Interview by Lee Hwee Cheng. Pictures by Leslie Tan © Red Sports Isabelle Li in training at the Singapore Sports School. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports The members of the Red Sports Crew (ok, maybe just me alone) have always harboured unfulfilled dreams.  For one, I have always wished I was so darn good at some sport (and it would have been basketball in my case), I could actually turn 'pro', just s ...

By Lee Hwee Cheng Cheng Brandon Chong meets Philipp Lahm of Bayern Munich. (Photo courtesy of Brandon Chong) La Manga, Spain, Wednesday-Saturday, June 6-9, 2007 - They travelled seven thousand miles across continents on a plane for hours with no entertainment on board and with a bunch of strangers whom they had met just the day before.  Getting to Madrid the next morning was not the end of the story be ...

By Lee Hwee Cheng Jurong West's #23 Xiaofen (in blue jersey) drives against a Dunman defender. (Photo © Les Tan/Red Sports) CCAB, Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - Dunman Secondary School cruised to an easy 42--21 victory over Jurong West Secondary School to move a step closer toward the Final. The game did not look all that rosy to the Dunman girls from the start of the first quarter because Jurong West were ...

By Lee Hwee Cheng Catholic's Dominic Lim (#10 in black jersey) drives against Randy of Jurong. (Photo © Les Tan/Red Sports) CCAB, Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - In a second-round game of the Under-14 Boys' category played at the indoor courts of CCAB yesterday, Jurong Secondary School overcame jitters in the first and last quarters to beat Catholic High 54-42. ...

Story by Lee Hwee Cheng New Town's catcher Si Jia (#78) successfully tags Nanyang's third-base runner while her teammate Cheryl (#15) looks on. (Photo © Les Tan/Red Sports) The Padang, Friday, June 8, 2007 - Playing at the Padang, right smack in the heart of one of the most breathtaking landscapes of Singapore was an experience to remember for a long time to come.  With the Esplanade and the sea o ...

By Lee Hwee Cheng Home United's player (in white jersey) drives then dishes to a teammate on his right against AMK's defender. (Photo © Les Tan/Red Sports) Singapore Basketball Centre, Wednesday, June 6, 2007 - In the Under-16 Boys' preliminary round on Wednesday, Home United spared no mercy as they trounced a troubled Ang Mo Kio CC Red 124-21, while Tong Whye Temple shrugged off early struggles to bea ...

By Lee Hwee Cheng Fahmi Fitri Bin Jauhari, winner of the 'New Paper Soccer Star' contest. (Photo © Les Tan/Red Sports) The Red Sports Crew heard there was some other thrilling football action going on in the school holidays, so we decided to check it out.  Especially when we heard it was going to be a global event in Spain complete with the presence of big-time international football heroes and a ...