Singapore loses 0-3 to China but wins first Olympic medal in 48 years

Singapore finally laid its hands tonight on the Olympic medal that it had been waiting to win for 48 years.
Our national women’s table tennis team had virtually assured itself of the silver medal at the very least when it defeated South Korea 3-2 in the semi-finals on Friday.
Tonight, after waiting for 48 hours, they finally [...]

Separate politics from the Olympics? Impossible.

The report:
In his commentary, “Keep politics out of the Olympics, which was published in mypaper yesterday (5 August 2008), Sports Editor Chia Han Keong made a plea that we be not distracted by politics and human rights issues when the Beijing Olympics begins this week.
“Have you forgotten that the Beijing Olympics is actually about sporting [...]

What a great weekend for Singapore sport!

I usually hate Mondays because it marks the start of another long week at work. I’m sure many of you know the feeling.
But today, I went into the office with a grin and a heart quietly beating with pride, all thanks to The Straits Times and TODAY, or rather, all thanks to the reports that they carried of our athletes [...]