Singapore’s young national under-18 side have all but crashed out of the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) U19 tournament. Continue reading “Most of my players saw snow for first time: Singapore national U18 coach”
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There are Singaporean athletes representing the country across various sports who are only receiving $600 a year (or $50 a month on average) as training assistance grants (spexTAG) from government agency Sport Singapore under its High Performance Sports policy. Continue reading “$600 a year for our athletes? That’s $50 a month on average.”
It has to go down as a football match which has been made in S.League heaven, no less. Continue reading “It’s the Hock Seng-Hock Seng S.League”
Even if you were not a football fan, it would have been hard to miss the news about Sutton United’s reserve goalkeeper Wayne Shaw ahead of the English FA Cup tie against Arsenal on 20 February. Continue reading “Fairy tale ends. Sutton United keeper resigns. Betting probe starts.”
With 186 teams competing in 34 divisions and with over 2,600 youth players from all over Singapore playing football, surely the JSSL Leagues has to be the most successful privately-organised youth football leagues for both boys and girls in Singapore. Continue reading “2,600 footballers across 34 divisions. No, this is not the EPL.”
After worried Singapore football fans took to social media to express their unhappiness at how Singapore midfielder Hariss Harun could well be without a club for a year, it looks like the problem is now solved. Continue reading “Fuuuuuuuuuu! Hariss Harun is first Singaporean to play in Spain!”
They may have finished the season in sixth spot in the 2016 Great Eastern-Yeo’s S.League but Hougang United have surely started 2017 as champions of the dressing room. Continue reading “First Class dressing room for Hougang United Cheetahs”
Luke O’Nien wants to play football for Singapore. Luke who? Well, we were wondering for a bit too.
Continue reading “This ‘Ang Moh’ wants to be a Singapore Lion”
It was conceived as an idea to fill up the event days at the National Stadium at the Singapore Sports Hub by the winning consortium. Continue reading “Dump the ASEAN Super League idea into the dustbin”
By Jose Raymond
The Singapore Land Authority’s (SLA) decision to suspend Home United Youth Football Academy’s (see story here) use of two of its pitches at the Mattar Road premises because of complaints by a few residents is a slap in the face for the development of sports culture in Singapore. Continue reading “OPINION ⇒ A slap in the face for Singapore sports culture”