Badminton champ has new game to master - managing sponsors
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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