Singapore – As part of its commitment to promote and support sports in Singapore, telecommunications company Singtel has renewed its partnership with the Singapore National Olympic Council, increasing its sponsorship over the next five years, its biggest sponsorship for sports to date.
Singtel’s new five-year partnership with SNOC aims to support Team Singapore in upcoming major sporting events such as the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, the 2024 Paris Olympics and the 2025 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand. Singtel will provide S$1.5 million in funding and also sponsor S$200,000 worth of mobile roaming services for Team Singapore contingents.
Being a major corporate partner of Team Singapore, Singtel has supported athletes in achieving their goal of competing for Singapore in major games including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Singtel’s S$2.5 million sponsorship over the last ten years has helped fund various SNOC programmes, offset the contingents’ travelling expenses and enabled them to stay connected while competing overseas.
Shanti Pereira, one of Singtel’s 2023 partner athletes, said, “As an athlete, it is very encouraging to receive support to enable me to train and compete while representing Singapore. I would like to thank Singtel for their support and for continuing to help Team Singapore to achieve our sporting aspirations.”
Talking about the renewed partnership, Chris Chan, secretary-general of the Singapore National Olympic Council commented, “Singtel has been an unwavering partner of Singapore’s Olympic Movement, the SNOC and of Singapore sports for more than a decade, at our side through triumph and adversity. We are grateful to Singtel for this steadfast support without which many of our athletes’ dreams would not have been possible, and we look forward to celebrating many more Team Singapore milestones with Singtel.”
Meanwhile, Yuen Kuan Moon, group CEO of Singtel, said, “Singtel is delighted to continue our longstanding partnership with SNOC and Team Singapore to support our local athletes as they pursue their sporting dreams and display their talents on the world stage. They are a great inspiration to Singaporeans and show us that with a passion for excellence, determination and resilience, nothing is impossible.”
