Hi all,
THE POSTMAN’S QUESTION OF THE WEEKEND: Give us your post-match reflections on the title race, what each team must do next, after Sat’s Big Match of the Season between Manchester United and Liverpool.
Cheers
Ernest Luis, The Postman, The New Paper
(TNP Picture: Mohd Ishak)
THE FOOTBALL Association of Singapore (FAS) has announced last night that it has lifted its ban on former footballer Abbas Saad, who turned out for SIngapore in 1990, as well as from 1993 to 1994, in the Malaysian league and cup competitions.
The Australian was found guilty in 1995 of helping then-teammate Michal Vana in a conspiracy to fix results in the FAM Premier League competition. He agreed to help Vana win games for Singapore by scoring goals, but never received any money and pulled out after thre matches. Vana left the country before he could be prosecuted and remains a fugitive.
Abbas remains a popular figure here and in Australia, where he is now the director of youth coaching at Sydney Olympic FC, as well as the national coach of Deaf Football Australia, and head coach of Trinity Grammar School.
The 41-year-old told The New Paper’s Stanley Ho today he is willing to consider coming back to Singapore to work in football if he is offered a chance to.
Would you welcome Abbas back to Singapore football given his conviction, although what he did was to score goals for Singapore and received no money for his role?
The New Paper’s Arun Raj caught up with Nigeria-born Singaporean Chizzy Nnamchi and his three talented sons – John, Alex and Michael – earlier this month and were wowed by their football skills.
Catch Arun’s story in tomorrow’s edition of The New Paper as he writes about the Nnamchi family’s globe trotting footballing adventures.
When and why did you start supporting Chelsea?
Well I wouldn’t say I am a life long supporter of Chelsea but it started after the 2006 World Cup which piqued my interest in football. I decided to look up the players who had played in the tournament and found that a few of the top players had played for a Premier League side named Chelsea.
I was curious, who were they and were they any good? I later found out they had won 2 consecutive league titles and had spent alot of money buying many of their players. (more…)
USF1, Formula One’s newest team, is looking at the possibility of recruiting Indycar driver Danica Patrick for the 2010 season, according to various reports.
The competition has been badly hit by the global financial meltdown, which has resulted in Honda pulling out of F1, new rules that are designed to cut costs among the teams, as well as the recent news of ING not renewing its sponsorship of the Renault team at the end of this season.
Formula One has injected some excitement back to its fans in recent years with some novel experiments, including last year’s inaugural night race here in Singapore.
With people all around the world tightening their purse-strings in anticipation for more bad times ahead, the series would need something more to entice fans to fork out money to watch the races, where tickets have traditionally been costly.
And a classic battle between the sexes may just generate enough buzz to save the sport from going further south.
After all, Patrick is not just a pretty face (she famously posed in a swimsuit for the cover of Sports Illustrated, as well as men’s magazine FHM). The 26-year-old became the first woman to win an Indy car race last year in Japan, three years after turning professional.
When and why did you start supporting Newcastle?
I started supporting the Magpies since the 1995-96 season when they signed the legendary French winger David Ginola and the Duke of Tyneside, Sir Les of Ferdinandshire.
This may sound funny, but honestly back then, under the guidance of the Messiah Kevin Keegan, watching Newcastle was like watching Barcelona. All Newcastle fans could proudly held our heads up as having the team that played the beautiful game the way it ought to be played, with abundance of attacking flair and scoring loads of goals. In fact, I would not be surprised if Arsene Wenger based his current Arsenal team from the Newcastle team back then. (more…)
Hi all,
THE POSTMAN’S QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Should Chelsea have sacked Luiz Felipe Scolari?
When did you start supporting Liverpool and why?
I started supporting Liverpool in August 1994. Back then, there were limited telecast of the English Premier League and I happen to catch the highlights of the Liverpool vs Arsenal in which Robbie Fowler scored a hat trick in 4 minutes.
I was mesmerised by the simplicity of Liverpool’s passing, in which they dominated possession and the players seemed so calm under pressure. In fact, playing their way out of trouble seemed to be Liverpool trademark in those days.
I then began to read up more about Liverpool whenever I could (there was no internet back then) and since then there’s no turning back! (more…)
A TUNNEL fracas and security clampdown dampened the Lions’ 2-1 victory over Jordan at the National Stadium last night.
While the Jordanian players were alleged to have started the fight on the way to the dressing room after the game, security staff allegedly manhandled a press photographer, as reported in The New Paper today.
And last month, fights broke out between Singapore and Vietnam fans in the aftermath of Singapore’s 1-0 loss to Vietnam in the AFF Suzuki Cup semi-finals at Kallang as well, after security staff allowed the visiting fans to exit the stadium together with the home fans after the match.
THE POSTMAN LIM SAY HENG says: Two security incidents in two consecutive games at the National Stadium, is something wrong with the system here, or is it just a coincidence?
Singapore is aiming to become a sporting hub, with the Asian Youth Games and Youth Olympic Games coming to town in these two years.
Sure, the athletes will naturally be the highlight of the events, but the spotlight will also fall on the security of these events. (more…)
The New Paper‘s Aishah Hamza catches up with national pool champion Charlene Chai, who talks about the difficulties she faced in excelling in a sport dominated by men.
Read the full story in The New Paper on Sunday tomorrow.
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