28th Singapore Sea Games Snippets

SINGAPORE, June 3 (Bernama) -- 28th Singapore Sea Games Snippets: NAZMI FAIZ CONTROVERSY DRAWS LOCAL MEDIA'S ATTENTION ---------------------------------------------------- The controversy involving 23-year-old national football player Muhamad Nazmi Faiz Mansor who received a six-match suspension for spitting at a rival player drew the attention of the local media here. 'The New Paper' for one, picked up Nazmi Faiz's quote in his instagram account, with the hashtag, #haktuih. The Asian Football Confederation disciplinary committee on Tuesday imposed the punishment on Nazmi for spitting at a Timor Leste player during their Group B opening match at Bishan Stadium in Singapore on Saturday. THAILAND'S PING PONG MEN'S DOUBLES BREAK SINGAPORE'S DOMINATION --------------------------------------------------------------- Chanakarn Udomsilp and Padasak Tanviriyavechakul upset Singapore by batting off the republic's pair of Chen Feng and Clarence Chew to advance to the final. Nevertheless, the Chanakarn-Padasak combination had to contend with the silver after losing to Singapore's other doubles pair, Gao Ning and Li in the final duel. THAILAND SENDS BIGGEST MEDIA CONTINGENT TO SINGAPORE ---------------------------------------------------- Thailand's media contingent to the SEA Games in Singapore is by far the biggest among the participating countries. A journalist with a newspaper in Thailand said more than 300 media practitioners were covering the biennial championship. The largest group of 30 arrived in the republic Tuesday. -- BERNAMA