Entries for June 2011
Friday, July 01, 2011 1:17 AM :: 947 Views
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Friday, July 01, 2011 12:44 AM :: 392 Views
Our netballers are banking on home support and
experience ahead of the Mission Foods World Netball Championships 2011. (Photo:
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Friday, July 01, 2011 12:37 AM :: 521 Views
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Friday, July 01, 2011 12:30 AM :: 706 Views
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Thursday, June 30, 2011 5:31 PM :: 723 Views
As Zena Sim, the rising starlet of the National Table Tennis Team
traded a flurry of rallies with her counterpart, the “ooohs and aaahs”
echoed excitedly across the sports hall.
Each
time a good shot was made, the spellbound children broke into a hearty
applause with grins etched across all of their faces.
No,
this was not just another competition but Team Singapore making an
appearance to bring cheers of a different kind.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 7:43 PM :: 336 Views
After last night’s 1-0 win at home over Balestier Khalsa,
Albirex Niigata now set their sights on the S.League title.
The win puts them in the top four, just seven points behind
league leaders Home United and just four points behind third place SAFFC whom
they beat 6-3 back in April.
Though finishing in the top four would be an achievement
itself, considering that their highest ever finish in the S.League was fifth
place (2004), head coach Koichi Sugiyama is not settling for anything more than
the coveted title.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:23 PM :: 910 Views
The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) is laying the tracks that will take Singapore’s sporting journey into a new era. The SSC’s new Fundamental Movement Skills development programme will ensure that children in Singapore acquire the motor skills necessary to achieve physical literacy—the starting point towards the development of more specialised sports skills and the first step on the road to life-long active living.
Monday, June 27, 2011 8:19 PM :: 913 Views
Packing the stadium with over 5,000 fans, the Singapore
U-15 and U-16 sideS gave our local football fans something to sing and cheer
about.
The Singapore fans were in high spirits throughout the
night and even though their singing might have been drowned out by the samba
drums, the finals of the 23rd Canon Lion City Cup seems to have
heralded a new dawn for Singapore football.
Sunday, June 26, 2011 7:37 PM :: 1183 Views
Singapore is already in the running for a ‘medal’ in the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games even before the start of the competition.
Singaporean Choo Wai Kit’s design was shortlisted and is one of the 168 short-listed entries in the Medal Design Competition organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Wai Kit attributed his motivation to participate in the design competition to all exciting memories of the inaugural Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games. Even though he is not an athlete, Wai Kit feels that this form of participation is equally exciting for him.
Saturday, June 25, 2011 7:46 PM :: 940 Views
They
won the hearts of a nation with their performance at the Youth Olympic
Games (YOG), they are probably the only local football team that can
fill the entire Jalan Besar Stadium with football fans and last night,
the Singapore U-16 boys showed once again why they are the football
darlings of the nation.
Kicking off in
the earlier semi-final match, the Singapore U-16 boys held their nerve
and progressed to the finals of the 23rd Lion City Cup after beating
Juventus FC U-15 4-3 on penalties.
Friday, June 24, 2011 9:47 PM :: 914 Views
With less than four months to go to the 2011 SEA Games in Jakarta,
Indonesia, Singapore fencers delivered a welcome boost to their preparations during
the weekend of competition at the Hong Kong Fencing Open 2011. It was an all-Singaporean
Final in the Men’s Foil individual event as Wu Jie, 30, clinched the Gold medal
by beating National team mate, TanYuan Zi. Wu Jie, who only finished in 10th
place in the same competition last year, eventually defeated Yuan Zi, 15-11 in
the final. Wu Jie and Yuan Zi led Matthew Lam, who finished in 6th,
and Eugene Choo in the top-16 placings. There were a total of 81 fencers in the
Men’s foil individual event.
Friday, June 24, 2011 6:54 PM :: 655 Views
The Standard
Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS) 2011 promises something for everyone - with
greater race engagement, community involvement, and exciting experiences.
SCMS’ organiser, the Singapore
Sports Council (SSC) is increasing its efforts to enhance the race experience for
runners this year, and is exploring ways to move the baggage collection point
closer to the Padang from the F1 Pit building, heeding the feedback received by
participants last year.
Thursday, June 23, 2011 7:32 PM :: 781 Views
Wednesday 22nd June was a good night for Singapore football as both the Singapore U-15 and Singapore U-16 teams safely progressed to the semi-finals of the 23rd Lion City Cup.
With both teams having avoided facing each other in the semi-finals, the dream of seeing two Singapore teams lining up against each other in the final at the Jalan Besar stadium is still very much alive.
Thursday, June 23, 2011 7:16 PM :: 78 Views
Wednesday 22nd June was a good night for Singapore football as both the Singapore U-15 and Singapore U-16 teams safely progressed to the semi-finals of the 23rd Lion City Cup.
