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(P.S: Those wonderful guys at SoccerPro seeking this blog as a platform to spread the message of helping the less-privileged) The recent-concluded Homeless World Cup saw Ukraine crowned as the world champions of this tournament , by beat Portugal en-route to clinch the honour. Despite the fact that this tournament had ended on 13th September, the spirit of this event did not. So in aid to help to fund the future tournaments, SoccerPro together with the event organizers " Homeless World Cup " had decided to sell the T-Shirt depicted below in order to raise the necessary fund to do so. (Picture credit: SoccerPro ) Please help to spread this message of helping the less-privileged through the game we love. For more information, please log on to the following links for more details To buy 2009 Homeless World Cup Tee Shirt - Limited Edition More information of "Homeless World Cup" organization

Competition area for the One Asia Cup Final for EA SPORTS FIFA Online 2 platform , inside the event hall of the GCA 2009. Some of you may think how would a football blogger like me be covering a game event (Games Convention Asia) at Suntec City? In the past, the idea of earning a livelihood from playing computer game would be deemed IMPOSSIBLE and being ridiculed upon. Participants from other South-Asian countries completing against one another for the US$100,000 worth of cash and prizes. But as the gaming industry gaining bigger market share, it's inevitable that some game makers, in order to gain larger market share, start organize tournaments with cash prize monies to entice budding gamers to pit against each other (which some top gamers eventually making a living on those winnings plus endorsement deals). Staying focused is one of the key in playing online games Perhaps from those passions and determination shown by those gamers can teach a thing or two to those existing footb

(P.S: Got an email from SoccerPro who asked if I keen to do another review of a product from their stock list. Which I obliged and here's another piece of product review of the blog - " Adidas Samba Millenium " indoor soccer shoes. Opinions expressed below are sole personal from the blogger himself , without any form of interference from whosoever entity or individual.) PREFACE "Never take it for granted." I said to myself after I decided to take up this reviewing offer. In my last review for the " Nike First Touch II FS - Varsity Royal " boots I did last year, I took it for granted by using my conventional shoes size to determine the size of the reviewed product , thus the tight-fitting of the shoes caused some uncomfortableness whenever I wore them. This is the first pair of Adidas Soccer Shoes I wearing. Which turned out to be good lesson learned, as I realized that one shall never gauge the size of the soccer shoes using his or her conventional

Not since the early 1980s when we last seen some of our top footballers left for greener pasture. Coincide with Singapore's second pulled out from the Malaysia Cup in 1982, stars like Fandi Ahmad, Terry Pathmanathan, David Lee packed their bags and ventured to either the Malaysian or Indonesian leagues then. When Terry Pathmanathan joined Pahang in 1982, it caused quite a storm Fast forward 20-odd years later, some of the island's top players are heading to the south to the Indonesian league. Thanks to the new 3+2 ruling that allows Indonesian clubs to employ two players from any AFC member country, thus out of sudden Singaporean players become hot commodities. The only piece from the "mainstreamers" I across over the move The funny sight was that, while the media speculation was rife with the Jakarta press (was once shown a clipping from one Indonesian papers with pictorial graphics and details), the local media seems to be caught unaware of it (some form of embargo

Click for a bigger view So what did I tell you? It's not easy to be a sports photographer! Factors like ground survey before the game, the lighting of the venue, etc. And the likeliness of having players crashed onto you! Like the depicted collage which compiled the frame-by-frame shot of Balestier's Korean import Oh In Kyun being overpowered by DPMM's Sairol Sahari and Safari Wahit. The next thing I know was yours truly, who positioned himself behind the advertising billboard, was knocked by Oh when he lost his balance and crashed onto the board! That's the job hazard as a photographer and luckily the camera escaped without any damage. For the record, DPMM beat Balestier 3-1.