Entries from June 2009

June 30, 2009

Newsflash: Singapore wins its first medals at Asian Youth Games

A pole vaulter and a long jumper delivered Singapore’s first medals at the Asian Youth Games today.
Haw Chong Institution student Sean Lim and Cedar Girls Secondary’s Melissa Wu both won bronzes in their respective events today on the first day of the athletics competition which was held at the Bishan Stadium.
Sean took the bronze with his [...]

June 29, 2009

Newsflash: Singapore’s football dreams shattered after 1-4 loss to Thailand

Thailand skipper Insiri Charoenruen single-handedly turned Singapore’s footballing dreams to dust this afternoon as he masterminded his country’s 4-1 crushing of the Republic at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
Charoenruen, who scored three goals in the first-round group matches,  scored twice today and had a hand in the other two to condemn Singapore to its second defeat in as [...]

June 27, 2009

Newsflash: Singapore go down to Iran in AYG football second round group match

Singapore’s young cubs went down 1-2 to Iran in an Asian Youth Games football tournament secound-round group match held at the Jalan Besar Stadium this afternoon.
As AYG hosts, the Republic had automatically qualified for the  second round of the group stages, but its chances of advancing to the semi-fnals must now seem a tough bet after today’s [...]