Team Singapore athletes to be feted in Parliament
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong will move a motion at the Oct 5 Parliament sitting to celebrate the achievements of Singapore's athletes at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic...
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Singapore women’s table tennis team retain Asian bronze
With a new-look team flying the flag at the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar, the Singapore women put up a decent fight against a higher-ranked South Korea in the semi-finals yesterday...
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Mountain biker Riyadh Hakim makes history at UCI World Cup
The chase for medals at the UCI Mountain Bike Eliminator World Cup Barcelona was afoot, and Riyadh Hakim had his sights on double European champion Jeroen van Eck and reigning world champion Simon...
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Para-swimmer Yip Pin Xiu hopes award will spur Singaporeans
Five-time Paralympic gold medallist Yip Pin Xiu hopes a new President's Award for Inspiring Achievement can spur Singaporeans on to be the "best version" of themselves.The 29-year-old was yesterday...
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SNPC working to boost cash rewards for para-athletes: Minister Tong
As he moved a motion in Parliament to honour Team Singapore athletes who competed at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong stressed the...
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Loh brothers go Dutch on title wins in Netherlands
National shuttler Loh Kean Yew has won his first international tournament in two years after beating top-seeded Indian Lakshya Sen 21-12, 21-16 in 36 minutes to claim the Dutch Open singles title at...
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Vietnam SEA Games slated for next May
The SEA Games Federation has accepted Vietnam's proposal for the 31st South-east Asia Games to be held in Hanoi in mid-May next year, with the exact dates to be finalised by the hosts.A Singapore...
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Double delight for Loh household
After watching his younger brother Loh Kean Yew lift the Dutch Open men's singles trophy, Loh Kean Hean was extra motivated to make it a family double at the Topsportcentrum Almere on Sunday.Three...
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Goh’s national-best timing for 10km a boost for next year
Going into the Ascona-Locarno Run in Switzerland last Sunday, Goh Chui Ling knew that the women's 10km (road) national-best performance of 38min 9sec was within reach as long as she ran well.And she...
View ArticleSingapore's Aloysius Yapp rises to world No. 1
Singapore's top pool player Aloysius Yapp has risen to world No. 1 in the latest World Pool-Billiard Association rankings.The 25-year-old, who is taking part in the International 9-ball Open and...
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Singapore to host Global Coach Conference in 2023
Singapore will welcome some of the world's top sports coaches after it was yesterday named host of the International Council for Coaching Excellence's Global Coach Conference (GCC) in 2023.Minister for...
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Shuttler Loh Kean Yew scalps All England champion
He captured a major scalp in All England champion Lee Zii Jia at the French Open last night but Singapore's Loh Kean Yew knows he needs to be more consistent if he is to move up badminton's ranks.Loh,...
View ArticlePaddler Izaac Quek claims U-15 boys’ title in Italy
Izaac Quek captured the Under-15 boys' singles crown at the World Table Tennis Youth Contender Lignano in Italy on Tuesday, after beating Nigeria's Usman Ishola Okanlawon 3-1 (11-5, 13-15, 11-3,...
View ArticleAsean ministers to aim for a more streamlined SEA Games
Future SEA Games line-ups will bear a closer resemblance to those at the Asian and Olympic Games, senior officials pledged yesterday at the 6th Asean Ministerial Meeting on Sports.By working closely...
View ArticleS'pore paddler Ser Lin Qian wins U-15 title in Italy
Singapore's young paddlers ended a fruitful trip to the WTT (World Table Tennis) Youth Contender Lignano in Italy with a win in the Under-15 girls' singles and a runners-up spot in the U-19 girls'...
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Singapore's Loh Kean Yew defeats world No. 4 Chou Tien-chen
National shuttler Loh Kean Yew claimed another big scalp when the world No. 39 beat Chinese Taipei’s world No. 4 Chou Tien-chen 21-18, 21-13 in 37 minutes in the opening round of the BWF World Tour...
View ArticleIzaac Quek, 15, wins U-19 title in Hungary
Singapore's Izaac Quek , 15, won the World Table Tennis (WTT) Youth Contender Szombathely Under-19 boys' singles title in Hungary on Wednesday against a rival three years older than him.Izaac, who is...
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Loh Kean Yew continues giant-slaying act in Europe
National shuttler Loh Kean Yew claimed another big scalp when the world No. 39 beat Chinese Taipei's world No. 4 Chou Tien-chen 21-18, 21-13 in 37 minutes in the opening round of the BWF World Tour...
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Singapore teenage paddler Zhou Jingyi wins WTT U-17 girls' title in Hungary
Singapore youth paddler Zhou Jingyi claimed the Under-17 girls' singles title at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Youth Contender Szombathely in Hungary with a 3-1 (11-7, 8-11, 12-10, 11-9) win over...
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S'pore's Loh Kean Yew and Yeo Jia Min in BWF Super 500 final for the first time
Singapore shuttlers Loh Kean Yew and Yeo Jia Min are on course for their first BWF World Tour Super 500 title, after respectively smashing their way into the men's and women's singles final of the Hylo...
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