Youth Olympic Table Tennis news flash: Isabelle Li and Clarence Chew win opening matches in Round 1
Isabelle beat Alice Loveridge 14-12, 11-1, 11-3, while Clarence defeated Patrick Massah 11-3, 11-2, 11-5.
Let’s wish our fellow Singapore athletes all the best at the Youth Olympic Games
The Youth Olympic Games are just around the corner and 130 Singaporean athletes will do battle in the red and white of Singapore. So feel free to express your best wishes to the athletes, especially if they are your teammates or your schoolmate, if they are your brother or your sister, if they are your son or your daughter.
Paddler Wang Yuegu wins Japan Open
Singapore's Wang Yuegu won the Japan Open when she beat Zhu Yuling of China 11-7, 17-15, 11-6, 11-1. The win was her fourth title. She last won a title in 2008 when she captured the Brazilian Open. In 2006, she also won the Japan and German Opens.
Is there no ultimate victory possible without foreign talent?
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.
Paddlers take centre-stage at Singapore Sports Awards
Fresh from their victory at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow, Singapore’s female paddlers took centre-stage tonight at the Raffles City Convention Centre when the local sports fraternity paid tribute to Team Singapore’s top athletes for their outstanding performances in 2009 at the nation’s most prestigious sports recognition event, the Singapore Sports Awards 2010.
Dragon boat and water polo get Asian Games nod but football and hockey left behind
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.
Singapore upset China 3-1 to win women’s table tennis world championship
The Singapore trio of Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu and Sun Bei Bei felled table tennis giants China 3-1 at the World Team Table Tennis Championships final to emerge as the new world champions.
Youth athletes get nod for 2010 Youth Olympic Games
The SNOC Games Selection Committee chaired by Minister Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Defence and President SNOC met today to select Team Singapore athletes and teams for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.