With both teams having avoided facing each other in the semi-finals, the dream of seeing two Singapore teams lining up against each other in the final at the Jalan Besar stadium is still very much alive.
Thursday, June 23, 2011 7:16 PM :: 59 Views
Wednesday 22nd June was a good night for Singapore football as both the Singapore U-15 and Singapore U-16 teams safely progressed to the semi-finals of the 23rd Lion City Cup.
With both teams having avoided facing each other in the semi-finals, the dream of seeing two Singapore teams lining up against each other in the final at the Jalan Besar stadium is still very much alive.
Thursday, June 23, 2011 7:16 PM :: 252 Views
Wednesday 22nd June was a good night for Singapore football as both the Singapore U-15 and Singapore U-16 teams safely progressed to the semi-finals of the 23rd Lion City Cup.
With both teams having avoided facing each other in the semi-finals, the dream of seeing two Singapore teams lining up against each other in the final at the Jalan Besar stadium is still very much alive.
Thursday, June 23, 2011 7:16 PM :: 169 Views
Wednesday 22nd June was a good night for Singapore football as both the Singapore U-15 and Singapore U-16 teams safely progressed to the semi-finals of the 23rd Lion City Cup.
With both teams having avoided facing each other in the semi-finals, the dream of seeing two Singapore teams lining up against each other in the final at the Jalan Besar stadium is still very much alive.
Thursday, June 23, 2011 7:16 PM :: 173 Views
Wednesday 22nd June was a good night for Singapore football as both the Singapore U-15 and Singapore U-16 teams safely progressed to the semi-finals of the 23rd Lion City Cup.
With both teams having avoided facing each other in the semi-finals, the dream of seeing two Singapore teams lining up against each other in the final at the Jalan Besar stadium is still very much alive.
Thursday, June 23, 2011 7:16 PM :: 137 Views
Wednesday 22nd June was a good night for Singapore football as both the Singapore U-15 and Singapore U-16 teams safely progressed to the semi-finals of the 23rd Lion City Cup.
With both teams having avoided facing each other in the semi-finals, the dream of seeing two Singapore teams lining up against each other in the final at the Jalan Besar stadium is still very much alive.
Thursday, June 23, 2011 7:16 PM :: 61 Views
Wednesday 22nd June was a good night for Singapore football as both the Singapore U-15 and Singapore U-16 teams safely progressed to the semi-finals of the 23rd Lion City Cup.
With both teams having avoided facing each other in the semi-finals, the dream of seeing two Singapore teams lining up against each other in the final at the Jalan Besar stadium is still very much alive.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 6:02 PM :: 1083 Views
The
Singapore Sports Council (SSC) announced today a brand new
non-competitive race category, the 5km Fun Run, for the Standard
Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS) 2011, to further cater to runners
of all ages and levels, enhancing the Marathon’s reputation as an
all-inclusive race.
Building upon the
success of the SCMS last year which saw a record 60,000 runners along
three different routes, the SCMS 2011 is aiming to attract 70,000
participants and the Organiser believes the introduction of the new 5km
Fun Run will further engage runners from all walks of life, in addition
to the already expansive range of race categories including the Full
Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km, Kids Dash and the Ekiden.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:06 PM :: 532 Views
Standing tall with his chest pumped out, Dhukilan Jeevamani
was having one of the biggest days of his life.
With Youth Olympic Games (YOG) football captain Jeffrey
Lightfoot out with a calf injury, Dhukilan was entrusted with the captain’s
armband and led his team out for the first time.
“Jeffrey was the YOG captain and he did a great, I just
want to do a good job like he did,” said Dhukilan as he turned in a
Man-of-the-Match performance.
Monday, June 20, 2011 9:01 PM :: 578 Views
The Singapore under-18 hockey team displayed another
sterling performance and whipped a depleted Kazakhstan team, 18-0 in last night’s
Under-18 Hockey Asia Cup match at the Sengkang Hockey Stadium.
It was clear right from the start of the match that Singapore
was hungry for a win. The boys wasted no time and opened the floodgates in just
two minutes. It became clear that these boys were charged up as they wasted
little time celebrating even after scoring. They just wanted to get the match
going and score as many goals as they could. And this they did.
Sunday, June 19, 2011 7:59 PM :: 877 Views
In
2010, it was a group of 15-year-olds that brought our nation to its
feet by winning the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) football Bronze medal and
in the process, winning the hearts of a nation.
Fast forward 2011; it is yet another group of 15-year-olds that will be the talk of the town for some time to come.
Kick
starting the 23rd edition of the Lion City Cup, our Team Singapore
Under-15 (U-15) boys showed that they possessed finesse, determination
and strength as they came from behind to beat Newcastle United’s U-15
boys, 4-3.
