Sporting Life
In a volatile and faddish world, summer offers one familiar promise – Wimbledon
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Centre Court with its flowers can mean only one thing: Wimbledon is ready for play.
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A burly Englishman with a love for water is leaning precariously over the starting blocks at the Singapore Sports School. Mick Massey is holding Paralympic champion Yip Pin Xiu’s hands as she polishes her backstroke start.
Starting blocks are uncomfortable and so Massey has a folded towel beneath him. But it’s not any towel, but green, purple and precious, with the year 2014 stencilled on it.