Entries Tagged as ‘Sailing’

August 5, 2008

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 [...]

July 25, 2008

Newsflash: Rachel Lee wins Singapore’s second silver at World C’ships

Singapore ended its Optimist World Sailing Championships campaign in Turkey yesterday with two silvers as 14-year-old Rachel Lee finished second in the Girls Division yesterday.
The Singapore Sports School student who won the bronze in the same event at last year’s World Championships, went a rung higher this time as she finished with 176 points, behind Japan’s Tomoyo [...]

July 22, 2008

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 [...]