Who the Jabulani made this ball?
Professional players will complain about everything and anything. The object of their recent complaints? The official adidas football called the 'Jabulani'.
Red Sports review of 2010 A Division boys’ football
The exciting A Division Football Championship Final last month saw Meridian Junior College edge out St Andrew's Junior College 2-1. Throughout the tournament, there are are many other incidents and individuals that caught our eye. For fans who would like to reminiscence the tournament, here’s a review of the exciting 2010 A Division football campaign.
“It’s extremely hard to juggle academic work and demanding trainings …” — national U-17 and RI footballer Ong Zhi Hao
17-year-old Ong Zhi Hao was a member of the Raffles Institution (RI) squad that finished 4th in this year’s A Division Football Championship. Besides that, he is also a member of the national U-17 squad. Red Sports caught up with him after the end of the season to ask about the difficulties of juggling football and studies, as well as his future aspirations.
Can Pienaar lead hosts South Africa into second round at World Cup?
No ever host has ever failed to go beyond the preliminary group stage of the World Cup. Can South Africa be similarly inspired by that fact? Or will they buck the trend by being the first host to exit the competition at the group stage?
SAFFC move up to 5th after narrow victory over Sengkang Punggol in S.League football
Reigning S.League champions Singapore Armed Forces FC (SAFFC) kept their flailing title hopes alive after a narrow 1-0 away win over cellar dwellers Sengkang Punggol.
Can Park Ji-Sung and South Korea emulate their 2002 World Cup success?
Arguably the most successful Asian team, this is South Korea’s eighth appearance in the World Cup finals. No local football fan could have forgotten their fairytale run into the semi-finals back in the 2002 edition when they co-hosted the World Cup with Asian neighbours Japan.
Red Sports’ best XI of A Division boys’ football (or who we would actually pay money to go watch)
The exciting A Division Football Championship Final last month saw Meridian Junior College edge out St Andrew's Junior College 2-1. Since readers had so much fun picking their own XI, we decided to have a go ourselves. Having covered the A Division Football Championship right from the start of the first round, here is our best first eleven from this year’s edition.
“It’s a matter of principle …” — Singaporean football fans make their voices heard at Hong Lim Park
About 200 football fans decided to make their voice heard at the Speakers’ Corner yesterday afternoon to voice their unhappiness over the pricing of the World Cup packages announced by StarHub and SingTel. They were unhappy about the near seven-fold increase in the pricing of the package as compared to the World Cup four years ago.