Archive | April, 2012
Denis Irwin, Aide Iskandar and V Sundramoorthy at the event

Denis Irwin makes guest appearance at The Chance event

By on April 30, 2012 in Singapore Football

Dreaming of becoming the next football superstar? Your chance is here, sport giant Nike has launched their third edition of “The Chance” 2012 in Singapore. The global search which aims to unearth young amateur footballers and give them “The Chance” of their lifetime to catch the attention of some of the world’s top coaches and [...]

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Robbie Fowler in EPL Masters Malaysia Cup

Liverpool claims EPL Masters Malaysia Cup

By on April 29, 2012 in Singapore Football

aXrosstheline.com was at the Malaysia leg of the EPL Masters Malaysia Cup a week back and witnessed some of football’s greatest names in action, including Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman, Andrew Cole,  Frank Leboeuf and Zainal Abidin Hassan and many more. The 5 a-side tournament saw Liverpool, Manchester United, EPL All Stars and also Malaysia All [...]

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Legends reunite as LionsXII edge Johor FA in friendly encounter

By on April 29, 2012 in MSL 2012

Johor Bahru – As the LionsXII were put through their paces on the Larkin Stadium pitch before their friendly with Johor FA,  a familiar face stepped onto the pitch to offer a much welcomed intermission.  Armed with his distinctive boyish smile, Singapore’s favorite footballing son, Fandi Ahmad, now team manager of the Scorpions, was immediately offered [...]

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Player Feature: Yazid Yasin (Geylang United)

By on April 28, 2012 in S-League, S-League 2012

He kept goal for “Singapore A” in the 1995 Lion City Cup winning alongside the likes of Ahmad Latiff and Indra Sahdan and had won every single title available in the local domestic league since 1996. He also represented Singapore at the famous Liverpool Academy at Melwood against the youth teams of Liverpool and Everton [...]

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Harimau Muda

A depleted Harimau Muda edged out Cheetahs

By on April 28, 2012 in S-League, S-League 2012

With Gary Robbat and Fandi Othman ruled out through injuries coupled with national call ups for Mahalli Jasuli, Fadhli Shas, Wan Zack Haikal and Ahmad Hazwan, Harimau Muda coach Ong Kim Swee had only 15 players including two goalkeepers available for selection against Hougang United on Friday evening. The depleted Harimau Muda battled to a [...]

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Duric's miss

Tampines Rovers exits AFC Cup

By on April 26, 2012 in AFC Cup 2012

For a side that had demonstrated so much dominance, striking fears into their opponents, it had been a massively contrasting year for the 2011 Great Eastern Yeo’s S-League Champions, Tampines Rovers. The Stags crashed out of the AFC Cup on Wednesday evening, after only managing a goalless draw against Group F table toppers Kitchee SC [...]

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Khairul Nizam undergoing SPARQ test

The way forward with NIKE ETL 2.O

By on April 26, 2012 in Singapore Football

It is often easy for us to identify a man of the match performance after seeing a player score a spectacular goal or deliver a perfectly crafted assist. However, it is at best a subjective, qualitative assessment of the player’s performance. Introducing the Nike Elite Training Live (ETL) 2.0 training system, which provides a quantifiable [...]

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S-League Preview by aXrosstheline.com

S-League Week 11 Preview

By on April 25, 2012 in S-League, S-League 2012

This week’s “LIVE” match will be between Courts Young Lions and Gombak United. The Singapore Under-23 outfit finally notched their first win in eight attempts and they will be hoping to build on the emphatic victory with a win over the Bulls, who have recorded two wins in their last three games. The Bulls were [...]

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