Singapore is host of the inaugural Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010.
To screams of delight, the hope of the little nation was realised by the International Olympics Committee (IOC) in an announcement broadcast live from Switzerland on 21 February.
It beat Moscow,the other candidate city shortlisted with Singapore from nine other cities which had put in bids to host the inaugural event.
Some 3,200 athletes aged between 14 and 18 are expected to take part in the Youth Olympic games which will see sporting events as well as forums and educational workshops.
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Asian Youth Games: Table tennis team through to semi-finals in mixed team event Updated: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:33:42
SINGAPORE : Buoyed by the cheers of a 500-strong crowd - including 200 schoolmates from the Singapore Sports School - the Republic's table tennis team of Clarence Chew, Tay Jit Kiat, Isabelle Li and Chau Haiqing went through to the semi-finals in the mixed team event at the inaugural Asian Youth Games on Friday. Full Story
The city-state of Singapore erupts in celebration as IOC President Jacques Rogge names the nation as host for the first ever Youth Olympic Games in 2010. play