Badminton: Singapore's Loh Kean Yew upsets world number 6 Li, advances to Paris Olympics quarters
PARIS: Singapore's Loh Kean Yew moved one step closer to Olympic success after he upset China's world number six Li Shifeng on Thursday (Aug 1).
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Badminton: Loh Kean Yew books spot in knockout stages at Paris Olympics, will face China's world number 6 Li
PARIS: As his parents watched on at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Loh Kean Yew booked his spot in the men's singles knockout rounds after a 21-13, 21-16 win over El Salvador's world-ranked 50 Uriel Canjura on Wednesday (Jul 31).
Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula Sails Into Pre-Quarterfinals In Paris Olympics, Joins Manika Batra
Sreeja Akula rallied to enter the pre-quarterfinals after a hard-fought 4-2 win over Singapore's Jian Zeng in a women's singles round of 32 match as Indian table tennis continued to make history at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday. On her 26th birthday, Sreeja won the match 9-11 12-10 11-4 11-5 10-12 12-10 to join compatriot Manika Batra in the pre-quarterfinals, an unprecedented feat in the history of Indian table tennis. She lost the opening game but fought back strongly to emerge as the winner in the contest, which lasted 51 minutes.
Table tennis: Singapore's Zeng Jian eliminated from Paris Olympics by India's Sreeja Akula
PARIS: Singapore's world number 52 Zeng Jian was eliminated from the Paris Olympics in the women's singles round of 32 after losing to India's Sreeja Akula on Wednesday (Jul 31).
'It is just passion': 40 years after Ang Peng Siong’s Olympics debut, his brother fulfils his own Games dream
PARIS: As a promising swimmer for Singapore, Ang Peng Wee always dreamed of representing the nation.
Badminton: Yeo Jia Min progresses to knockout stages at Paris Olympics, first Singaporean to do so since 2012
PARIS: Yeo Jia Min may not be one to focus on records, but she notched a noteworthy milestone on Tuesday (Jul 30) by beoming the first Singaporean badminton player to reach the knockout stages at the Olympic Games in more than a decade.
'It's just passion': 40 years after Ang Peng Siong’s Olympics debut, his brother fulfils his own Games dream
PARIS: As a promising swimmer for Singapore, Ang Peng Wee always dreamed of representing the nation.
Singapore swimmer Gan Ching Hwee sets new 1500m free national record at Olympics, just misses out on final
PARIS: Moments after she topped her heat and set a new personal best as well as new national record, Gan Ching Hwee was a picture of unbridled joy.