Why don't the LionsXII have their own website?

Bryan Huang wonders if the Football Association of Singapore is missing a chance to brand the return to Malaysian football in a bigger way online

By Bryan Huang JQ
Content Producer
huangjq@sph.com.sg

 

Three games in, a 2-1 home win against Kuala Lumpur and over a month since they were unveiled, the LionsXII are still lacking an official team website.

When contacted, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) said earlier this week that an official page was in the works and would be announced at a later date, and directed me to the official FAS website, where there are news postings on the LionsXII.

Yet, even on the official FAS site, the LionsXII do not have their own section, which may be confusing to someone searching for more

Real SEA Games stories beneath surface

Jonathan Wong reflects from Jakarta on how the SEA Games has given the region's people more than just competition and bragging rights.

By Jonathan Wong
Sports Reporter
jonwong@sph.com.sg

 

Peel back the layers of sporting dreams across the cities of Jakarta and Palembang this past fortnight and hidden underneath are the real stories of the 2011 SEA Games.

Everywhere in the world’s fourth most populous country, its people mourned on Monday night as their football team fell at the final hurdle.

They had won more gold medals than anyone else but lost the only one that mattered to this football-mad nation.

Moments from the 26th SEA Games

Bernard Tan is awed by the achievement of badminton women's singles gold medallist Fu Mingtian

By Bernard Tan
Guest Blogger
golddragonjkt@hotmail.com

 

As a Singaporean, I thought Joseph Schooling's jaw-dropping record-breaking 200m butterfly swim in Palembang was the moment of the 26th South-east Asian (SEA) Games. On Saturday, a young lady with a badminton racket did one better.

At the Istora Senayan that afternoon, 8,000 patriotic Indonesians gathered to watch their country finish a sweep of all medals on the final day of the badminton competition. Make no mistake, badminton is larger than life in Indonesia, second only to soccer. Young and old, boys and girls play the sport across the archipelago and worship their badminton champions - many of whom have

Here's to an inspiring Singapore Sports Hub

Francis Chan hopes the Sports Hub will fuel sports dreams, like what the Kallang Stadium did for him

By Francis Chan
Assistant News Editor
franchan@sph.com.sg

 

I can still remember the feeling of nausea as I looked up the steps on the terraces of the old National Stadium in Kallang.

The voice of my coach bellowing from the top of the stadium still rings quite clearly in my mind.

“Hurry up, you still have 17 more to go, young man. The skies are turning dark,” he would shout in Mandarin, even though it was early in the morning.

Raddy, the phone guru?

Bryan Huang dissects the strange phone analogy of national football coach Raddy Avramovic

By Bryan Huang
Content Producer
bryanh.sph@gmail.com

 

Singapore football seems to have been pressing the drama button repeatedly these past few weeks.

When my editor mentioned the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) press conference (which was held on Wednesday) earlier in the week, we both figured it'd be a straight-forward affair with perhaps one or two hints towards the future of the national squad and some clarification on whether the axed Lions would get a second chance to redeem themselves.

RADDY'S PHONE ANALOGY

Can S'pore football roar again?

Bryan Huang asks if Singapore football can reinvent itself

By Bryan Huang
Content Producer
bryanh.sph@gmail.com

 

IT'S been over 10 years since I first declared my support for Arsenal in a sea of Manchester United and Liverpool supporters.

I've watched several North London derbies in the company of fellow Gooners at various locations, celebrated the joy of vanquishing Manchester United and suffered the agony of defeat to those Tottenham Spuds over at White Hart Lane.

But I'll never have the opportunity to sit in at an actual Arsenal match in my childhood and experience the roar of an entire stadium as the Highbury crowd screams its collective lungs out, mainly because I didn't know of Arsenal in my

To axe or not to axe

Bryan Huang looks at under-fire names in football stealing the headlines

By Bryan Huang
Content Producer
bryanh.sph@gmail.com

 

What a new year it has been.

Manchester United sit pretty atop the table. Their next door neighbours City find themselves in unfamiliar territory at second. Arsenal will probably feel they deserved to be at No. 2, but their blank against the rich brats of Manchester mean they stay third.

Losses for both the Tottenham Spuds and the old folks at Chelsea mean that they're stuck at fourth and fifth, while Liverpool celebrate the end of the 12 days of Christmas at 12th position.

Wanting one man to step down

Zubaidah Nazeer on the public outcry at the president of the Indonesian Football Association after the recent Suzuki Cup loss to Malaysia

By Zubaidah Nazeer
Indonesian correspondent
zubaidah@sph.com.sg

 

AS the euphoria of the Indonesian football team's performance in the Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup dies down, the attention has quickly turned to one man - Nurdin Halid.

On Wednesday night, even as the fans cheered for their teams, many others could also be heard chanting for this man to "turun" or step down.

They blame him for a number of things, from mishandling the ticket distribution in the lead-up to the AFF finals in Jakarta, to mismanaging the team and riding on their glory.

A decade of football

Bryan Huang takes a look at the last 10 years of the beautiful game.

By Bryan Huang
Content Producer
bryanh.sph@gmail.com

 

A flurry of matches over the festive period currently sees Manchester United sharing top spot with...Manchester City. While City have played more games than the Red Devils, the fact that those slightly bleached smurfs are right under United's noses must be a horrible feeling indeed.

Arsenal, who had a glorious chance to sandwich themselves between the two Manchester rivals, decided that they didn't want to get involved and graciously had one of their defenders score an own goal so they'd be stuck at third. Obviously, eight changes to a team that beat Chelsea was a little overboard. Arsene Wenger may have

Football's Christmas Wishlist

Bryan Huang tries to figure out what Europe's biggest clubs are hoping for.

By Bryan Huang
Content Producer
bryanh.sph@gmail.com

 

Christmas is just around the corner, and while the Arsenal-Chelsea clash promises a football feast, the London snow may have other ideas, having already scuppered last week's clash between Chelsea and Manchester United (which is now tentatively scheduled for March 1).

So instead, let's have a look at some of the big names in the football scene, and possible items on their wishlist this Christmas.

Arsenal: