28th SEA Games 2015 Singapore

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28th SEA Games 2015 Official Mascot - Nila

The 28th SEA Games 2015 will feature 39 sports discipline in 36 sports with 402 events. 

The 28th edition of the Southeast Asian Games more popularly known as the 28th SEA Games will  take place from June 5 - 16, 2015 in the sprawling city state of Singapore. Eleven (11) member countries of the Southeast Asia region will participate and compete in 36 sports featuring 39 sports discipline in 402 events. 

The opening and closing ceremonies of the games will take place in the new state of the art National Stadium. Completed in 2014, the National Stadium is reputed to be the world's largest covered arena with a seating capacity of over 50,000 people and is located within Singapore's Sports Hub.

Preliminary matches in some games like soccer football, table tennis and fencing and medal matches in table tennis, fencing and synchronized swimming took place days ahead of the Opening Ceremony on June 5. 

The official mascot of the games is called Nila, a lion which represents the iconic symbol of Singapore. It's name was taken from Sang Nila Utama, the founder of Singapore. It has a height of 1.9 meters with a fiery red mane that symbolizes passion for sports and with a heart shape face which symbolizes friendship among Southeast Asian countries.

To learn more about the games, schedules and results visit the official website of 28th SEA Games 2015 Singapore: https://www.seagames2015.com/ .

Catch the 28th SEA Games 2015 Singapore LIVE stream  of sports action on https://www.youtube.com/user/SingaporeSports

Source:

28th SEA Games 2015 Singapore - https://www.seagames2015.com/ 

28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 2015 Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Southeast_Asian_Games