Six local boys have snagged professional contracts with the Singapore Slingers for the upcoming third season of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). Ng Hanbin, Delvin Goh and Steven Khoo are the next three local players to sign contracts after Desmond Oh, Wong Wei Long and Lim Shengyu were confirmed in November.
Medals have always been the obvious measure of success at the South-east Asian (SEA) Games. Since the SEA Games football tournament was made an under-23 competition since 2001, Singapore have won two bronze medals. Thailand (four) and Malaysia (two) between them have swept all the gold medals since 2001.
LionsXII — that's the official name of the team that will play in the Malaysian competitions next year. Question is — will the name stick?
V. Sundramoorthy was announced as coach of the Singapore team taking part in the Malaysian domestic competitions from 2012 to 2015. The team of youngsters and experienced national players will compete in the three Malaysian domestic competitions.
15,727 marathon runners crossed the finish line at the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore on Sunday. That's 78.6% of the 20,000 runners who signed up for the 42km race. 85% of the finishers were men.
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.
A runner collapsed and died after finishing his 21km event this morning at the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore.
Anne Qi Hui crossed the line as the fastest Singaporean at the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore this morning for the third year running.