The 2024 Singapore Sports Awards were presented on June 3, and the winners were bowler Darren Ong and sprinter Shanti Pereira. With her Sportswoman of the Year title, Pereira becomes the first track and field athlete to do so since 2004. Coach Luis Cunha, whom she was under, was honoured with the title. A few of Pereira's achievements include winning 100-meter and 200-meter titles at the Cambodia SEA Games and Asian Athletics Championships; making a semi-final appearance at the World Championships in Budapest; and winning 200-meter gold and 100-meter silver at the Hangzhou Asian Games. A n
On Saturday, R Praggnanandhaa created history in the Norway Chess Competition by defeating world number two Fabiano Caruana in round five. This win followed his earlier victory against world number one Magnus Carlsen in round three, marking his first time defeating both top players in classical chess. His outstanding performance has elevated him to the top ten of the FIDE World Ranking. The official Norway Chess handle on X praised his accomplishment. It read, "Pragg is back! Praggnanandhaa, a young prodigy, once again stuns the chess world by defeating World No. 2 Fabiano Caruana in Round
Indian cricketer Virat Kohli has been awarded the ICC ODI Player of the Year 2023 and is a member of the ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year. Kohli got his medal in New York as India prepared to play their first T20 World Cup match against Ireland on June 5. The 35-year-old returned in style this year, managing 1,377 runs in 27 ODIs at an average of 72.47 and a strike rate of 99.13. He scored six centuries and eight fifties, with a best score 166. Kohli played a big part in India's Asia Cup 2023 win, especially with an unbeaten 122 against Pakistan. He also contributed 765 runs in 11 ODI Wor
On Saturday, D.P. Manu, placed 14th on the Road to Paris Olympics chart, won the javelin gold at the Taiwan Athletics Open in Taipei with an 81.58m throw in the final round. The Asian silver medalist, World No. 12, and sixth-place finisher at last year's World Championships in Budapest, accomplished three 80-plus throws on the World Athletics Continental Tour (bronze event). Taiwan's Chao Tsun-Cheng, an Asian record holder and the first Asian to surpass 90m (PB 91.36m, 2017), won silver with a 76.21m throw. The javelin event at the Paris Olympics will include 32 participants, nine of wh
Naomi Osaka, Iga Swiatek, and Emma Raducanu won the Billie Jean King Cup qualifications. With a 6-2, 7-6(5) victory over Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva, Osaka's dominant performance—which featured 15 aces—moved Japan closer to the BJK Cup Finals. It was Osaka's first return to team competition since February 2020, demonstrating her strength after childbirth. Japan took a 2-0 lead thanks to Nao Hibino's dominant performance. In November, the qualifiers saw 16 nations compete for a position in the Finals in Seville, Spain, including defending champion Canada and others. Australia, he
On Wednesday, India's teenage chess sensation, R Praggnanandhaa, defeated world number one Magnus Carlsen in the Norway Chess Tournament. This victory pushed Carlsen to sixth place in the points ranking. Praggnanandhaa has previously beaten Carlsen in rapid and exhibition games. Notably, this is Carlsen's home tournament. Praggnanandhaa told the Indian Express that he was unaffected by Carlsen's "provocative opening." Praggnanandhaa received applause on social media following his win. Many people asked about the match's re-telecast. One of the X users said, "Not an unexpected game by P
Olympiakos made history by winning Greece’s first European club title, defeating Fiorentina 1-0 in the Europa Conference League final. Ayoub El Kaabi scored the game-winning goal in the 116th minute of extra time, prompting wild celebrations in Athens after a tight VAR check confirmed it. Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and Radamel Falcao previously held the knockout record, but El Kaabi, the competition's top scorer, broke it with 11 goals. The victory, gained under coach Jose Luis Mendilibar, consigned Fiorentina to their second consecutive Europa Conference League final defeat. "We
On Wednesday, PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy reached the second round of the 2024 Singapore Open Super 750 competition. Viktor Axelsen defeated Lakshya Sen. Sindhu, who last won a BWF title in Singapore two years ago, recently finished second at the Malaysia Masters. She overcame Denmark's Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt 21-12, 22-20 in 44 minutes to advance to the second round, where she will face Carolina Marin of Spain, who has an 11-5 record against her. Prannoy, the world number ten, defeated Belgium's Julien Carraggi 21-9, 18-21, 21-9, and will next face Japan's Kenta Nishimoto. Treesa Jolly and
Jannik Sinner had a convincing performance to advance to the second round of the French Open, while Iga Swiatek defeated qualifier Leolia Jeanjean to face Naomi Osaka. Sinner overcame previous injury struggles to defeat American Christopher Eubanks 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in the tournament's first round on Monday. Sinner, who won the Australian Open earlier this year, was forced to withdraw from the Madrid Open and miss the Rome Masters owing to a hip injury. However, he demonstrated his prowess on Roland Garros' clay courts, forcing Eubanks to withdraw at the first hurdle for the second straight ye
On Sunday, the Kolkata Knight Riders won their third IPL title with an eight-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai. Kolkata dominated the group stage, having already defeated Hyderabad in the first qualifier, and they replicated their dominance in the final, which lasted only 29 overs. Pat Cummins, the skipper of Hyderabad, questioned his decision to bat first as his team crumbled for 113 runs in 18.3 overs. Mitchell Starc, the match's MVP, struck twice early, while Vaibhav Arora removed Travis Head for a duck on the first ball, frightening Hyderabad. Andre Russell took three