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I'm a freelance journalist and content creator based in Singapore specialising in sports reporting and sports features. While sports is my first love, I've also extensive experience in general news writing for various platforms, and have also been commissioned to write corporate pieces for the private sector.
The boy who left home at age 14 in pursuit of a dream many labelled impossible is now the man who has delivered his nation's first Olympic gold. Read more at straitstimes.com.
RIO DE JANEIRO - Lee Chong Wei suffered heartbreak at the Olympics again as he found himself falling at the final hurdle for the third straight Games. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Seven times before, Caroline Wozniacki had been trounced by her opponent across the net, winning just one set in those clashes. She chose the biggest occasion of all to post her first victory, beating Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 to win the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global.
SINGAPORE - Malaysia have wrested back bragging rights of being SEA Games champions, after a one-sided 65-41win over Singapore in the final on Sunday afternoon at the Juara Stadium. Read more at straitstimes.com.
RIO DE JANEIRO - Singapore para-swimmer Theresa Goh won the bronze medal in the women's 100m breaststroke SB4 final on Sunday (Sept 11, Brazil time), securing Singapore's second medal of the Rio Paralympics. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Over the past five years, Colin Cheng has become used to a certain routine and accustomed himself to a familiar sight. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - They may not have won a medal, but the Singapore women's 4x400m quartet did well enough to smash a national record that stood for 41 years in the event on Thursday at the SEA Games. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - After Singapore's sensational triumph at the world table tennis championships in 2010, pictures of Feng Tianwei and Co celebrating as victors - contrasted against the dejection of the defeated Chinese paddlers - were put up at the Chinese national training centre. Read more at straitstimes.com.
To say that life has dealt Jason Chee a bad hand would be an understatement. Five years after a horrific naval ship accident that bound him to a wheelchair, the navy serviceman has also lost an eye. Read more at straitstimes.com.