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Singapore to take on Myanmar and Laos in June

Liga Singapura — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:54:13 +0000

Two matches lined up following the cancellation of Causeway Challenge 2013 SINGAPORE, 24 May 2013: The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) today announced that the Singapore National Team will play international friendly matches in Yangon (Myanmar) and Vientiane (Laos) on June 4 and June 7 respectively. The matches were scheduled after the Football Association of [...]

Sundram proud despite Atletico defeat

Big B — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:07:26 +0000

Singapore Selection coach V. Sundramoorthy was proud of his charges despite seeing them fall to a 2-0 loss to Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. Facing off against the newly-crowned Copa del Rey champions for the Peter Lim Charity Cup, the Singaporeans showed good resistance but fell behind in the 29th minute through an emphatic finish by [...]

Argentina beckons for Ilhan Fandi Ahmad

Liga Singapura — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:02:50 +0000

It just gets better for Fandi Ahmad’s children. Fandi became Singapore’s first ever local footballer to score in European competitions and his sons are well on the right track, to follow their father’s footsteps. While his two sons Irfan and Ikhsan just returned from their three-month stint with Spanish side Hercules, the Singapore football legend’s [...]

Atletico Madrid claim Peter Lim Charity Cup

Big B — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:31:34 +0000

Reigning Copa del Rey champions Atletico Madrid cruised to a 2-0 win over a Singapore Selection side on Wednesday to win the Peter Lim Charity Cup. Match report by our special correspondent at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Raul Garcia opened the scoring a minute before the half-hour mark with an emphatic finish, but [...]

Prime League season 2013 – Since we last met: Story two

Corinthian — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:31:21 +0000

Two more weekends of Prime League matches have been played since we did our first review of the season and there’s still a real scrap for supremacy going on at the top of the table. Geylang led Home United by a single point going into the latest weekend, ahead of NFA Reds with Balestier [...]

Albirex leave empty-handed after possible rare blunder

Corinthian — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:37:48 +0000

Photo by Leo Shengwei. Friday night’s Great Eastern-YEO’S S. League televised match at Jalan Besar Stadium had a lot riding on it. Second-placed Albirex Niigata , with still some work to do to catch leaders Tampines Rovers, probably felt that they were entitled to favouritism, having already beaten Home United 2-1 on the same ground [...]

Geylang fight back to hold 10-man Balestier

Liga Singapura — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:18:08 +0000

In football, a two-goal lead seems insufficient for any team. For the opening forty-five minutes of the Great Eastern Yeo’s S-League tie between Geylang International and Balestier Khalsa held at the Bedok Stadium on Thursday night, neutrals can be forgiven if they had thought that the Tigers will stroll to an easy victory. Paul Cunningham, [...]

FAS appoint Stange as National team coach

Liga Singapura — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:40:42 +0000

Months after three-time ASEAN Football Championships winning coach Radojko Avramovic ended his 10 year tenure with the Singapore National team, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) finally found a replacement for the 63-year old Serbian. 65-year old Bernd Stange, a German, has been appointed head Coach of the Singapore national football team after penning a [...]