Sports Minutes with Zia-ul Raushan
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Delve beyond the headlines in the world of sport to suss out the synergy between sport and daily life by tuning in daily for all the big sporting stories, quirky anecdotes and hot takes on Sports Minutes.
AUG 16, 2024
16/08/24 - Sports Minutes: Cycle of Peace, Singapore's first-ever charity car park race, aiming to raise funds for terminally ill patients
The Cycle of Peace 2024, Singapore's first-ever charity car park race, aims to raise awareness and funds to support Ambulance Wish Singapore's mission of transforming the end-of-life experience for patients with a limited prognosis by fulfilling their final wish. Spearheaded by Grace Young, a former national bowler and three-time Sportswoman of the Year, chairperson of the organising committee tells us more about this noble initiative.
FIND OUT MORE:
https://cycleofpeace.ambulancewishsingapore.com/
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AUG 14, 2024
14/08/24 - Sports Minutes: Netball Singapore undergoes rebranding ahead of Mirxes Nations Cup title defence on home soil
A new beginning beckons for Netball Singapore as they announced the rebranding of its national team to the Singapore Vandas. Ms Jane Ittogi, Singapore's first lady and the wife of President Tharman, was also announced as a patron. So will the new name provide new vigour, as the Vandas prepare to defend their Mirxes Nations Cup title on home soil from 1-7 September? Team co-captains Khor Ting Fang and Toh Kai Wei join Sports Minutes to tell us more!
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AUG 12, 2024
12/08/24 - Sports Minutes: Magic Marko sparks Hougang's resurgence
Having started the season with just 2 points from their opening six games, Hougang United were under scrutiny for floundering under Marko Kraljević. But after a run of 1 loss in 6 games, and 3 wins in their last 4 - the Cheetahs are suddenly on the prowl - climbing to 5th in the Singapore Premier League standings. What has contributed to their reverse in fortunes? Deepanraj Ganesan weighs in on Sports Minutes!
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AUG 7, 2024
07/08/24 - Sports Minutes: Nur Muhammad Asis, the FIRST Singaporean to join a Portuguese top-flight club
Nur Muhammad Asis became a history maker when he signed a one-year loan deal to join Portugal's Estrela da Amadora. The deal made Asis the FIRST Singaporean to sign a professional contract with a top-flight club in Portugal. Long touted as a prodigious talent, how did the 20-year secured his "dream move" to Europe? And how is he coming to terms with his adventure? Asis joins Sports Minutes from Portugal to tell us!
READ MORE:
https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/nur-muhammad-asis-becomes-first-singaporean-to-join-a-portuguese-top-flight-football-club
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AUG 5, 2024
05/08/24 - Sports Minutes: A two-horse race emerges in the Singapore Premier League
1 place and 1 point, that is all that separates the top two in the Singapore Premier League - with Tampines Rovers and the Lion City Sailors going toe to toe in their quest to be crowned champions. With Geylang suffering their FIRST loss of the season, is a two-horse race emerging? And which way will the pendulum swing? Deepanraj Ganesan is on the Sports Minutes hot seat to cast his expert gaze!
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AUG 2, 2024
02/08/24 - Sports Minutes: Syazwan Buhari on Tampines Rovers’ unbeaten start to the season, his form and National Team ambitions
10 matches into the Singapore Premier League season, the contenders are emerging from the pretenders in the quest to be crowned champions. And leading the chasing pack is a Tampines Rovers team that remain unbeaten, and are seemingly growing from strength to strength. So could the stags finally end an 11-year wait for the league title? Syazwan Buhari, goalkeeper and club captain, is certainly bullish - as he spoke to Sports Minutes about the club's ambitions as well as his own!
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JUL 31, 2024
31/07/24 - Sports Minutes: Could Ilhan Fandi’s move to BG Pathum and Izwan Mahbud’s return to the first team spark revivals in their respective careers?
Could Ilhan Fandi’s move to Thailand's BG Pathum and Izwan Mahbud’s return to first team action with the Lion City Sailors spark revivals in their respective careers? And having caught our breaths, we recap and review the goal-fest of a Singapore Premier League weekend that saw 26 goals scored across 4 matches.
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JUL 29, 2024
29/07/24 - Sports Minutes: Kyra Elise Taylor, the UTR Scholar who is aiming to emulate Danelle Tan
Scoring a worldie on your national team debut? Check. Ending a rival team's 2-year long unbeaten streak? Check. Unleash the roar scholarship? Check.
At just 18 years of age, Kyra Elise Taylor already has a stellar list of achievements that maybe the envy of most. Having recently made her international bow for the Lionesses in their 9-0 win over Macau, the sky seems to be the limit for Kyra. She sat down with Sports Minutes to tell us about how she first fell in love with the beautiful game, her ambitions as she embarks on university education and her decision to represent Singapore despite being of mixed-heritage.
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JUL 26, 2024
26/07/24 - Sports Minutes: Shanti Pereira on 2024 Paris Olympics, injury struggles and her recent engagement
Having capped a stellar 2023 with an historic Asian Games gold, you'd think the 2024 Olympic games would see Singapore's Shanti Pereira scale even greater heights. But it hasn't proved to be as straight forward for the Lion City's sprint queen. Sidelined through an injury in the first half of the year, Shanti's preparations for Paris have been hampered. Nonetheless, buoyed by her recent engagement, the 27-year old remains up beat ahead of her second Olympics participation - as revealed on this special episode of Sports Minutes!
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JUL 24, 2024
24/07/24 - Sports Minutes: Firdaus Kassim on his appointment as Lion City Sailors’ U21 Head Coach & his time with Hougang United
Does the name Firdaus Kassim ring a bell? I’m guessing it does, as he’s the head coach who guided Hougang United to their only piece of silverware to date - and that’s the Singapore Cup in 2022. Since then though, he’s departed the Cheetahs and turned blue! That’s right, he’s recently been appointed as the head coach of the Lion City Sailors U21 team.
So what was it about the Sailors project that attracted him? And how hands on is Luka Lalić, the team’s technical director? What does he make of his departure from Hougang, and does he bear any grudges considering how it all ended? Firdaus sat down with Sports Minutes to answer this and more
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