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Sporting Life

Sporting Life

Like all athletes, Arsenal know winning is slippery, elusive and temporary

Arsenal is engagingly proving again what we already know: Winning is very hard work.
Arsenal is engagingly proving again what we already know: Winning is very hard work.

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Sporting Life

In a sport of patience, a great golfer has a day worth waiting for

Champion Hannah Green of Australia and her husband and caddy Jarryd Felton have known each other since they were junior golfers.
Champion Hannah Green of Australia and her husband and caddy Jarryd Felton have known each other since they were junior golfers.

Sporting Life

Marathons. 104kg deadlifts. Sprints. Welcome to women’s golf

LPGA golfer Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (left) competed in a Hyrox event in 2025, and American golfer Auston Kim, who can deadlift 230 pounds, works out in the gym.
LPGA golfer Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (left) competed in a Hyrox event in 2025, and American golfer Auston Kim, who can deadlift 230 pounds, works out in the gym.

Sporting Life

Izaac Quek and Koen Pang remind us of a simple truth: Fair play is a beautiful thing

Singapore's Koen Pang and Izaac Quek (right) speak with the umpire after their Argentine rivals were penalised a point during their match.
Singapore's Koen Pang and Izaac Quek (right) speak with the umpire after their Argentine rivals were penalised a point during their match.

Sporting Life

How golfer Shannon Tan politely chipped away at my confidence

The Straits Times Assistant Sports Editor Rohit Brijnath (left) watches as Singaporean professional golfer Shannon Tan chips a ball during a chipping challenge at Sentosa Golf Club on Feb 21, 2026.
The Straits Times Assistant Sports Editor Rohit Brijnath (left) watches as Singaporean professional golfer Shannon Tan chips a ball during a chipping challenge at Sentosa Golf Club on Feb 21, 2026.

Sporting Life

Sport for kids can’t just be about winning. It’s first about having fun

Competitiveness has a lovely glint and brings its own lessons, but sport is an act of patience.
Competitiveness has a lovely glint and brings its own lessons, but sport is an act of patience.

Sporting Life

Golfer Anthony Kim’s incredible revival carries a familiar message: Keep fighting

Anthony Kim, 40, celebrates on the podium with his daughter Isabella after he won a golf title for the first time in 5,795 days.
Anthony Kim, 40, celebrates on the podium with his daughter Isabella after he won a golf title for the first time in 5,795 days.

Sporting Life

It’s the Winter Games: Welcome to bravery and lunacy

Beauty meets bravery in the men's freeski slopestyle qualification at the winter Olympics in Italy.
Beauty meets bravery in the men's freeski slopestyle qualification at the winter Olympics in Italy.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.