Singapore's household name in badminton, Ronald Susilo, has come out of retirement and teamed up with his Indonesian brother-in-law and 2000 Olympic Games champion Candra Wijaya at the 2010 Singapore Badminton Open taking place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium this week.
After announcing his retirement from professional badminton in March 2010, local badminton star Ronald Susilo progressed on to the next stage of his life -- the opening of his own training school, the Ronald Susilo Badminton Academy.
This has been a week of mixed emotions for Singapore sports fans. There was deep disappointment for hockey and football fans when the national squads were turned down by the Singapore National Olympic Council for the Asian Games. On the other hand, the women's table tennis team came back from Moscow as world champions after they beat China for the first time.
The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) announced a second list of 22 athletes who will represent Singapore at the upcoming Youth Olympic Games.
All eyes in the Singapore camp will be on Xing Aiying in the Singapore Open following the withdrawal of teammate Zhang Beiwen due to suspension. Xing begins her quest with a first-round tie against Holland’s Yao Jie, the sixth seed. Xing is also competing in the women’s doubles with Thng Ting Ting.
Water polo and dragon boat were the only team sports that received the nod of approval for the Asian Games from the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) Selection Committee.
Youth sports in Singapore received a huge boost today when the Singapore Youth Sports Development (SYSD) committee unveiled its plans to have up to 26 Satellite Centres for Sports Development set up for selected sports that will be featured at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games over the next two years.
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) emerged champions in the A Division Boys' Badminton Championship after beating traditional rivals Raffles Institution. An era of RI dominance was brought to an end as the ACS flag flew high at the end of a thrilling final. RI, who had the championship trophy since 2003, conceded 3-2 to ACS(I).