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[ad_1] He was responding to a parliamentary question from Mr Louis Chua (WP-Sengkang), who had asked that if there are plans to convert any of the 14 private golf courses for public use. Another question raised was whether there are plans to ensure that the sport remains accessible to the general public, especially schools and students, given […]

[ad_1] BOURNEMOUTH, England :Bournemouth gave themselves an outside chance of qualifying for Europe with a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace that left the visitors still looking over their shoulders on Tuesday. A scrappy game not helped by heavy rain was decided in the 80th minute by Justin Kluivert who finished well after good work by […]

[ad_1] Michael Bracewell was named captain of a weakened New Zealand squad to play five Twenty20 internationals in Pakistan later this month as part of preparations for June’s World Cup in the Caribbean and the United States. The 33-year-old all-rounder was a surprise selection to lead the squad having missed last year’s 50-overs World Cup […]

[ad_1] TURIN, Italy : Juventus earned a 2-0 advantage over Lazio in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final on Tuesday when forwards Federico Chiesa and Dusan Vlahovic both scored for Massimiliano Allegri’s side in the second half. Chiesa gave Juventus the lead five minutes after the break when he profited from a neat […]

[ad_1] LONDON : Tottenham Hotspur are still a work in progress but there are encouraging signs they are heading in the right direction, said manager Ange Postecoglou whose side put on a mature performance in a 1-1 draw at West Ham United on Tuesday. His Spurs team dominated the game with 68 per cent possession […]

[ad_1] LONDON :Tottenham Hotspur missed the chance to move into the top four when they were held to a 1-1 draw at West Ham United after Brennan Johnson’s early strike was cancelled out by Kurt Zouma in their Premier League clash on Tuesday. The result left Spurs in fifth place on 57 points, two points […]

[ad_1] BURNLEY, England :Burnley’s hopes of Premier League survival were dealt another blow despite a brilliant strike by Jacob Bruun Larsen as Wolverhampton Wanderers fought back from a goal down to draw 1-1 at Turf Moor on Tuesday. Nottingham Forest’s 3-1 over Fulham earlier in the evening means that they are in 17th place on […]

[ad_1] Manchester United centre-backs Victor Lindelof and Lisandro Martinez will be out for at least a month with muscle injuries, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. Sweden captain Lindelof went off in the second half of Saturday’s draw with Brentford with a hamstring problem. Martinez replaced him in the 69th minute, making his first […]

[ad_1] ANKARA : Fenerbahce decided not to go through with their threat of withdrawing from the Turkish Super Lig on Tuesday, the club’s chairman told thousands of congress members gathered in their stadium in Istanbul. “In all our meetings, the least preferred option was to withdraw from the league. The reason why this opinion is […]

[ad_1] MAJADAHONDA, Spain : Senegalese goalkeeper Cheikh Sarr has heard racial slurs directed at him from the stands before, but when a fan allegedly approached just to racially insult him during a Spanish third-tier league game last Saturday, he decided he’d had enough. “I grabbed him and asked why he was insulting me. My attitude […]