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Singapore advance into football semi-finals
By Patwant Singh/Ewan Mah | Posted: 19 August 2010 2316 hrs
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Youth Olympic Games Under-15 Boys' football team beat Montenegro 3-2 in their final Group D match to top their group.
The result means the Cubs will play Haiti in Sunday's semi-final, and they will be hot favourites to advance to the final and the battle for gold.
Montenegro will play Group C leaders Bolivia in the other semi-final.
It was a sell-out crowd at the Jalan Besar stadium as Singapore took on Montenegro on Thursday.
Giving the Cubs his support was none other than Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
And Mr Lee's presence must have inspired the boys, as they were off to another dream start, just like in their earlier match against Zimbabwe.
They scored in the third minute - with Suhaimi Muhaimin giving the fans much to cheer.
Montenegro equalised five minutes later.
In the 21st minute, Singapore gave away a penalty - which the visitors duly converted to take the lead.
Captain Jeffrey Lightfoot pulled Singapore back into the game in the 34th minute.
The first half ended ended 2-all.
In the second half, Singapore took the lead again through a brilliant effort Brandon Koh.
Tickets for the semi-final match between Singapore and Haiti are already sold out.
In badminton, Thailand made it a golden double at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Pisit Poodchalat and Sapsiree Tay-ratta-nachai clinched the gold medal in both the Boys and Girls' singles events.
Pisit beat India's Prannoy Haseena 21-15, 21-16 to take the gold, with South Korea's Kang Ji Wook settling for the bronze.
As for the girls, China's Deng Xuan slumped to a straight games defeat against Sapsiree, while Vietnam's Vu Thi Trang took the bronze.
In gymnastics, Russia's Viktoria Komova took the gold in the Girls' artistic individual all-around final, with a score of 61.250.
China's Tan Sixin scored 58.500 and secured the silver, while Carlotta Ferlito of Italy received the bronze.
Elsewhere at the International Convention Centre at Suntec City, China swept both the gold medals on offer in taekwondo.
Zheng Shuyin beat Briseida Acosta of Mexico 2-1 in the Girls' Over-63kg final.
Cuba and France both received bronze.
In the Boys' Over-73kg final, Germany's Ibrahim Ahmadsei forced China's Liu Chang into a tie-breaker round with 12 seconds to spare but eventually slumped to a 5-4 defeat.
Liu bagged the gold and Ahmadsei the silver. Canada and Jordan shared the bronze.
- CNA/ir
Singapore advance into football semi-finals
By Patwant Singh/Ewan Mah | Posted: 19 August 2010 2316 hrs
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Youth Olympic Games Under-15 Boys' football team beat Montenegro 3-2 in their final Group D match to top their group.
The result means the Cubs will play Haiti in Sunday's semi-final, and they will be hot favourites to advance to the final and the battle for gold.
Montenegro will play Group C leaders Bolivia in the other semi-final.
It was a sell-out crowd at the Jalan Besar stadium as Singapore took on Montenegro on Thursday.
Giving the Cubs his support was none other than Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
And Mr Lee's presence must have inspired the boys, as they were off to another dream start, just like in their earlier match against Zimbabwe.
They scored in the third minute - with Suhaimi Muhaimin giving the fans much to cheer.
Montenegro equalised five minutes later.
In the 21st minute, Singapore gave away a penalty - which the visitors duly converted to take the lead.
Captain Jeffrey Lightfoot pulled Singapore back into the game in the 34th minute.
The first half ended ended 2-all.
In the second half, Singapore took the lead again through a brilliant effort Brandon Koh.
Tickets for the semi-final match between Singapore and Haiti are already sold out.
In badminton, Thailand made it a golden double at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Pisit Poodchalat and Sapsiree Tay-ratta-nachai clinched the gold medal in both the Boys and Girls' singles events.
Pisit beat India's Prannoy Haseena 21-15, 21-16 to take the gold, with South Korea's Kang Ji Wook settling for the bronze.
As for the girls, China's Deng Xuan slumped to a straight games defeat against Sapsiree, while Vietnam's Vu Thi Trang took the bronze.
In gymnastics, Russia's Viktoria Komova took the gold in the Girls' artistic individual all-around final, with a score of 61.250.
China's Tan Sixin scored 58.500 and secured the silver, while Carlotta Ferlito of Italy received the bronze.
Elsewhere at the International Convention Centre at Suntec City, China swept both the gold medals on offer in taekwondo.
Zheng Shuyin beat Briseida Acosta of Mexico 2-1 in the Girls' Over-63kg final.
Cuba and France both received bronze.
In the Boys' Over-73kg final, Germany's Ibrahim Ahmadsei forced China's Liu Chang into a tie-breaker round with 12 seconds to spare but eventually slumped to a 5-4 defeat.
Liu bagged the gold and Ahmadsei the silver. Canada and Jordan shared the bronze.
- CNA/ir
