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Kimberly Kwek

Sports Correspondent

Kimberly joined The Straits Times in 2019 as a sports journalist. She has since covered a wide array of sporting events, including the Paris Olympics, and has unwittingly gained some knowledge about sports such as golf and sailing. She is now on an indefinite break from watching Manchester United matches, leaving her with more free time to hang out with her two beagles.

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Hearing Majulah Singapura, show of sportsmanship and bad translations: Moments of 2026 Asian Games

Tiffany Teo of Singapore raising the national flag after defeating Khilola Sobirova of Uzbekistan in the mixed martial arts women’s traditional 60kg final of the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games on Sept 22.
Tiffany Teo of Singapore raising the national flag after defeating Khilola Sobirova of Uzbekistan in the mixed martial arts women’s traditional 60kg final of the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games on Sept 22.

Team Singapore have to ‘keep pressing on’ against mounting Asian competition

(From left) Singapore National Olympic Council secretary-general Mark Chay, chef-de-mission Goh Kee Nguan, High Performance Sport Institute chief Low Jia Ren and Sport Singapore chief of Sport Development Group Su Chun Wei at Nagoya Harbour Hall on Oct 4.
(From left) Singapore National Olympic Council secretary-general Mark Chay, chef-de-mission Goh Kee Nguan, High Performance Sport Institute chief Low Jia Ren and Sport Singapore chief of Sport Development Group Su Chun Wei at Nagoya Harbour Hall on Oct 4.

4 sports, 4 sibling pairs: Team Singapore’s athletes share more than a love for sport

Singapore ju-jitsu exponent Paul Lim (left) helping his younger brother Noah Lim to tap his fingers before a fight at the 2025 SEA Games.
Singapore ju-jitsu exponent Paul Lim (left) helping his younger brother Noah Lim to tap his fingers before a fight at the 2025 SEA Games.

Singapore’s Shannon Tan clinches historic bronze in golf at Asian Games

Shannon Tan of Singapore in action during the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games women's golf individual stroke play final round at Kasugai Country Club East Course in Aichi, Japan on Oct 3, 2026. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM pixag03
Shannon Tan of Singapore in action during the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games women's golf individual stroke play final round at Kasugai Country Club East Course in Aichi, Japan on Oct 3, 2026. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM pixag03

Meet the volunteers who are on ‘a mission’ at the Asian Games

Vicente Tai (left) and Yuichiro Kubo are volunteers with the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games.
Vicente Tai (left) and Yuichiro Kubo are volunteers with the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games.

Singapore sailors clinch two silver medals at Asian Games

Singapore’s Jania Ang  crossing the finishing line during the Women’s Dinghy ILCA 6 final at the Kaiyoh Yacht Harbour on Oct 2, 2026.
Singapore’s Jania Ang  crossing the finishing line during the Women’s Dinghy ILCA 6 final at the Kaiyoh Yacht Harbour on Oct 2, 2026.

Shared love for artistic swimming sees S’pore father-daughter pair officiate at Asian Games

Geraldine Chew (left) and her father Steve posing with the Asian Games 2026 mascot Honohon at the Furuhashi Hironoshin Memorial Hamamatsu Swimming Centre.
Geraldine Chew (left) and her father Steve posing with the Asian Games 2026 mascot Honohon at the Furuhashi Hironoshin Memorial Hamamatsu Swimming Centre.

Singaporean golfer Shannon Tan stays in the lead after Round 2 at Asian Games

Shannon Tan maintained her place at the top of the leaderboard at the Asian Games after carding a six-under 64 in the second round on Oct 1.
Shannon Tan maintained her place at the top of the leaderboard at the Asian Games after carding a six-under 64 in the second round on Oct 1.

Asian Games champion Shanti Pereira, 30, savours every moment of an ‘incredible time’

Shanti Pereira, the 2026 Asian Games 200m gold medalist, pictured at her hotel on Sept 30.
Shanti Pereira, the 2026 Asian Games 200m gold medalist, pictured at her hotel on Sept 30.

Physical: Asia’s Dominic Di Tommaso believes Singapore could stand out in the Netflix reality series

Red Bull parkour athlete and freerunner Dominic Di Tommaso was in Singapore in August for a capture-the-flag race at Resorts World Sentosa.
Red Bull parkour athlete and freerunner Dominic Di Tommaso was in Singapore in August for a capture-the-flag race at Resorts World Sentosa.

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