Sazali Abdul Aziz

Assistant ST Now Editor

Sazali has been a journalist since 2006, covering mainly sport. He covered the Olympic Games in Tokyo and the World Cup in Qatar, and was named Sports Journalist of the Year at the Singapore Sports Awards in 2019. He counts among his highlights meeting his hero Peter Schmeichel, making Jose Mourinho smile and blacking out while training with discus king James Wong. Sazali has been assistant editor at The Straits Times’ ST Now desk since March 2023.

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So one of your favourites isn’t such a great person. Should it matter?

A fan posing beside a life-size Hulk Hogan statue in front of Hogan's Beach Shop in Florida, on Aug 1.

Arsenal beat Newcastle in five-goal thriller to bring Singapore Festival of Football to a close

Arsenal midfielder Mikel Merino celebrating after scoring the team's first goal during their pre-season friendly against Newcastle United at the National Stadium.

No Isak, no issue for Eddie Howe and Newcastle players despite transfer saga

Newcastle’s manager Eddie Howe (L) and captain Bruno Guimaraes attend a press conference ahead of their pre-season football match against Arsenal at the National Stadium in Singapore on July 26, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)

Newcastle United arrive in Singapore for pre-season match with Arsenal

Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes brushed aside the speculation surrounding an exit for striker Alexander Isak, whom he called a “top player” and a “good guy”.

Heirlooms in newsprint: Couple safeguard copies of The Straits Times from 1950s

Ms Hernie Lim and her husband, Mr Hassim Mokhtar, with their old copies of The Straits Times.

What I learnt from my child’s big, fat report book

The writer’s own report books used to comprise cold examination results.

One Championship ready to rumble in Hollywood with MMA movie starring Russell Crowe

One of the film’s locations will be the Impact Arena in Bangkok, where One will stage a Friday Fights live event in January.

Podcast: Play in shared spaces - How can Singapore balance competing needs?

(Front left to right): Assistant ST Now editor Sazali Abdul Aziz, Professor Laavanya Kathiravelu and ST journalist Gabrielle Chan in ST's podcast studio, with producer Hadyu Rahim (back).

‘No football’ signs leave a void in the void deck

A sign indicating that football is not allowed, among other signs, at a void deck of an HDB block.

Discus king James Wong opens up about his cancer battle

Former national athlete and South-east Asian discus king James Wong battled stage two bile duct cancer over seven months this year.

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