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SuperSport.com, 7 Apr 2011Singapore police said on Thursday they are investigating a report lodged by the Asian golf tour alleging their former finance and human resources manager had gone missing and a sum of money was unaccounted for.The Asian Tour said former employee Adrian Lee had disappeared and that they had reported the matter to police.The tour said company funds were missing "following

Yahoo! Eurosport UK, 5 Apr 2011The Singapore Football Association (FAS) will pump 40 percent more cash subsidies into their 12 professional clubs -- and offer up to 100 percent more in performance-based subsidies."The increase in funding is to assist clubs to strengthen their financial position, raise the clubs' management capabilities, attract more quality players, intensify their community

The Malaysian Insider, 30 Mar 2011KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — The AFC headquarters were filled with groans after Malaysia were handed a possible showdown against arch-rivals Singapore in the second round of 2014 World Cup Asian qualifying when the draw was made today.The match rekindles the searing rivalry between these two neighbours which raged during the Malaysia Cup in the 1990s. Full story

USA TodayYemen won a two-match series against Singapore 3-0 on aggregate in 2012 Olympic qualifying after winning 1-0 Monday despite having to play in a neutral country due to anti-government protests at home. Mohammed al-Khadher Ahmed al-Ambari scored in the 14th minute at Khalifa Stadium to reward a dominant display by Yemen. It was his second goal in two matches. Full story

Yahoo! Eurosport UK, 9 Mar 2011The Singapore Football Association (FAS) technical director who walked on the pitch and pushed the referee in a league match last week has been banned from the touchline for the rest of the season and fined $10,000.Slobodan Pavkovic, who is also a coach of S. League side Young Lions, was sent off for manhandling referee Sukhbir Singh in a match against Geylang

The Times Of India, 7 Mar 2011PANAJI: Churchill Brothers coach Vincent Subramaniam has resigned from his post following disagreements with the club management and is on his way back to his home country Singapore.Vincent, who was in charge of the Goan club since the start of the season, was under fire due to the team's poor performance in the Federation Cup and his turbulent relationship with club

The Malaysian Insider, 1 Mar 2011SINGAPORE, March 1 – Spanish side Real Madrid have inked a deal with a Singapore-based soccer events company aimed at building their fan-base in Asia and keeping an eye on young talent in the region.The La Liga giants are considering setting up an academy in the city-state and could bring youngsters to Madrid to train under their coaches. Full story

Borneo Post Online, 1 Mar 2011KUCHING: Former state and national wushu exponents are a hot commodity in Singapore.They can easily get a coaching job in the wushu clubs or academies there as Sarawak exponents are well known as being among the best in the country. One such former state Sukma exponent Lau Hui Wei, 23, is now a part-time wushu coach with Martial House, a company that commercialises

Formula1.com, 1 Mar 2011Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) announced on Tuesday that it has renewed its partnership with Formula One™ to be the Title Sponsor for the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix in Singapore for two more years in 2011 and 2012, extending a successful partnership that was first forged in 2008.“We are proud to be continuing as the title sponsor of the Formula 1

Penn Olson, 28 Feb 2011Singtel is undoubtedly Singapore’s largest telecom company. It is dominating on every front – mobile, cable TV and broadband services. From an investor’s point of view, it is a great company. But its sky-high profit is achieved at the expense of customer experience.From a consumer’s point of view, Singtel is brutally hungry for sales and sees us as its money pot. It’s okay

Yahoo Eurosport UK, 27 Feb 2011Singapore's football federation understands the financial motivation behind national captain Shahril Ishak and defender Baihakki Khaizan's decision to play in the breakaway Indonesian league, despite the possibility both could be banned from international duty.Zainudin Nordin, president of the Football Association of Singapore, said he understood the players' desire

Yahoo Eurosport UK, 23 Feb 2011The Singaporean soccer coach at the centre of a sexism row says he is shocked at comments attributed to him by local media and denies making sexist remarks about a female assistant referee."I did not single her out. I don't want to be the next Andy Gray," Woodlands Wellington coach R. Balasubramaniam said, referring to the former Scotland striker sacked from his

Reuters India, 23 Feb 2011(Reuters) - Singapore has put its money where its mouth is with a massive injection of cash to help the city-state become a regional powerhouse at major sports events.The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) will channel more than S$60 million ($46,847,550)to its sports associations and partners in 2011 -- an almost 25 percent increase on last year. Full story

Yahoo Eurosport UK, 19 Feb 2011Having limped along for two years with no central funding, Singapore's Athletics Association is back in the good books with the city-state's sports council and will receive a cash boost for 2011.The SAA received no funding in 2009 and 2010 due to audit issues including poor financial practices and insufficient documentation for claims, and for failing to give the

Reuters India, 17 Feb 2011(Reuters) - Singapore reported a clean bill of health in out-of-competition dope testing on Friday, with not one athlete from the city-state testing positive in the past year. Formed in March 2010, Anti-Doping Singapore (ADS) conducted more than 200 tests at events including the Singapore Marathon, Youth Olympics and FINA Swimming World Cup as well as pre-Comonwealth and

Yahoo Eurosport UK, 15 Feb 2011The Singapore Sailing Federation are on the hunt for a "rock star" athlete to achieve Olympic glory and build the sport after appointing a new chief executive officer."For sailing to do well, we need public interest," said SSF honorary advisor Peter Lim."To create public interest, we need an Olympic medal. To get an Olympic medal, we need a rock star." Full story

Yahoo Eurosport UK, 15 Feb 2011Singapore captain Shahril Ishak and defender Baihakki Khaizan are expected to join Medan Chiefs in the breakaway Indonesian league next week despite the prospect of sanctions from their soccer association.The Indonesian Premier League (LPI) is an independent professional league launched last month without recognition from world governing body FIFA or the Football

Reuters Africa, 10 Feb 2011SINGAPORE Feb 10 (Reuters) - The coach of Singapore's national rugby team plans to groom more local players and rely less on expatriates, local media reported on Thursday."That's not the balance that I want," national coach Des Thornton told the Straits Times newspaper. "I'd be much happier if the ratio was reversed." Full storyRelated:Rugby-Singapore to groom local

Xinhua, 9 Feb 2011SINGAPORE, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Five former Chinese table tennis players will represent Singapore for the first time in the upcoming Qatar Open in Doha this week.Zhan Jian, a 29-year-old male from China's central province of Hubei, first played as a member of the Chinese national team in 1998. Li Hu, 22, was on the Chinese men's national team from 2002 to 2009.The other three

Boxingscene.com, 4 Feb 2011Top Rank Promotions CEO, Bob Arum, confirmed that a deal is being explored for a November event in Singapore featuring eight-division titlist Manny Pacquiao. The Filipino champion is already scheduled to defend his WBO welterweight title on May 7 against three-division, five-time champion, Shane Mosley, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Michael Koncz, the adviser to