The Singapore Slingers started their second ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) season on a brilliant note with a nail-biting 94-93 win over arch-rivals and last year's runners-up Satria Muda at home.
Singapore's swimmers gave a good account of themselves, finishing the Youth Olympic Games with one silver medal and some personal bests. We recount some of the highlights of that competition.
Singapore’s Wu Wen Yi finished a disappointing 18th in a field of 20 shooters after accumulating a final score of 546 in the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) 10 metre Air Pistol Men Junior 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.
The Singapore basketball girls’ suffered a heartbreak, losing 29-28 to Thailand in Group E as their hopes of finishing 17th were dashed.
The Singapore boys basketball team are well and truly on the top of their game. After impressive performances against the United States of America and South Africa, they beat Panama 33-20 for their second win of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) FIBA 33 basketball competition. Singapore started the tournament on a disappointing note, losing their four Group C matches against Central African Republic, Turkey, Israel and the USA. They are now playing for the 17th-20th spot.
Singapore’s Valerie Lim made quite a comeback in the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Modern Pentathlon when she overtook six competitors in the final running and shooting leg to finish 18th overall in a field of 24 pentathletes.