Singapore will be hosting the 21st edition of the Asian Optimist Championships this weekend and OCBC Bank has come onboard as the title sponsor of this event. The championships will take place from July 22nd to 29th.
A Singapore team will participate in the Malaysian Super League, FA Cup and Malaysia Cup from 2012 to 2015. This team will comprise of national players below the age of 23, five players above the age of 23 and complimented by the quota of foreign players allowed in accordance to the competition rules.
The San Miguel Beermen are set to join the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) for the third season scheduled to start on January 14th, 2011.
25 players have made the cut for the squad for the upcoming Round 2 World Cup qualifiers against Malaysia.
The Singapore boys will tip off against the Philippines in their opening game of the 2011 ASEAN Schools Games tomorrow, Saturday, July 2nd. Singapore are in Group B with the Filipinos and Thais.
Despite this treat, the number of fans though have not touched 3,000 in the 6,000-capacity Jalan Besar Stadium. It has been a perennial bugbear of sports organisers that local fans do not come out in full force to support a Singapore national team inaction.
The organisers of the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore have increased the capacity of the event to 70,000 runners for this year. Last year, the event had 60,000 runners.
A new-look Singapore national football team captained by 20-year-old Hariss Harun cruised to a 4-0 victory over visiting Maldives in an international friendly.