A team from Chung Cheng High (Main) School may not have been able to make the top 10 of the Junior Category of the Nike Cup, but the five students got an opportunity of a lifetime – to play against five local football stars in a street football match.
adidas’ search for Singapore’s fastest footballers at the F50 adizero Light Speed Challenge ended with Hfaisirr Khann, Gary Tran, and Muhd Nawas coming out top.
It is not every day that youths get to rub shoulders with ex-national football players at a street football tournament. But for participants of the Nike Cup north zone qualifying round, they got the chance of experience just that.
Another 50 teams qualified for the grand finals of the Nike Cup with the east zone qualifier played in the heartlands at Tampines Central Park.
Imagine a street football tournament that is free and where teams can play unlimited number of matches. The Nike Cup, which started the past weekend with the central and west zone qualifying rounds, is such a tournament.
120 teams with players aged 14-19 years old kicked off the central zone of the inaugural Nike Cup street football tournament at *SCAPE Youth Park today.
Steve Ng and Joshua Ong started off the Singapore Tennis Association-Sports Excellence (STA-SPEX) 2nd Age Group Tennis Championships with a 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 victory over Ward Seeger and Ethan Barnes.
Singapore’s Basir Koh and Teddy Cheong romped to victory over compatriots Vincent Li and Ethan Lee in the opening round of the Singapore Tennis Association-Sports Excellence (STA-SPEX) 2nd Age Group Tennis Championships.