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Badminton would experience a revival in Singapore after the 1983 Southeast Asian Games, when Wong Shoon Keat won the gold medal at the men's singles. [7]In 2021, Loh Kean Yew made history by becoming the men's singles world champion, winning the title at the 2021 BWF World Championships, becoming the first Singaporean to achieve this feat.
In 2008, after the closure of the original Singapore Badminton Hall, a new Singapore Badminton Hall was opened in 2011 with 14 Olympic-standard courts, permanent seating for 400 spectators, hospitality and VIP viewing galleries. Outside the main hall, there is a gymnasium and 14 dormitory rooms for badminton trainees.
The Singapore national badminton team [a] is a badminton team that represents Singapore in international badminton competitions.
The Foreign Sports Talent Scheme (FST), initially known as Project Rainbow, [1] [2] was a scheme used by sports officials and organisations in Singapore to scout and facilitate the migration of non-Singaporeans deemed to possess sports talent to play in Singapore colours in sporting events.
The Singapore Badminton Stadium was completed in May 1952 and had changing rooms, canteens, offices, four badminton courts and 5500 seats. On 7 June 1952, Singapore Badminton Stadium was officially opened by the Governor of Singapore, Sir John Fearns Nicoll. In 1958, the stadium was managed by the Land Office on trust on behalf of the SBA. [3]
In 1961, Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) started a local championships [1] to find talents to represent Singapore in regional and international competitions after the previous championships became an open invitation championships in 1957. [2]
Singapore has its own football league, the Singapore Premier League (formerly known as S. League), formed in 1996, [4] which comprises nine clubs, including one based in Brunei. In 2003, Singapore hosted a round of the UIM F1H2O World Championship in Marina Bay. The event subsequently took the title of Singapore Grand Prix. [5]
The sport was played under the Pune rules until 1887, when J. H. E. Hart of the Bath Badminton Club drew up revised regulations. [5] In 1890, Hart and Bagnel Wild again revised the rules. [ 6 ] The Badminton Association of England (BAE) published these rules in 1893 and officially launched the sport at a house called "Dunbar" [ c ] in ...