Sport in Singapore

Popular sports include football, swimming, track and field, basketball, rugby union, badminton, table tennis, and cycling.

Many public residential areas provide amenities like swimming pools, outdoor spaces (i.e. street football and basketball courts, running tracks)[1] and indoor sport centres, with facilities for badminton, table tennis, squash among others.

There is also a number of avid recreational scuba divers, a prominent diving spot being the southern island of Pulau Hantu, famous for its coral reefs.

Singapore athletes have performed well in both regional and international competitions, mainly in swimming, badminton, table tennis, bowling, sailing, water polo, sepak takraw, and silat.

[2] Most Singaporeans live in public residential areas with amenities like swimming pools, outdoor spaces (i.e. street football and basketball courts, running tracks)[3] and indoor sport centres, with facilities for badminton, table tennis, squash among others.

The National Physical Fitness Award (NAPFA) was introduced in 1982, a scheme which requires mandatory participation of all students within primary and secondary education.

In addition, the government sponsors the Singapore Sports School, which was established on 2 April 2004, combining a secondary school curriculum with professional training in each student's preferred sport, in an attempt to nurture future generations of sportsmen and sportswomen.