As captain of the Lions, national footballer Hariss Harun is used to rallying his teammates.  But the 33-year-old gave a different sort ..read more

Six boys and three girls will be based in Spain and the United States to fast-track their football development. (From left to right ..read more

Former Lions stalwarts turned coaches Noh Alam Shah and Isa Halim have been awarded a coaching attachment stint with top-tier J-League club Tokyo Verdy until the end of the year. Isa Halim (Left) and Noh Alam Shah (Right) are the inaugural batch of coaches under the Coaches Overseas Attachment programme, a new initiative as part of the Unleash The Roar! (UTR) national football project. Photo by Tokyo Verdy. The former Singapore internationals, who were part of Singapore’s 2007 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) championship winning team, were selected by a technical committee to be the first ba ..read more

Singapore’s commitment to nurturing its base of elite young footballers and advancing coaching standards has received a boost. BG Sports Company Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Sport Singapore (SportSG) and the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) – another collaboration with overseas partners to support the nation’s efforts in fostering football excellence. Standing (from left): Mr Philip Tan, Director of International Operations BG Pathum United, Mr Toh Boon Yi, Deputy Chief Executive Officer Sport Singapore, Mr Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Communi ..read more

Eight promising Singapore youth footballers were awarded the inaugural Unleash The Roar! Overseas Scholarship in August 2023 to further their football development in either Spain or the United States. The talented male and female footballers, who are between the ages of 15 and 17, have been training hard at the IMG Academy in Florida and the ESC LaLiga & NBA in Madrid. In this series, we hear from these athletes on how they are coping with life overseas.  Irsalina Irwan, 17, IMG Academy I’m thankful for the training programme here, which has equipped me to play against stronger and ..read more

Eight promising Singapore youth footballers were awarded the inaugural Unleash The Roar! Overseas Scholarship in August 2023 to further their football development in either Spain or the United States. The talented male and female footballers, who are between the ages of 15 and 17, have been training hard at the IMG Academy in Florida and the ESC LaLiga & NBA in Madrid. In this series, we hear from these athletes on how they are coping with life overseas. Loo Kai Sheng, 17, ESC LaLiga In the blink of an eye, my one-year stint in Spain is over and I am now back in Singapore to early enlist ..read more

The work a footballer does off the pitch is often as important as the work he or she does on it.  With that in mind, the Unleash The Roar! national football project has unveiled an ultra-modern, next-gen gym catered specifically to the needs of the modern-day footballer. The newly-opened Kallang Football Hub is not only unique for its seven pitches, which includes a full-sized natural-grass pitch and three artificial FIFA Quality Pro Mark turf fields, but also a high-performance football-centric gym that integrates the latest technology and sport science. A new standard in strength and ..read more

After 10 years of retirement, Singapore football icon Aleksandar Duric is still grabbing the headlines with his goals. The 53 year old, on March 31, received the rare honour of being named in GiveMeSport's list of Footballers With Most Hat-Tricks in the 21st Century alongside the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and is even ranked higher than a certain Neymar Jr. When he was first alerted of the article, his first instinct was that it must be a prank. The top 10 footballers with the most hat-tricks since 2000 including Aleksandar Duric, were featured in GiveMeSport. PHOTO: GiveMe ..read more

In a heartwarming twist of fate, Serangoon Garden Secondary School is set to welcome back one of its own, Fahrish Khan, not as a student on the football field but as a mentor and coach. Having once donned the school's football jersey, Fahrish's journey has come full circle, as he returns to his alma mater, bringing with him a wealth of experience and passion for the sport. His evolution from a talented student-athlete to a coach signifies a personal triumph and a testament to the nurturing environment of Serangoon Garden Secondary School (SGSS). Serangoon Garden Secondary School ‘C’ Division ..read more

This International Women’s Day, we are celebrating the unwavering resilience of female trailblazers in football and shed light on their sentiments and aspirations for the sport.  In the world of football where the roar of the crowd often drowns out the voices of women, there exist the dreamers who have made the sport their life’s work for the Singapore women’s football scene and saw it through countless obstacles and triumphs.  Following the news of China qualifying as the finalist in the 1999 Women’s World Cup, the then president of Football Association Singapore (FAS), Mr Mah Bow T ..read more