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Korea's World Cup hero Ahn bids teary farewell

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:30:00 GMT

Former Korean national team striker Ahn Jung-hwan has always been a quiet man who displays little emotion. On Tuesday, January 31, however, he was in tears as he announced his retirement from footba .....

15 Singapore-League players left out in the cold

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:21:21 GMT

He is a two-time S-League winner who has attracted the attention of clubs in Thailand and Indonesia. But Yohann Lacroix has his heart set on a return to Etoile FC. Today, he finds himself in football .....

Technology to trim errors of judgment in tournaments

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:53:24 GMT

Point Scoring System Errors from judges and juries will be minimised at taekwondo tournaments in the country, with the introduction of a point scoring system (PS) by the Bhutan taekwondo federation o .....

Malaysia League: It's time to dazzle

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:32:06 GMT

The Dazzler was the Enemy when Singapore last kicked off their Malaysian league campaign 18 years ago. Clad in Kelantan colours, V. Sundramoorthy failed to sparkle that day, finishing on the wrong en .....

15-year-old Singaporean sailor is world champ

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:17:43 GMT

Singapore can now add an Optimist world champion to its stable of sailing world-beaters. Yesterday, national sailor Kimberly Lim beat 209 others - including boys - from 48 countries to clinch the Rep .....

Singapore fights for football survival

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:59:37 GMT

Today marks the dawn of a new era for Singapore's professional football league. Along with the announcement of a sixth chief executive officer, changes in the format of the 16-year-old league are in .....

Italian star to visit Vietnam

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:43:35 GMT

Former Italy defender Fabio Cannavaro will arrive in Vietnam on Friday at the invitation of Eximbank. The 39-year-old will take part in a series of activities in Ho Chi Minh City, including a press .....

US LPGA winner may skip Singapore event

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:36:59 GMT

Lexi Thompson became the youngest winner on the United States LPGA Tour last year at the tender age of 16 and has been heralded as the next Michelle Wie of women's golf. But Singaporeans might not ge .....

We came, we saw and we conquered

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:23:00 GMT

Sri Lankan cricketers celebrate after winning their first Test Match on South African soil yesterday on day four of the second Test in Durban. This was also Sri Lanka's first Test win after 15 games w .....

Don't beat the hands that feed you

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:36:49 GMT

I hugely admire the devotion of the ordinary Indian cricket fans: They will stop at nothing to watch their beloved team in action and cheer their favourite stars. If, indeed, the game is a religion i .....

Rise of the beaten man

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:36:49 GMT

When I bought myself a plane ticket to Paris on a whim this year to watch my first tennis Grand Slam tournament, I had just one objective: to catch Roger Federer live in action before the beaten man - .....

The flight of genius

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:26:06 GMT

Two men run across my screen. They do not know each other and I do not know them, not even initially their nationality. This is fitting for the more familiar we are with athletes, the more we assume a .....

Singapore footballers excited about Malaysia league return

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:15:35 GMT

We have been awaiting Singapore's return for a long time. And tonight, the wait that Noor Hisham Mohd Ghouth, president of Malaysia Super League side PKNS FC, has endured will end when his team meet .....

LionsXII get taste of Malaysian Super League glamour

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:01:56 GMT

Even before they crossed the Causeway as a team for the first time, the LionsXII were given a glimpse of what playing in the Malaysian Super League (MSL) could do for their football careers. As he le .....

Benazir Bhutto Boxing event begins today

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:13:33 GMT

Organisers of Pakistan's richest boxing event, the 2nd Benazir Bhutto International Boxing Championship, received a setback on Wednesday when all hopes of ex-world champion Mike Tyson attending the op .....

Tell us more about Suarez's ban and stifle speculation

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:07:32 GMT

Liverpool's Luiz Suarez has been banned for eight matches, but this triumph against racism is coloured by frustration. Especially if you wear red. One might say this is not quite a clear-cut case in b .....

Asean Para Games come to an end with 302 new records

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:28:00 GMT

The 6th Asean Para Games in Surakarta, Central Java, officially concluded on a rainy Tuesday evening, with many athletes having to return to their countries without attending the closing ceremony. So .....

Chinese players praise Pakistan, thrilled about series

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:06:37 GMT

It was an afternoon of contrasting expressions at the Hockey Club of Pakistan (HCP) on Tuesday. While the visiting Chinese hockey contingent sounded grateful and were all praise for Pakistan hockey, t .....

GP2 boosts Singapore GP side show

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:29:43 GMT

Spectators at next year's SingTel Singapore Grand Prix can look forward to seeing not just the current stars of Formula One - but also those of the future. For the first time, a GP2 race will be held .....

Indonesian Soccer Association threatens to sanction grand meeting participants

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:32:57 GMT

The Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI) has threatened to impose sanctions on clubs and management of PSSI provincial branches whose representatives attend an Indonesian soccer grand meeting to be he .....

Indonesian chess ace barred from Games

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:04:41 GMT

An Indonesian gold medal hopeful at the 6th Asean Para Games, chess player Amrullah, failed to qualify for the competition on Tuesday because a disability concerning his left arm was deemed treatable. .....

Big allocations for Sri Lanka sports infrastructure development

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:28:54 GMT

The Ministry of Sports is going to spend more than 70 percent of the 2012 budget allocations for infrastructure development according Udaya R. Seneviratne, the secretary of the Ministry. Addressing a .....

Bills unpaid after last month's powerboat race in Singapore

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:41:13 GMT

The F1H2O Powerboat Nations Cup created waves at Marina Bay last month, but the organiser has left a trail of unpaid bills in its wake. Maxit International has not paid some of the companies which pr .....

Chinese team in hot pursuit of Chelsea's Drogba

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:58:17 GMT

Chinese soccer club Dalian Aerbin confirmed it has prepared a multi-million euro contract for Cote d'Ivoire and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba. According to Li Ming, general manager of Aerbin, Drogba .....

Crisis rocks Pakistan hockey as leading players join WSH

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:47:40 GMT

A major crisis was brewing up in Pakistan hockey on Thursday after it was learnt that as many as twelve national players have either signed contracts or consented to play in the controversial World Se .....