SINGAPORE – National shuttler Loh Kean Yew is one win away from becoming the first Singaporean to win a medal at the Badminton World Federation World Championships after beating Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21-4, 21-7 in their last-16 match on Thursday (Dec 16). The world No. 22 will face either Denmark’s world No. 10 Rasmus Gemke... » read more
MOSCOW (REUTERS) – High jumper Danil Lysenko, suspended for anti-doping violations in a case that rattled Russian sport, has admitted guilt for his offences but said he blames the athletics federation for a plan to forge documents to try to evade punishment. Lysenko, silver medallist at the 2017 World Athletics Championships, was provisionally suspended in... » read more
Singapore / SEAPRWire / August 05, 2021 / – Core Concepts, the largest private Singapore physiotherapy group for musculoskeletal conditions, announced a partnership with Singapore Cycling Federation (SCF) to provide sports massage therapy. This will support our Singapore national team riders recover more efficiently after a training session and help with performance during the race. Core Concepts is proud... » read more
World Table Tennis (WTT), a subsidiary created by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in March 2019 to manage all its commercial and events business, was set up with good governance and financial compliance, independent consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have concluded. The review was commissioned by the ITTF executive committee in response to concerns raised by... » read more
The Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) has responded to a defamation suit brought forth by its former secretary-general, Wong Liang Ming, with a counterclaim over statements the four-time SEA Games champion made in a Facebook post on Sept 23. In response to queries by The Straits Times, STF general secretary Lai Han Seng said: “As a... » read more
The French football philosophy that produced the likes of Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe, Thierry Henry and Nicholas Anelka and made Les Bleus world champions will now be taught in Singapore, with the French Football Federation (FFF) opening the French Football Academy yesterday. It is believed that this is the first time the national federation... » read more
TOKYO (AFP) – Japan’s top Olympic swimmer Daiya Seto has been barred from competitions and official training until the end of the year as punishment for an affair exposed by a tabloid. The star athlete was caught on camera in September by a gossip magazine, which chronicled the married 26-year-old’s movements as he picked up... » read more