News and developments in Singapore sports
SEA Games Pentanque: More than throwing balls, stamina is key
Team Singapore’s Goh Wee Teck is used to getting quizzical looks from friends when he tells them he plays competitive petanque.
SEA Games Sailing: Sea of possibilities for Singapore’s youngsters
After Yukie Yokoyama and Cheryl Teo edged Malaysia for a thrilling gold in the 470 women's event, teenagers Jodie Lai and Evangeline Tan took silver in the 420 girls’ event, and Wong Riji and Koh Yi Nian finished third in the 420 boys.
SEA Games Basketball: No tickets, no problem for Singapore’s supportive sporting families
Passports? Check. Hotel Reservations? Check. Missing — a guarantee to watch their daughters and sisters in action at the 29th SEA Games. But for family members of Team Singapore’s basketball team, it is all part of the trials and travails of having to support their loved ones through thick and thin.
SEA Games Sailing: ‘Super-stressed’ Nicole can sleep easy after bronze
Just hours before her big race, windsurfer Nicole Lim found herself unable to get a good night’s rest. “I couldn't sleep at all last night,” said Nicole. “I was waking up a few times because I was thinking ‘Tomorrow, what am I supposed to do?’
SEA Games Track & Field: Dipna Lim Prasad cracks 43-year 400m national record; Michelle Sng ends high jump gold drought
Dipna clocked 54.18 seconds, erasing the previous mark of 55.08s that Chee Swee Lee set at the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran on her way to winning gold. Michelle was awarded the gold medal, along with Vietnam's Duong Thi Viet Ahn, after a successful appeal -- this was Singapore's first SEA Games gold in the women's high jump since 1965.
SEA Games Swimming: Quah siblings lead Singapore in golden harvest
The Quah siblings accounted for four gold medals of the five Singapore claimed in swimming Wednesday, as eldest sister Ting Wen out-touched her rivals to defend her titles in the 100m freestyle and 50m butterfly and youngest sister Jing Wen anchored the 4 by 200m freestyle relay team to a new Games record time.
FINA Synchro Swim: Singapore shine against Malaysian rivals
Fresh from a one-month training stint in Canada, the Singapore synchronised swimming team delivered by bettering arch-rivals Malaysia at the FINA World Synchronised Swimming Championships.
C’wealth Youth Games Swimming: Singapore rake in another 3 gold to finish 6th on medal table
The swimmers managed to put Singapore sixth on the medal table with their haul of seven Golds, four Silvers and six Bronzes.