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Jose Raymond, Vice-President of Singapore Swimming, refuted claims by Min Grace Fu that Team Singapore athletes are well-funded. He listed many examples of athletes who faced problems getting funding and suggested a review.

Congratulations are due to the Singapore Men's Archers team. They have just clinched the very first medal in this year's SEA Games. The team of archers Ang Han Teng, Alan Lee and Pang Toh Jin opened Singapore's medal account for the Games after clinching silver in the men's team compound event.

National Marathoner Soh Rui Yong has apologised for making SNOC seem like the "bad guy" for prohibiting athletes from promoting their sponsors on social media. He met with a few SNOC officials and has since acknowledged that at the end of the day, rules are still rules and athletes would have to abide by them.

As a special birthday present for Singapore, the Team Singapore beat defending champions England in the World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC) on Thursday after eight out of nine judges voted in their favour. And to make things even sweeter, this was won in Bali. Yes, the Indonesian resort island, where the little red dot, first called that by an Indoensian former president, reigned supreme.

The difference between how the Malaysian media talks about their athletes that don't win gold medals vs. how the Singaporean media talk about theirs. Rather embarrassing behavior from the local media, from them chewing out Quah Zheng Wen to this. Regardless of how they do or what media sound bites they don't give you, these athletes represent the country and we should be so proud of them. It wasn't that long ago that we glorified our athletes regardless, but you win just ONE gold medal and suddenly that's the new minimum requirement.

In case you missed it, in the wee hours of the morning, Joseph Schooling finished first in the heats for 100m Butterfly with 51.41s. He raced along his idol and the most decorated Olympian, Michael Phelps who came in second. Quah Zheng Wen came in 10th in the 100m Butterfly in an earlier heat with a personal best of 52.08s. Both our Singaporean sons made it to the semi-finals that will take place at 10.42 am local time.

Team Singapore athletes in the vicinity of the Swissotel the Stamford were in for a big shock on Wednesday when they witnessed a man crashing down to the ground in front of the hotel at about 1PM. Some of the athletes, who are housed at the hotel for this month's South East Asian (SEA) Games, were near the McDonalds and Starbucks outlets where the man landed. The 33-year-old man was found dead at the foot of the hotel on Wednesday. Police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) were alerted to the incident about 1.10PM. Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene.

PAP Minister and Singapore National Olympic Council chairman Tan Chuan Jin told the media he hopes Singaporeans can show more support for local athletes during their games or risk having foreign supporters neutralize Singapore’s home advantage. He says Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia will likely receive strong support from …

Team Singapore’s 224-strong contingent at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon have been hit by a disciplinary issue with only five days left in the two-week multi-sport event. TODAY has learnt that three swimmers – believed to be Joseph Schooling, Roanne Ho and Teo Zhen Ren – had left the Athletes’ Village at Namdong-gu last Friday (Sep 26) without seeking the permission of officials and that they had been drinking before returning to the village early on Saturday morning. The trio were escorted to their apartments by village security upon their return.