Saturday, June 18, 2011 9:07 PM :: 1062 Views
The
Lion City Cup, Singapore’s oldest football tournament that was founded
in 1977 is set to kick-start today!
With
top youth teams such as Juventus, Everton, Newcastle and CR Flamengo
making the long flight down, organisers are hoping that in terms of
football experience, this tournament will be the best edition
yet.
The Singapore U-15 boys are set to
kick-start the tournament with a match against the Newcastle U-15s and
there is something about our boys that could make them the surprise
package of the tournament.
Friday, June 17, 2011 6:24 PM :: 733 Views
On a day where our both of our Women’s Double teams were
knocked out, Women’s Single Gu Juan stepped up to the mark to progress to the
quarter finals to be played later today.
For a moment it seemed that she too might have been on her
way out, losing her first set 16-21 to Japan’s Ai Goto. With the local crowd
cheering vociferously and national coach Luan Ching giving her some words of
wisdom after the first set, Gu Juan put up a badminton master class.
Thursday, June 16, 2011 6:52 PM :: 649 Views
Local badminton fans had a reason to cheer as Singapore’s
women’s defending champion pair of Shinta Mulia Sari and Yao Lei emgerged
victorious yesterday.
The first Singaporeans in 20 years to win a title at the
tournament last year, the defending champions progressed to the last 16, but
only after a tricky game over England’s Mariana Aganthangelou and Heather Olver
at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 7:07 PM :: 661 Views
Home United made light work of severely depleted Woodlands
as they swept to a dominant 5-1 home victory to advance to the RHB Singapore
Cup quarterfinals.
Barely breaking a sweat, the Home United players were
treating this like a warm-up match for their quarterfinal date with current
league leaders Tampines Rovers.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 7:01 PM :: 815 Views
This
was not the main international team or let alone the under 23 team that
went down under for training but though the scoreboard at the final
whistle showed Singapore 1 Kuwait 2, these group of boys certainly
churned out an A-grade performance.
With
only four days to train and missing potential match winners such as
Shahdan Sulaiman and Hariss Harun, V. Sundramoorthy’s Singapore
Selection team acquitted themselves well against Kuwait’s Olympic
team.
Monday, June 13, 2011 6:19 PM :: 848 Views
Daigo Saito of Team Spark Motorsports joined the pantheon of
champions, becoming only the third driver to take the much-coveted crown of the
fourth edition of VIP
Formula Drift Singapore 2011 Presented by Achilles Radial at the F1 Pit Building
today.
It was a double victory for the team, with the Japanese champion
and third-place winner Ken Gushi (USA) propelling Team Spark Motorsports’s
charge to take home the inaugural Team Championship trophy with 183 points.
Singapore is the first formula drift championship in the world to introduce the
award for the best team performance.
Sunday, June 12, 2011 6:31 PM :: 969 Views
The
VIP Formula Drift Singapore 2011 kicked off in spectacular fashion,
with Malaysian Tan Tat Wei from team Goodyear Malaysia leading the pack
in yesterday’s qualifying session.
His
compatriots, Ivan Lau Tew Chung from LTM Bridgestone and Ee Yoong
Cherng from GT Radial Drift Team were placed second and third
respectively. Both showed great amount of skills on what deemed to be a
tricky and difficult circuit. Tan had the best run of the day scoring
73.7 points to top the standings with a stunningly fluid run that
showed great amounts of car control. Singapore’s Jason Tan was the sole
qualifier in yesterday’s showdown.
Saturday, June 11, 2011 9:03 PM :: 545 Views
With
French international footballer Sidney Govou, Member of Parliament
Yaw Shin Leong and the home fans rooting for them, Hougang United were
made to work extremely hard for the victory against the Young Tigers B
team from Malaysia. To the surprise of many, the determined Young
Tigers gave the S.League outfit a run for their money.
Scoring
the solitary goal in extra time, few would have expected such an even
battle especially since the oldest member from the Young Tigers is only
19 years old.
Friday, June 10, 2011 4:33 PM :: 937 Views
“Some
people believe football is a matter of life and death…I can assure you
it is much, much more important than that” - Bill Shankly.
It
is precisely that fire and passion that got a 19-year-old Delwinder
Singh to where he is. Barely six months into his professional football
career, Delwinder is on the verge of living his dream of representing
our nation.
Thursday, June 09, 2011 7:30 PM :: 737 Views
Hailing from the best in Southeast Asia and internationally this weekend’s VIP
Formula Drift Singapore 2011 Presented by Achilles Heels, will see a stellar line-up of 44 drivers. Held at the F1 Pit Building on 11
and 12 June 2011, the fourth edition will see champions and top drifters go
neck-to-neck for the champions title on the first leg of Formula Drift 2011
Asia Pro Championship.
