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Lionel Lewis: “My parents taught me responsibility.”

I caught up with national footballer Lionel Lewis recently for an interview to find out a little more about our nation's first-choice goalkeeper. 26-year-old Lionel, who recently had the rare privilege of trials with Manchester City of England and Zurich Grasshopper of Austria, now plays for Home United in the S. League.

By Les Tan|2008-04-01T18:49:54+08:00March 11th, 2008|football, The Red Sports Interview|4 Comments

Play futsal and win a ticket to the English FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium

Can Singapore set a new record for the longest futsal match? WeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ll find out soon at the Community Sports Festival@Northeast. Organised by the PeopleÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Association, Community Development Councils and grassroots organisations, the aim is to have over 200 teams playing futsal continuously for 56 hours.

By Dawn Yip|2008-05-10T21:37:07+08:00March 1st, 2008|football, Nation in Motion|11 Comments

U-16 footballers get a shot at visiting Euro 2008 with adidas +challenge

A football tournament starting on March 8, 2008 will give the winning Under-16 boys team a shot at representing Singapore at a global championship in Vienna, Austria. Austria is one of the host countries along with Switzerland.

By Les Tan|2008-03-18T21:32:23+08:00February 20th, 2008|football, Nation in Motion|1 Comment

Fairfield Methodist beat Guangyang to keep footballing hopes alive

Fairfield Methodist Secondary beat Guangyang Secondary 3-0 to keep their qualification hopes alive in a South Zone B Division Football Championship match.

By Les Tan|2008-02-19T19:53:58+08:00February 18th, 2008|football, Youth in Motion|1 Comment

Nanyang Poly, Singapore Poly, ITE and NUS through to IVP football semi-finals

Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP), Singapore Polytechnic (SP), the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have made it through the group stage of the 2007/08 Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic (IVP) Football Championship to qualify for the semi-finals.

By Les Tan|2008-03-14T23:06:04+08:00January 30th, 2008|football, Youth in Motion|0 Comments

Round up of IVP football championship

Singapore Polytechnic have won two games in a row in Group A to set the pace in this season's IVP Football Championship while Ngee Ann Polytechnic are also showing that they are the team to beat in Group B with two consecutive wins as well.

By Les Tan|2008-01-27T21:40:45+08:00January 9th, 2008|football, Youth in Motion|0 Comments

Shi Jia Yi and Kaka get new boots

Yokohama, Japan, December 10th, 2007 - European Player Of The Year Kaka was recently in Tokyo for the FIFA World Club Cup and met up with Singapore national footballer Shi Jia Yi to unveil the new adidas football boots they will play in from now on.

By Les Tan|2008-01-11T23:50:10+08:00December 17th, 2007|football, World in Motion|0 Comments

A ball with brains

adidas and Cairos Technologies presented the new Goal Line Technology and the adidas intelligent football tested at the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan from December 7 through 16, 2007. The official match ball of the tournament, adidas Teamgeist II, features a new intelligent technology designed to assist the referee's decision in determining when and if the ball has crossed the goal line, making it the most accurate football ever produced.