BARCELONA -Argentina star Lionel Messi, one of the world's highest-paid athletes, goes on trial in Barcelona on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding Spain of over four million euros in unpaid taxes.After winning a league and Cup double with Barcelona, the...
LOCAL female runners took the top honours at the Osim Sundown Marathon, which was held over the night and concluded yesterday morning at the F1 Pit Building in Marina Bay.Secondary school teacher Sharon Tan was the surprise winner of...
MADRID - A season that promised so little when Zinedine Zidane took charge of a beleaguered Real Madrid less than five months ago ended beyond even the richest club in the world's wildest dreams with an 11th European Cup...
Even as new Lions head coach V. Sundramoorthy's backroom staff was unveiled at his first training session at Geylang Field yesterday, questions remained about a crucial missing piece - his assistant.The Football Association of Singapore's fitness coach Balder Berckmans...
Word has it that the night before the Singapore national football team was to play Japan at the cauldron that is Saitama Stadium last June, two men saw what was wrong with the head coach's game plan and were...
For a coach whose style is steeped in pragmatism, V. Sundramoorthy's outlook on football is unexpectedly ruled by superstitions.The national players, many of whom trained under Sundram previously at the Young Lions and LionsXII, know not to cut their...
MILAN - Cristiano Ronaldo could not contain his pride after firing Real Madrid to their 11th Champions League success on Saturday with a decisive, and pre-planned, penalty in a 5-3 shoot-out over Atletico Madrid.After two scoreless periods of extra...
MILAN - Zinedine Zidane hailed Real Madrid as the "club of my life" after a dramatic Champions League penalty shoot-out victory over Atletico Madrid that left Diego Simeone pondering his future.Former France and Real Madrid forward Zidane scored the...
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SAN JUAN, Argentina - Lionel Messi suffered an injury scare on Friday as Argentina defeated Honduras 1-0 in their only warm-up game before next month's Copa America Centenario in the United States.A first-half goal from in-form Napoli striker Gonzalo...
SINGAPORE - Former Singapore international footballer V. Sundramoorthy is now the head coach of Singapore's national team, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) announced on Friday (May 27).His one-year contract will cover the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup...
