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Two-time gold medalist in the Southeast Asian Games marathon event Soh Rui Yong is attempting to add another milestone to his track and field career when he tries to break the 5,000m national record at the Flash Athletics Club annual Flash Relays to be held on Saturday, 7 October at the Bishan Stadium.

I refer to the article “Soh Rui Yong saga: S’pore IOC member Ng Ser Miang says athletes who don’t like incentive scheme rules can opt out” (Straits Times, Sep 24).

Singapore marathoner Soh Rui Yong disagreed with mainstream reports by insisting that there is a way for athletes to promote SNOC sponsors together with the own sponsors. "We need to get rid of the mentality that someone's gain always has to come at the expense of someone else".

An angry mother has complained about the Basketball Association of Singapore for abruptly pulling the U16 girls out of the competition. This is after many months of training amidst their N and O Level exams. Is the sports, the competition and the association just a joke?

The average Singaporean will be forgiven if they think that the Singapore Sports scene is in a rut after reading about a recent series of articles alleging political infighting and poor management in Singapore's top sporting bodies.

An elderly Chinese woman is in serious condition after enduring an unimaginable sports injury... having the broken handle of a badminton racket lodged deep within her skull after it broke off during a badminton match.

Finally, for the upcoming SEA Games, and any other international sporting events, Singapore will stop using the abbreviation "SIN" and instead use "SGP". About time too! We are always bounded by the words SIN, when representing Singapore in sports. It is as if to say that when you are representing Singapore, you are a SIN. Even when Joseph Schooling created history by winning Singapore's first ever gold medal, he was representing SIN. Singapore have been using the SIN abbreviation since 1959. IOC, the international Olympic body, have finally approved Singapore's application to use SGP instead.

Good to know that even though Singapore places its values on grades, there are still avenues to get a place in our local universities if you are talented enough in your chosen field, such as the arts and sports. This will only encourage students that being creative and good in their other fields are also ways to get to that dream degree of theirs. After all, why should grades be the end all and be all for everything?

Sheik Farhan Sheik Alau'ddin and Muhammad Shakir Juanda have made us all proud on Thursday when they brought home gold medals from their respective weigh class finals at the World Pencak Silat Championships!

This Spartan people are acting like the California Fitness Group. Get us to sign up for their race on the 29 October 2016, cancel on us due to "unforeseen" circumstances, then left no option for a refund! My $60++ gone!