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Schooling: Fortunate to win fifth award
Joseph Schooling won the Sportsman of the Year for a record-extending fifth time at the Singapore Sports Awards last night, but said he was "fortunate" to win the accolade this year.The reigning...
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Three-gold haul helps Singapore finish fourth at Asean Schools Games
Being a student-athlete implies that there is as much learning going on as there is competing.This was borne out admirably by Singapore's trio of gold medallists yesterday, the Asean Schools Games'...
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Upbeat over Asian expeditions
Team Singapore had record medal hauls at the 2015 and 2017 SEA Games and enjoyed a creditable outing at the Commonwealth Games in April, despite sending its smallest contingent since 2006.And the chefs...
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Yeo upbeat over Singapore swimmers' Asiad hopes
Singapore national swimmer Danny Yeo was just three months old when the Republic last clinched a medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay in the 1990 Asian Games.Fast forward to the present, and the...
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Singapore water polo team's top-four target within reach
National water polo team captain Loh Zhi Zhi is ready to end Singapore's 28-year wait for a top-four Asian Games finish.While the team have won gold at every South-east Asia Games since 1965, they have...
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Swimmer Cherlyn improves after focusing on process instead of result
A failure to qualify for last year's South-east Asia Games prompted Cherlyn Yeoh to change her mental approach.The result? The 17-year-old clocked a personal best of 56.47sec in the 100m freestyle at...
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Four new faces for Asian Netball Championships
Netball Singapore yesterday announced its 12-strong team that will compete at the Sept 1-9 M1 Asian Netball Championship (ANC) at the OCBC Arena.National coach Natalie Milicich has drafted four new...
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Shanti’s ‘looking good to race’ at Asiad after injury troubles
National sprinter Shanti Pereira's Asian Games hopes were in jeopardy when she suffered a recurrence of a hamstring injury in June.She had been on her way to a full recovery after injuring her left...
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Ooi’s self-belief won’t let her give up
May Ooi appears to be unbreakable.She is self-assured and exudes confidence, but she fully understands the importance of self-belief, having struggled with it early in her career.The former national...
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Paragliding athlete Jessica Goh aiming for the skies
When Jessica Goh accompanied a friend to a paragliding course in Malaysia in 2012, little did she know that she had also embarked on a life-changing path.Flying in the air with a glider gave her a...
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Lo's change of heart and mind
It was only in January that national sailor Ryan Lo boldly declared his target of the gold medal at the Aug 18-Sept 2 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.But, after finishing 79th out of 165 competitors...
View Article10 questions with Joseph Schooling
10 questions with Joe...If you weren't a world-leading pro swimmer, what would you be? Golfer.Favourite restaurant in Florida,Texas and Singapore? Carrabas Italian (Florida), Rudy's BBQ (Texas),...
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Schooling's at fight weight and off to work in Jakarta
Joseph Schooling loves his food, and ably demonstrated it when he sank his teeth into yet another piece of the fatty meat with that sinful crust of skin.It was a break from his usual routine when we...
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One last hurrah for paddler Gao Ning
Paddler Gao Ning may be calling time on his playing career, but he will depart with few regrets.The 35-year-old player-coach will move on to a full-time coaching role with the national team, following...
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No medals won but two records broken for Singapore swimmers
There were no medals for Singapore yesterday, as the Asian Games swimming competition kicked off, but the Republic's swimmers broke two national records to end the day with a cheer.The women's 4x100m...
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Schooling retains 100m fly gold at Asiad
Joseph Schooling has won Singapore's first gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games, after retaining the men's 100m butterfly title in a Games record time of 51.04sec on Wednesday (Aug 22).China's Li Zhuhao...
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Jujitsu exponent Constance wins Asiad silver for Singapore
Singapore’s jujitsu exponent Constance Lien added a silver to the Republic's Asian Games medal tally on Saturday (Aug 25) after reaching the women's 62kg final where she lost 4-2 on points to South...
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Ferdous stays cool as he reaches silat final
Sheik Ferdous Sheik Alau'ddin remembers returning from silat competitions overseas with his teammates, some of whom had medals around their neck as they walked out of Changi Airport."Then there was me,...
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Singapore bowlers eye redemption in Masters
Joey Yeo is the youngest, and the least heralded of Singapore's six female bowlers at the Asian Games. But the 21-year-old was the first one to brush away tears and speak up after the team finished a...
View ArticleSingapore's women paddlers beat Nepal, lose to HK
Singapore women's paddlers defeated Nepal 3-0 in the group stage of the team event yesterday before losing 3-1 to Hong Kong.Hong Kong's world No. 20 Lee Ho Ching beat 11th-ranked Feng Tianwei 3-2...
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