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Singapore sprinter Shanti Pereira retained her women’s 200m Asian Games crown in Nagoya with a season-best timing of 22.78 seconds. She became the first woman to win the event twice at the continental Games.

A 50-year-old man has been charged after an undergarment was allegedly set on fire inside an oil tin outside Masjid Moulana Mohamed Ali. The fire was put out by a member of the public and no injuries were reported.

Loh Kean Yew defeated Indonesia’s world No. 1 Jonatan Christie in straight games to reach the Asian Games semi-finals. The victory guarantees him at least a bronze and gives Singapore its first individual badminton medal in Asian Games history.

The Liverpool-born defender has received his Singapore citizenship after a years-long effort to represent the country of his late grandfather’s birth. The Football Association of Singapore is now working on the remaining FIFA eligibility process before he can play for the Lions.

The inaugural Kiprun Singapore went ahead on Sunday morning, but organisers shortened its 21.1km half-marathon after reviewing worsening air quality at 2am. All race categories were also made non-competitive, with no official rankings or results.

Singapore’s men’s table tennis doubles pair Izaac Quek and Koen Pang were defeated by Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto and Hiroto Shinozuka in the Asian Games 2026 quarter-finals. The loss means they will not secure a medal from the event.

Singapore recorded its warmest September day on record jointly after Woodlands Avenue 9 Climate Station recorded 35.8°C on 26 September. The temperature matched a previous September high recorded in 2016.

Singapore sprinter Shanti Pereira clocked 23.10 seconds to finish fastest overall in the women’s 200m heats at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya. She will race for a second consecutive Asian Games 200m title after winning gold in 2023.

Singapore shuttler Loh Kean Yew has advanced to the men’s singles quarter-finals at the 2026 Asian Games after winning two matches on Saturday. He will face either Sri Lanka’s Viren Nettasinghe or world No. 1 Jonatan Christie next.

Thirty-five Singapore police and forensic officers were deployed to Nepal in September to support disaster victim identification and aerial surveillance work after deadly flash floods near the Nepal-China border.