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(Media Information from the Football Association of Singapore ) SINGAPORE, 30 March 2011: The S.League All Stars side to face the TAKE ACTION With Albirex Niigata Selection in the S.League Cares, TAKE ACTION With Albirex Niigata Singapore Charity Match at Jalan Besar Stadium this Saturday, 02 April has been officially announced. The S.League All Stars are coached by three-time S.League Coach of the Year, Richard Bok of SAFFC (pictured above). Bok is assisted by another Singapore football stalwart, S.Subramani of Home United. Courts Young Lions skipper Hariss Harun will lead the All Stars for the first half with Balestier Khalsa’s Paul Cunningham wearing the captain’s armband for the second half. All proceeds raised from the Charity Match will directly support the Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. Football fans who attend the Charity Match can also contribute through donation boxes which will be placed around the stadium. “We really hope that many, many people are coming

(This entry is formulated based on and partly extracted from the press release issued by Integrated Marketing Solutions Group [IMSG] - the PR agency for Nike Singapore ) (The copyright of images and video clip featured in this entry belong to Nike ) (Picture above) Mercurial Vapor Superfly III provides better traction control to allow better acceleration on the field. BACKGROUND Introducing Nike's Mercurial Vapor Superfly III claimed to be its most innovative football boot to date for its cutting edge technology designed for quick acceleration. “In a game that’s being played faster every season, speed is imperative and players need to be faster with the ball. They need to accelerate, react and change the game quicker than the opposition.” explained the renowned sports equipment giants in a release. The design of this innovative boots includes consultation with some of the world’s fastest players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Alexandre Pato and resulred a boot that gives pl

(Media Information from the Football Association of Singapore ) (Pictured above left-right) Singapore Red Cross Director of Operations Mr Lim Theam Poh, Co-Chairman of S.League Cares Fundraising Committee Mr Zulkifli Baharuddin, FAS President Zainudin Nordin, Hidetoshi Nakata, Co-Chairman of S.League Cares Fundraising Committee and Albirex Niigata (S) Chairman Daisuke Korenaga (picture obtained together with transcript below) SINGAPORE, 27 March 2011: Great Eastern-YEO's S.League, Albirex Niigata Singapore and Hidetoshi Nakata’s TAKE ACTION Foundation have today launched S.LEAGUE CARES, TAKE ACTION WITH ALBIREX NIIGATA SINGAPORE, a series of fund-raising events for the Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. Among the events lined up in the coming week include a Gala Dinner on Thursday, 31st March at Resorts World Sentosa and a Charity Match between the S.League All-Stars and TAKE ACTION With Albirex Singapore Selection side at Jalan Besar Stadium on 2nd April. A host of J

Mr Terence Ong, who is now pursing a degree in communications wrote to me last November for some help in a school assignment he was doing. Months later, I met him at a game at Jalan Besar and suggested to him that if would it be OK for me to reproduce that assignment for this blog and credit him as a "guest columnist" and he's fine with it, so here it goes... . "What next for Singapore Football?" by Terence Ong Ko Po Hui, 34, remembers the way things were when he first caught the Singapore national team in action as a budding 8-year old, “Things were different back then. We were in the Malaysia Cup and were the darlings of local football fans. The attention was always on the Lions and the National Stadium saw capacity crowd attendances week in, week out.” (Pictured above) Singapore (white) vs Selangor (yellow) was the marquee match of the Malaysia Cup Reminiscing about the golden period of Singapore football from the 70s to the early 90s, the owne

(The content and images of this entry are obtained via former Balestier Khalsa's Head of youth development, Mr Mohamed Zainudeen with the objective of spreading the words about the development of disability football in Singapore) Twenty-five year old Khairul Anwar, born with cerebral palsy, has waited a lifetime to take part in a football league, representing his country. At the end of February, his heart’s desires were granted when he got to lace up his boots and tackle after Team Malaysia. For the first time, a futsal tournament involving disabled youths from Singapore and Malaysia took place in Kuala Lumpur. A team of 18 Singaporeans, made up of youths with both cerebral palsy and intellectual disability, led by Singapore Disability Sports Council (SDSC)’s Kids Inclusive Sports Club, made the overnight trip to hone their skills against their friendly competitors. A total of 10 players with cerebral palsy were sent by Asian Women’s Welfare Association (AWWA)’s Teach Me services.