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Diego Simeone, the 43-year-old Atletico Madrid coach, who once likened his own playing style to “holding a knife between my teeth”, still looked like he could take to the pitch and upend the opposition with his biting tackles.

JUNIOR games, such as the Asian Youth Games, should be distinguished from major competitions.
That is the stand of the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA), who believe events like the AYG should be about gaining experience and not only about winning medals.

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Feng Tianwei is known for her fighting spirit. It manifested when she starred for Singapore during the women’s table tennis team’s silver-medal run at the 2008 Olympics.

He turned up at the Jurong Stadium two Saturdays ago, expecting to join his friends for the three-and-a-half hour training session. But Ariffin Rafee was turned away by his coach Nazir Abdul Hamid.