Three young Singaporean simulator racers have earned Legion of Racers (LOR) Esports contracts to undergo a combination of Motorsport training in Karting, Sim racing and Fitness. The best among the three racers will then be given a kart racing slot in the Rookie Class of the IAME Asia Series. The IAME Asia Series is Asia’s leading professional karting series that …
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Singapore’s swimming hero Joseph Schooling has a fruitful time at the FINA World Cup this weekend (17 Nov), bringing home two medals and breaking two national records while he was there. In the men’s 50m butterfly, Schooling clocked a new national record of 22.04s, besting his previous record by 0.89 seconds, to bring home a bronze, just behind Russia’s Vladimir …
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Defending Southeast Asian Games marathon champion Soh Rui Yong has challenged the version of events which surrounded his team-mate Ashley Liew's account which led to the latter receiving plaudits for being sportsmanlike during the 2015 SEA Games marathon event in Singapore. On 21 October, Soh alleged that Liew's version of events surrounding the 2015 SEA Games marathon is "simply not …
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by Jose Raymond Congratulations to all of Singapore’s medallists at the recently concluded Asian Games in Jakarta. Despite the many obstacles and systemic road humps put in your way, you have helped keep the national flag flying high at the quadrennial Asiad. While the chef de mission Lee Wung Yew has hailed the overall performance and called it a “very …
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Singapore’s Brandon Ng is all set and ready to rock and roll on Friday at the region’s muay thai extravaganza – Asia Fighting Championship’s AFC02. The AFC02 event will be held at the Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur Sports City and will showcase 11 fights including two main bouts. Ng is in the main bout for the evening and will face …
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Singaporean poker player, Tzai Wei Phua was one of the big winners of the recent APPT Manila. His victory in the Mega Stack Shot Clock Big Blind Ante earned him a Platinum Pass, which guaranteed his ticket to the Bahamas next January, where a USD 25,000 poker event will be held. During his talk with Somuchpoker afterwards, Tzai shared with how important this title is to him, as well as the …
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Singaporean Muay Thai exponent Brandon Ng is set to keep the Singapore flag flying when he takes on Malaysian Mohd Amirul Ariffin at the second edition of the Asia Fighting Championship (AFC) scheduled for 21 September at Axiata Arena, KL Sports City (KLSC). Both fighters will be battling for the 66kg title on the night and Ng and Amirul are both the main draws …
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by Simon Lim The Asian Games 2018 is in full swing this week and the table tennis events will take place in Jakarta and Palembang. Years ago, Singaporeans were sold the idea by their PAP government that Chinese table-tennis imports will help us bring up our table-tennis standards. But after all these years of them being here, what has really …
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Esports is a fast growing sector of sports and Singapore is not being left behind. In April, a group of gamers who call themselves MSK_Poseidon became the only Singaporean team to qualify for the PUBG Australia Invitational 2018, placing 7th our of 20 teams. In June, they were crowned champions at the PUBG SEA Championship Tournament. Most recently in August, …
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By Jack Liew, Founder of Singapore Poker League (edited by Zef) After a deep 4th place run at the recent PokerStars Festival Lille (PSF) in France good for SGD 78,446, Alex Peck sat down with Jack Liew, the founder of Singapore Poker League and Zef for a chat. In this interview, Alex gives us a look on his start in …
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