Wednesday, June 08, 2011 8:30 PM :: 341 Views
Regaining their hunger and bite, the Lions despatched the
Maldivians with ruthless efficiency.
With a chorus of voices singing, “You’ll never beat the
Lions!” the revamped squad certainly gave the 2000 strong fans something to
sing about.
There were no long balls punted hopefully into the box and
no defensive lapses. But more importantly, the Lions played with hunger and
conviction, quickly closing their opponents down and making every pass count,
their performance was certainly a joy to behold.
Tuesday, June 07, 2011 6:09 PM :: 1123 Views
Singapore has announced an experienced
team ahead of the Mission Foods World Netball Championships taking place in
Singapore from 3rd - 10th July 2011.
At the Netball Singapore team announcement
yesterday, Executive Director for Netball Singapore, Mr.Cyrus Medora,
introduced the players who have been chosen by the National Selectors. The Team
for the 2011 Mission Foods World Netball Championships include the following
players:
Monday, June 06, 2011 7:27 PM :: 327 Views
More than 600 men and women from around the region made
their way to Millenia Walk to prove their rock-climbing skills over a
period of three days Pumpfest 2011, a rock climbing event organised by students
from the Nanyang Technological University, was held in the centre of the
air-conditioned Millenia Walk mall and featured rock-climbers from Indonesia,
the Philippines, Malaysia as well as local climbers.
The large scale of the event combined with the prime location
attracted hundreds of spectators over three days from 3 to 5 June as they
gathered to watch the climbers attack the rock wall.
Sunday, June 05, 2011 12:14 AM :: 1020 Views
Having amassed an astonishing six Asian Games medals, including three
golds, Remy Ong has established himself as an icon in the local sports fraternity.
Most recently, the 32-year-old clinched the 5th Kingdom International
Open title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Surprisingly, the victory was his first successful title defence in his long and illustrious
career.
Saturday, June 04, 2011 5:13 PM :: 383 Views
The last time that Singapore and
Malaysia met on the rugby field, it resulted in a 25-23 win in Singapore’s
favour.
This led to a cautious optimism among
many for a similarly positive result when the two sides again clashed at the
Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) Division 1 in Incheon, South Korea on 28 May.
But the result was beyond what anyone dared hope for. Singapore trounced their
rivals from across the Causeway 52-17.
Saturday, June 04, 2011 2:16 AM :: 714 Views
For the first time, motorsport fans in Singapore can look forward to a thrilling
combination of howling engines, screaming tyres, and an electrifying line-up of party beats and entertainment acts
as the fourth edition of the VIP Formula Drift Singapore Presented by Achilles Radial returns on 11 and 12 June
2011 at the iconic F1 Pit Building.
Saturday, June 04, 2011 12:52 AM :: 223 Views
Singapore's top national bowler and
two-time Saudi Open champion, Remy Ong put himself in a strong position for the
44th Singapore International Open Men's Open Masters title after finishing
third in the first round on Friday.
Remy Ong was slow off the mark but managed to bowl 196 and 192 in his two
opening games. The Singaporean then picked up the pace
after some slight adjustments to knock down 234, 248 and 235 to stay with the
leading duo of Khalid Al Dubyyan of Kuwait and Shaker Al Hassan of UAE.
Friday, June 03, 2011 9:00 AM :: 896 Views
A man whose reputation precedes him, Luan Ching was instrumental in China’s victory in the prestigious Thomas Cup along with two Asian Championships. Rated as one of the world’s best players during his day, his personal honours also include victories in the All England Singles and the World Badminton Grand Prix.
Thursday, June 02, 2011 8:20 PM :: 826 Views
Standard Chartered Bank’s
latest injection is largest-ever sponsorship for a local running event. (Photo:
SSC)
The sports community in
Singapore will have more reasons to run, as Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) announced
their continued support of the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS)
with a S$9.75 million injection to the event and a three-year partnership with event
organiser Singapore Sports Council (SSC) till 2013.
Guest-of-Honour Major
General (NS) Chan Chun Sing, Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth
and Sports, was on hand to witness this landmark announcement, heralding the
largest-ever corporate sponsorship for a running event in Singapore.
Wednesday, June 01, 2011 6:20 PM :: 450 Views
National bowler Daphne Tan is still leading the
local qualifying pool for the ladies open with her 2 best attempts score of
1293 and ahead of compatriots New Hui Fen and Jazreel Tan.
National bowler Daphne Tan said, “I guess my
continued training for the past few months had helped me to maintain
consistency in my game so far. I am confident I can do well this year and hope
to go into the stepladder finals”
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