We have all read about how legendary coaches and managers have helped athletes and teams reach the peak of their sport through a combination of inspiration, dedication and fear.
But there is a group of unsung heroes who deserve as much recognition as the athletes and their coaching teams – the mothers. Continue reading ‘Behind every great athlete, is an even greater mom’
The English Premier League has yet to start, but this 30-yard screamer by Evgen Eliseev might just be the winner of this season’s Own Goal of the Year Award.
The defender’s unfortunate error was the second of three goals that saw his side Goverla slip to a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Chernomorets on the opening day of the Ukrainian Premier League season.
The Singapore Olympic Foundation (SOF)-Peter Lim Scholarship was founded in 2010 to inspire and support promising young athletes with financial challenges, as well as provide assistance to outstanding national athletes.
This year saw 270 students receive the SOF-Peter Lim Scholarship, founded by entrepreneur Peter Lim, which received 772 applications from 140 schools this year.
A total of S$746,000 was disbursed – an increase of 78 per cent from the S$409,101 given out last year.
“Football is about goals. If I go to a match and it ends 0-0, as a football fan, I’d be disappointed,” said the Real Madrid coach at a press conference in which he handed out the Peter Lim Scholarship.
During his second day here, the Special One visited the Singapore Sports School, where he gave young players valuable advice on how become a better footballer.
Manchester FC captain Vincent Kompany was in Singapore, and gave a press conference where he talks about his favourites to win Euro 2012, Manchester City’s upcoming season and his future in football.
He may have won a trophy, but Liverpool’s dismal league form was enough to convince the club owners that Kenny Dalglish was not the right man to lead the Reds.
But who should they hire to replace him? Here’s a shortlist of potential candidates who could possibly bring success back to Anfield. Continue reading ‘Who should replace King Kenny?’
TODAY’s resident Malaysian Super League expert Dan Guen Chin laments the fall of once-mighty Kedah, and believes the LionsXII will have no problems beating the Malaysian side.
The Lions will be playing in front of their home fans for the first time in almost a month, and the support from the stands might just swing the tie in favour of the LionsXII.
LionsXII goalkeeper Hyrulnizam Juma’at was rock solid between the sticks tonight as he denied Felda United a slew of goal-scoring opportunities throughout the 90 minutes.
The match got off to a slow start but both sides began to find their groove mid way through the half after raising the tempo. Shaiful Esah put the LionsXII ahead in the 32nd minute when his freekick eluded everyone in the penalty area to find its way past Felda’s goalkeeper Hamsani.
Felda were quick to regroup and tested Hyrulnizam several times. Their best chance of the match came in the 44th minute, but the LionsXII goalkeeper made an incredible save to stop a powerful goal-bound volley just over a metre away.
The LionsXII started the second half eager to attack and they came close to scoring in the 52nd minute through Khairul Amri, who made his first start since a long injury lay-off, when he struck a powerful shot from outside the penalty area. Felda’s Hamsani fumbled the save but was fortunate to get away with it.
Goal-scoring opportunities see-sawed between the two sides before the LionsXII extended their lead in the 77th minute. Skipper Shahril Ishak cut the ball back to the edge of the penalty area and the advancing Shahdan Sulaiman curled the ball into the top corner.
Felda refused to be beaten and kept pressing. The Malaysian side were incisive in their passes, but a lack of ideas in the final third proved to be their downfall. The LionsXII extended their lead over second placed Kelantan to five points with the win, but the Malaysian side now have four games in hand.
“LionsXII have a point to prove after they lost to Kelantan. I think they must bounce back, they will have to bounce back, and they can bounce back.” What is TODAY’s Malaysian football guru Dan Guen Chin’s prediction for the LionsXII-Felda match?
