The China Swimming Association and the Japan Swimming Federation has today confirmed that they will each be sending a team of 10 swimmers to the Singapore leg of the FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup on November 4th to 5th this year.
The San Miguel Beermen are set to join the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) for the third season scheduled to start on January 14th, 2011.
Malaysia beat Sri Lanka 14-0 in both team's final group match in the Boy’s Under-18 Hockey Asia Cup 2011.
China swept all but one of the titles in the 2011 Singapore Open but the much anticipated final between Chinese shuttlers Lin Dan and Chen Jin was cancelled when Lin Dan withdrew at the last-minute, claiming he had gastroenteritis.
Lin Dan recovered from a set down against Peter Gade to win 20-22, 21-17, 21-15 at the Singapore Open. The win set up an all-Chinese final with Lin Dan scheduled to play Chen Jin in the final.
Lin Dan fought back from a set down at the Singapore Open to complete a comeback victory over Indonesia’s Simon Santoso, 21-14, 13-21, 22-20.
Current World Junior champion Viktor Axelsen falls to China's Wang Zhengming 21-15, 21-10 in the men's singles quarter-finals. Three Chinese players -- Wang, Chen Jin and Lin Dan -- reach the semi-finals.
29-year-old and 197-ranked Dmitry Tursunov of Russia kept up his splendid run, serving out fifth seed Lukas Rosol from the Czech Republic to win the Singapore ATP Challenger 2011.