Melvyn Teoh

Melvyn joined The Straits Times as a sports journalist in July 2023 after 2½ years in e-sports marketing. He currently covers the para-sports, school sports and e-sports beats. He developed an interest in chess after covering the World Chess Championship in Singapore. Outside work, he is a Chelsea fan and also a foodie who will travel anywhere for good food.

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‘Spidey’ to the rescue as two-goal hero Gabriel Ng helps SJI win third straight C Div title

Gabriel Ng scored a brace in St Joseph’s Institution’s 3-0 win over St Gabriel’s Secondary in the boys’ C Division football final.

7 S’pore floorballers heading to Sweden under new high-performance training programme

National floorballers (from left) Jerelee Ong, Foo Wen Xin, Siti Khairul Anuar, Nur Yuanna Insyirah, Shermaine Goh and Lim Jie Ying at the launch of the Singapore Floorball Overseas Training Programme on Aug 20.

Meet the kids leading Singapore’s rise on the chess board

Zhang Yunyi (left) and Ashwath Kaushik pictured during the 24th ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championships at Our Tampines Hub on Aug 15.

Singaporean wakeskater Alysha Rizwan claims bronze at world championships in Beijing

Singapore’s Alysha Rizwan (left) claimed bronze in the women’s open wakeskate event at the World Cable Wakeboard and Wakeskate Championships in Beijing.

Singapore runner Shaun Goh pipped to gold by 0.008sec, but breaks national 2.4km record

National distance runner Shaun Goh broke the national 2.4km record with a time of 6min 47sec at the Pocari Sweat 2.4km Challenge.

World No. 3 Jessica Pegula to join Alexandra Eala at Singapore Tennis Open

Jessica Pegula of the United States and world no. 3 returning a shot to Diana Shnaider at the Canadian Open on Aug 8.

MGS bag third straight C Div tennis title with dominant win over RGS

MGS players celebrating their win in the National School Games C Division at Kallang Tennis Hub on Aug 12.

S’pore U-19 men’s floorball squad qualify for world championships, a boost for home SEA Games in 2029

The Singapore men’s Under-19 floorball team qualified for the 2027 world championships after winning the AOFC qualifiers.

1.9m-tall shooter helps lift CHIJ Secondary past MGS for C Div netball title

CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)’s 1.9m-tall Naomi Pathman (middle) towered over Methodist Girls’ School’s Chloe Ma (right) in the C Division Netball final at Jurong East Sports Hall.

Is the return of Formula One to Malaysia a boon or bane for the Singapore night race?

The Sepang International Circuit hosted the Malaysian Grand Prix from 1999 to 2017.

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