The letter below appeared in The Straits Times today, and truth be told, I was expecting something like this to be published sooner or later.
I had refrained from commenting on the way Liverpool were cheered on by the majority of the 45,000 crowd at the Nationa Stadium and how Singapore only reportedly received ‘polite applause” [...]
Entries from July 2009
July 28, 2009
A high for Liverpool fans as Singapore football sinks to a new low
July 25, 2009
Newsflash: Stefan finishes second in Taiwan Open, sprinter Mohd Elfi clocks PB in 100m
National triple jumper Stefan Tseng is making steady progress since his recovery from a heel injury which he incurred in late May.
The 18-year-old made a strong case for his inclusion in this December’s SEA Games when he finished second in the Taiwan Open today with a best effort of 15.79m, behind 2007 SEA Games silver medalist [...]
July 20, 2009
Newsflash: Hakeem breaks 110m hurdles record, and this time it should be the real deal
My contact at the Perak Open tells me that hurdler Abdul Hakeem Abdul Halim has finally done it – he has broken the national men’s 110m hurdles record, the oldest national mark left in Singapore athletics.
It seems Hakeem clocked 14.49sec in the heats – 0.27sec faster than Osman Merican’s 14.76sec mark which was set in [...]
