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https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/football-spore-national-coach-tatsuma-yoshida-quits-top-job-after-suzuki-cup

Football: S'pore national coach Tatsuma Yoshida quits top job after Suzuki Cup He will be leaving his post a year before his contract is up in December 2022. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/athletics-busy-2022-as-louis-targets-national-record-sea-games-success

Athletics: Teen sprinter Louis granted NS deferment as he chases national record, SEA Games success in 2022 19-year-old's U-20 best of 10.39sec is just 0.02 off Shyam's two-decade-old time. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/suzuki-cup-two-wins-from-two-for-spore-after-narrow-victory-over-philippines

Suzuki Cup: Two wins from two for S'pore after narrow victory over Philippines The Lions play Timor-Leste in their 3rd Group A match on Tuesday before taking on Thailand. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/suzuki-cup-ikhsan-fandi-scores-twice-as-spore-off-to-dream-start-with-3-0-win-over

Suzuki Cup: Ikhsan Fandi scores twice as S'pore off to dream start with 3-0 win over Myanmar Lions find their attacking verve in a devastating 11-minute spell, scoring three times before the interval.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/its-duty-fuelled-passion-fans-create-websites-podcasts-instagram-content-about-singapore

'It's a duty': Fuelled by passion, fans create websites, podcasts, Instagram content about Singapore football SINGAPORE — Mr Vikram Jayakumar, 25, finishes his 4,000-word interview piece with Geylang International’s retiring goalkeeper, Zainol Gulam. He uploads it to his website Soccer Kakis, then posts an Instagram blurb for his latest article.

A great interview podcast by the blokes at The Final Whistle.
Wishing all the best with his secured contract @ Wolverhampton Wanderers and his future in the EPL, and may he don Singapore colours one day (although that appears highly unlikely currently).

For the current 'uproar' over his avoidance/evasion of national service, like the blokes at The Final Whistle, we too ask: how would you as a parent choose if your child has a chance no one else has yet, and be a pioneer Singaporean in the EPL?

To let him go or not to let him go? Keeping in mind a club contract (indeed a professional football career) does not make allowances for a national service break - such is the nature of the highest levels of global competitive football.

Is it worth incurring offences under the Enlistment Act? The maximum punishment is a fine of $10000 and a jail term. Pianist Melvyn Tan returned after 28 years and was fined $3000 with no jail term; 24-year-old Brian Joseph Chow evaded NS for 6 years to study in Australia and was imprisoned for 1.5 months; pianist Seow Wei Sin was fined $5000. On the factors mitigating guilt, see the link below).

The Final Whistle: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8VSFpwrsNjQYxSpSI73SuQ
Actual Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ0MydyFYHY

National Service Defaulting, a legal perspective: https://singaporelegaladvice.com/defaulting-on-ns-heres-how-ns-defaulters-will-be-sentenced/

Wolves' Harry Birtwistle: Singapore is my home Harry Birtwistle became the first Singapore-born footballer to sign for an English Premier League (EPL) club on Wednesday (27 October), when he penned his fi...

All the best and May you pave the way for more of our youngsters.

Meet the Singaporean who will sign a professional contract with Wolverhampton Wanderers. Singapore-born footballer Harry Birtwistle will become the latest Singaporean to sign a professional contract for an English Premier League club after Ben Davis’ did so with Fulham in 2018. T…

https://www.thehomeground.asia/young-and-retired-why-players-are-leaving-professional-football-in-singapore?

Young and retired: Why players are leaving professional football in Singapore Young and retired: Why players are leaving professional football in Singapore

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Meet the fan who used the internet to improve his national team A fan who trawled the internet for players to help improve El Salvador's national side is making his mark as their first full-time scout.

https://sports-life-news.com/soccer/football-rosnani-azman-first-singapore-woman-to-play-professionally-in-japan/

Football: Rosnani Azman first Singapore woman to play professionally in Japan | Sports-Life-News SINGAPORE – National footballer Siti Rosnani Azman has signed a one-season contract with Japan’s International Athletic Club (INAC) Kobe Leonessa to play in the new Women Empowerment (WE) League – the country’s first professional women’s football league. She becomes the second Lioness...

https://www.tnp.sg/sports/singapore-football/balestier-khalsa-sack-skipper-goalkeeper-zaiful-nizam

Balestier Khalsa sack skipper-goalkeeper Zaiful Nizam Balestier Khalsa captain and goalkeeper Zaiful Nizam was sacked by the club yesterday following an internal disciplinary inquiry. The Singapore Premier League side said in a statement on its page that they have terminated his contract. The Straits Times...