LONDON (REUTERS) – Chelsea, overhauled by coach Frank Lampard after a weekend loss to Arsenal, drew 1-1 draw at home to Aston Villa on Monday (Dec 28) as Oliver Giroud’s first-half header was cancelled out shortly after the break by Anwar El Ghazi. Lampard made six changes to the team that began Saturday’s 3-1 defeat... » read more
LONDON (REUTERS) – Leicester City’s Harvey Barnes grabbed a late equaliser to earn his team a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace on Monday (Dec 28) that lifted them up to second in the Premier League table. Leicester could have taken the lead in the 18th minute from the penalty spot after Luke Thomas was fouled... » read more
NEW YORK • A first is always going to be noticed. Several women in sports know this from experience recently. Sarah Fuller is the first woman to play in a Power Five American football game. Kim Ng is the first female general manager of a Major League Baseball (MLB) team. Alyssa Nakken is the first... » read more
ROME • Paolo Rossi, Italy’s goalscoring hero from their victorious 1982 World Cup campaign and scorer of a hat-trick against Brazil in one of the most famous matches in the competition’s history, yesterday died at the age of 64. The celebrated striker’s death comes with the football world still in mourning for Argentina icon Diego... » read more
LONDON (AFP) – Wolves striker Raul Jimenez was taken to hospital after coming off worst in a nasty clash of heads with Arsenal’s David Luiz on Sunday (Nov 29). The Mexican was tended to on the floor by medics for 10 minutes before being stretchered from the field. Sky Sports reported Jimenez is conscious in... » read more
LONDON • The British government announced a £300 million (S$534.5 million) “winter survival package” on Thursday to help sport through the Covid-19 pandemic, with rugby set for the biggest share but nothing for top-level football and cricket. The first payments will be made over the coming weeks, mainly as low-interest loans with flexible terms but... » read more
Salim Moin, a star of Singapore football in the 1980s who once memorably scored four goals in a SEA Games match against the Philippines, died late on Friday from a heart attack. He was 59. It is understood he had complained of chest pains on Friday and was taken to Sengkang General Hospital, near his... » read more
LONDON (AFP) – Jamie Vardy came off the bench to seal Leicester’s late 1-0 win as spluttering Arsenal crashed to a third defeat in their last four Premier League games on Sunday (Oct 25). Vardy was only fit enough for the bench after a calf injury, but Brendan Rodgers sent the Leicester striker on with... » read more
LOS ANGELES • Seattle Storm’s Sue Bird believes women’s football players in the United States are more widely supported and favoured than their counterparts in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) because of the public perception of them as “cute little white girls”. Point guard Bird, who won her fourth WNBA title this month, said... » read more
LEICESTER (REUTERS) – A superb stoppage-time goal from Ross Barkley gave Aston Villa a 1-0 victory at Leicester City in a scrappy contest on Sunday (Oct 18) that stretched the visitors’ perfect Premier League start to four wins. The result left Villa second on 12 points with a game in hand over leaders Everton who... » read more
The French football philosophy that produced the likes of Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe, Thierry Henry and Nicholas Anelka and made Les Bleus world champions will now be taught in Singapore, with the French Football Federation (FFF) opening the French Football Academy yesterday. It is believed that this is the first time the national federation... » read more