Interviews with sports personalities
Since 1971, only three school-athletes have won all three cross-country divisions – A, B and C. Karthic Harish Ragupathy, 17, is one of them. Red Sports caught up with him about his achievements.
Singapore’s Muhammad Shakir Bin Juanda was crowned world champion at the World Pencak Silat Championships in Chiang Rai, Thailand, after he came from behind to beat Vietnamese favourite Le Si Kien in the Class-I (85-90kg) category. Here is his story.
Singapore’s Muhammad Shakir Bin Juanda was crowned world champion at the World Pencak Silat Championships in Chiang Rai, Thailand, after he came from behind to beat Vietnamese favourite Le Si Kien in the Class-I (85-90kg) category. Here is his story.
Jean Ng retired after winning her 111th cap for Singapore on the last day of the 2012 Nations Cup. Jean made her debut at the 1999 World Netball Championship. Since then, she has never looked back.
I was hanging about the Padang when I saw Renuka Satianathan. First thing the bubbly 2011 SEA Games 10k runner says to me is: "I've got a really funny story to tell you!"
"I was in the TAF Club and I still have the certificate to prove it," a very slim Renuka Sathianathan said with a smile as we walloped some pizza after a Nike training run for the upcoming We Run SG 10K.
Ong Yisheng, 23, is a Diagnostic Radiography student at Nanyang Polytechnic. He scored a game-high 13 points, including three 3-pointers, for Zhenghua CSC in their 58-22 win over Bukit Timah CSC.
James Clarke is a senior vice-president at World Sport Group. Annually, the company produces, distributes and supplies more than 5,000 hours of sports programming covering almost 600 days of sports events across more than 30 countries in Asia.
