singapore's young shuttlers took a crack at China’s great wall when they put the Chinese prowess to a stern test on the second day of the 2009 Singapore Badminton Open with 18-year-old Fu Mingtian registering the biggest upset at the annual tournament so far.
Singapore shuttlers secure 4 more qualification berths on home soil
The Singapore shuttlers concluded their qualifying day of the annual badminton championship by capturing four of the 16 qualification berths in the main draw.
Fans taste nostalgia as ex-Lions take on local celebrities
The heyday of Singapore football was rekindled at the Jalan Besar Stadium as the “dream team†of the early 1990s reunited to do their bid for charity. A Sundramoorthy deft touch sealed a 1-0 victory for the ex-Lions, who fielded a legendary line-up of ex-internationals against a team of local celebrities.
The Liu Guodong saga – a clash of cultures or personalities?
Liu Guodong, a product of the Chinese system, did not blink in sacrificing the men's team for the women's team to achieve the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. STTA president Lee Bee Wah disagreed with his treatment of the men's team. Did Liu leave in the end because it was a clash of cultures or personalities?
Singapore finishes 12th out of 34 nations competing at World Team Badminton Championships
