Singapore 2010

By Tom Degun in Singapore

August 20 - British diver Tom Daley will compete at the Summer Youth Olympic Games but is set miss the event he was crowned as world champion in last year, it was announced here today.

By Duncan Mackay in Singapore
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

August 19 - Sergey Bubka, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) member who headed the Coordination Commission for the inaugural Summer Youth Olympic Games, has hailed the event as a triumph already.

By Tom Degun in Singapore

August 18 - Young British sprint star David Bolarinwa (pictured) lived up to his billing as gold medal favourite in the boys 100 metres at the Summer Youth Olympic Games as he cruised into Saturday’s final with the day’s fastest time of 10.62 seconds in a mixed 24 hours for Britain here.

By Tom Degun in Singapore

August 18 - The British women’s junior rowing pair of Georgia Howard-Merrill and Fiona Gammond today became Youth Olympic Games champions with a phenomenal display at the Marina Reservoir here in Singapore.

By Tom Degun in Singapore

August 17 - Jade Jones (pictured) has made sporting history here tonight by claiming Britain’s first ever medal of the Summer Youth Olympic Games as she triumphed in dramatic fashion in the women’s -55kg taekwondo.

By Tom Degun in Singapore

August 16 - Daryl Tan Jia Jun has become an instant hero in Singapore as he secured the host’s first medal at the inagurual Summer Youth Olympic Games with an unexpected bronze in taekwondo. 

By Duncan Mackay in Singapore
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

August 15 - Politics overshadowed the inaugural Summer Youth Olympic Games here today when Israeli taekwondo fighter Gili Haimovich won a gold medal after Iranian fighter Mohammed Soleimani failed to show up for the final.