Shanti

FLYING START TO 2023 Pereira rewrote her own 100m national record in her first race of the year at the New Zealand Track and Field Championships in Wellington in March. She did it without having raced in a competitive meet since the 2022…

SINGAPORE: Singapore sprint queen Shanti Pereira on Sunday (Jul 14) clinched her maiden sprint double at the Asian Athletics Championships, extending her amazing run of form in 2023. The 26-year-old followed up her record-breaking 100m win…

SINGAPORE: Singaporean sprinter Shanti Pereira on Friday (Jul 14) extended her blazing hot streak in 2023 with a 100m gold medal at the Asian Athletics Championships. Her blistering time of 11.20s is yet another new national record - the…

Subhash Ghai-directorial Karz, marks its 43rd anniversary today.Renowned for his remarkable directorial skills, Subhash Ghai has an illustrious filmography that boasts some of Indian cinema's biggest hits. Among his many triumphs, 'Karz'…

Nitesh Pandey(51) is no more. His wife Arpita Pandey is in absolute shock and unable to talk to her family members. Pandey, who was shooting in Igatpuri, suffered a cardiac arrest last night at 2 am and died almost immediately. Police are…

'I'M NOT QUITTING' Shanti first burst into the nation's consciousness at the 2015 Games when she took gold in the 200m, clocked a personal best and set a new national record. Her win also ended a 42-year gold medal drought for Singapore in…

PHNOM PENH: Singapore’s Shanti Pereira took gold in the women’s 100m final at the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games on Friday (May 12). With her victory at the Morodok Techo National Stadium, Pereira has become the first Singaporean woman…

“I went into the Games really calm, off the season that I had. I was really just excited to be able to compete (at the Games) again," Pereira told reporters after her stunning run. “I knew I had fierce competitors like Kristina and the…

There's Teong Tzen Wei, who cemented his status as the region's best this year when he clocked Games records in the 50m butterfly (23.04s) and the 50m freestyle (21.93s). He is already among Asia’s best – since 2022, only two swimmers have…

What has been impressive is Pereira's consistency, said Lim-Prasad. "That not just speaks of physical fitness, but the fact that her mental strength is strong enough, and she has experience to manage that excitement, and maybe even nerves.…