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Badminton champ has new game to master - managing sponsors

Published Fri, Dec 24, 2021 · 05:50 AM

Singapore

FIVE years have passed since his Olympic gold medal breakthrough in Brazil and it's been 4 months since his disappointing dethronement in Tokyo, but Singapore swimmer Joseph Schooling remains a very marketable personality.

Many of the 26-year-old's sponsors have remained faithful to him, and recently I attended a meeting when a businessman discussed an ambassadorial role for a community project for Schooling with his agent.

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