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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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

Granting young Singaporean footballer Benjamin Davis, who has secured a deal with English Premier League club Fulham FC, a National Service (NS) deferment would result in grave unfairness to many other Singaporean sons who have carried out their obligations without also asking to be deferred despite potentially inconvenient timing on their part, said Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen in Parliament …

A team led by businessman Mr Tang Weng Fei which will be contesting at the upcoming elections for office bearers for the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) has been served an administrative boost. On 2 August 2018, the team added a ninth member to their slate of candidates with the introduction of Mr Eric Song to the team. An official email …

Singaporean Kenneth Kee played his way to US$2.86 million (S$3.9 million) at the Triton Hold'em Event at Jeju South Korea. The poker tournament is the first one that Kenneth has played in the last six years and he impressed the crowd with his 'impressive playing' in the newly emerging game of short deck poker. The Singaporean took down 60 poker …

A young national gymnast, who is aiming to represent Singapore at the Olympics has been given a boost by Chiam See Tong Sports Fund. On Saturday, 28 July, the Chiam See Tong Sports Fund announced that it had added Singapore national youth gymnast Robin Sim to its growing list of beneficiaries. Sim, 17, is a student of ITE College Central …

Japan's Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) has introduced various programmes and activities in conjunction with the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to foster a clean sports environment and establish the integrity of sports and society. One such program is the PLAY TRUE Torch Relay, under the Play True 2020, Sports for Tomorrow (SFT) project.  This interview 'relay' has so far seen …