13 athletes win spexScholarship at second try
National canoeist Brandon Ooi and national paddler Isabelle Li were two of 13 athletes who applied and failed to get the spexScholarship last year, but were successful this year.
Second batch of 18 national athletes awarded Sports Excellence Scholarships
The 18 bring the total number to 71, including the likes of Joseph Schooling and Feng Tianwei. The spexScholarship provides support to Singaporean athletes with the potential to medal at Asian, World and Olympic levels.
“So that’s one thing that ActiveSG hopes to address: programmes that you can participate in and sports that you can enjoy” – an interview with Lawrence Wong (Part 5) Gallery“So that’s one thing that ActiveSG hopes to address: programmes that you can participate in and sports that you can enjoy” – an interview with Lawrence Wong (Part 5)
“So that’s one thing that ActiveSG hopes to address: programmes that you can participate in and sports that you can enjoy” – an interview with Lawrence Wong (Part 5)
Minister Lawrence Wong talks about how ActiveSG can give school students more chances to play sport outside of the MOE system.
“Singaporeans will have access to a sporting facility within 10 minutes of their home” – an interview with Lawrence Wong (Part 4)
Minister Wong talks about sports industry jobs and creating more spaces for Singaporeans to play sports.
On S.League and racial lines in sports – an interview with Lawrence Wong (Part 3)
"We do surveys of different sports and football is still the number one," said Minister Lawrence Wong.
On foreign sports talent – an interview with Lawrence Wong (Part 2)
"As far as I’m concerned, I will not support any athlete coming in just to get citizenship just because of him saying, 'I want to play'." – Lawrence Wong
On National Service and sporting heroes – an interview with Lawrence Wong (Part 1)
In an exclusive interview with Red Sports, Minister Lawrence Wong talks about National Service, foreign sports talent, the S.League, and his personal best times for running.
Swimming: Joseph Schooling allowed to defer NS until August 2016
Singapore swimmer Joseph Schooling, 18, has been allowed to defer his National Service by the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF).