Football: Singapore tycoon withdraws Rangers bid
Singapore businessman Bill Ng scrapped his 20 million pounds (US$31.7 million) attempt to take over crisis-hit Scottish football club Glasgow Rangers Friday, citing concerns over the bidding process.
"Recent developments in the bidding process, with unwarranted and unexplained delays, have prompted our withdrawal from the bidding process," Ng said in a statement.
"After lengthy negotiations with a number of key stakeholders, we have serious concerns over the deliverability of the shares on offer to gain control of the club."
Ng said his consortium had become "increasingly uncomfortable and frustrated" with dealing with administrators Duff and Phelps, and "noted the ever-increasing uncertainties and complexities in the bidding process".
The "situation has made the bidding process untenable" and there are "great uncertainties," he said.
However, Ng also said he may relaunch his bid if the administrators failed to reach an agreement with other buyers.
A consortium fronted by former Rangers director Paul Murray stepped aside late Monday, but American businessman Bill Miller remains in the running for the 140-year-old club, according to reports.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
2012年4月21日星期六
2012年4月14日星期六
Lion City Cup returns with stronger teams
Canon Lion City Cup returns with stronger teams
The Canon Lion City Cup, an international youth football tournament which was a hit with fans last year, returns with stronger teams this year.
While defending champions Flamengo from Brazil are not participating, the new line-up includes the likes of Manchester City, representing England, Ajax Amsterdam from the Netherlands, Portugal's FC Porto and Argentina's Boca Juniors representing South America. Like last year, hosts Singapore will have two teams - the Under-15 and Under-16.
The format of the week-long event in June has also been tweaked. Each half will now be 40 minutes instead of 45, and five substitutions will be allowed instead of the usual three. Mr Andrew Koh, Senior Director and General Manager of Canon Singapore, said: "You can see how sports can unite the nation or unite a country. We hope the same will happen in June and we are looking forward to some moments of magic again."
The title sponsor is also making a longer commitment till 2013, in a drive to promote youth sports in all areas. Mr Koh adds: "We also use this as a channel for us to promote photography, sports photography among the youths too. And that's what we did last year and this year.
We are going to extend it further to talent hunt and search for good sports photographers, and to give them the opportunity to shoot the live matches, and to get these photographs featured in the local newspapers."
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
The Canon Lion City Cup, an international youth football tournament which was a hit with fans last year, returns with stronger teams this year.
While defending champions Flamengo from Brazil are not participating, the new line-up includes the likes of Manchester City, representing England, Ajax Amsterdam from the Netherlands, Portugal's FC Porto and Argentina's Boca Juniors representing South America. Like last year, hosts Singapore will have two teams - the Under-15 and Under-16.
The format of the week-long event in June has also been tweaked. Each half will now be 40 minutes instead of 45, and five substitutions will be allowed instead of the usual three. Mr Andrew Koh, Senior Director and General Manager of Canon Singapore, said: "You can see how sports can unite the nation or unite a country. We hope the same will happen in June and we are looking forward to some moments of magic again."
The title sponsor is also making a longer commitment till 2013, in a drive to promote youth sports in all areas. Mr Koh adds: "We also use this as a channel for us to promote photography, sports photography among the youths too. And that's what we did last year and this year.
We are going to extend it further to talent hunt and search for good sports photographers, and to give them the opportunity to shoot the live matches, and to get these photographs featured in the local newspapers."
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
PKNS end LionsXII's unbeaten run
Football: PKNS end LionsXII's unbeaten run
League leaders LionsXII's 10-match unbeaten streak ended on Saturday night after a 1-0 defeat to PKNS.
The match was the LionsXII's 11th game in the last five weeks and, perhaps sensing that lethargy was creeping into the visitors' play, PKNS pressed forward from the kick-off.
Nevertheless, the Singapore side were superbly marshalled at the back, with Sevki Sha'ban and Safuwan Baharudin resolutely repelling everything the hosts threw at them. Sevki, in particular, was impressive, making several crucial goal mouth clearances to prevent a lively PKNS side from opening the scoring.
LionsXII captain Shahril Ishak was deployed as a lone striker and he hardly had a sniff at goal, with PKNS flooding the middle of the park to starve him of service.
The visitors were on the back foot for most of the first half as PKNS pressed incessantly, but the hosts just could not convert their chances.
Shahril wasted the LionsXII's best chance of the match right after the restart when he shot just wide of the PKNS goal.
The home side's French striker Michael Nicoise was a constant threat with his powerful bursts into the penalty area and he made sure LionsXII goalkeeper Hyrulnizam Juma'at had a busy night.
The Frenchman finally broke the deadlock in the 79th minute when he headed home from a corner, with Hyrulnizam furiously protesting the goal, claiming that he was impeded by Mohd Helmi.
The LionsXII came agonisingly close to equalising in the 84th minute, Agu Casmir charging into the penalty area only to collide with the PKNS goalkeeper who dived at his feet. Agu got hold of the ball following the collision but his shot was deflected wide by a PKNS defender.
The LionsXII will not have to wait long to gain a measure of revenge for this defeat: Their next MSL fixture pits them against PKNS again on April 17 at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
League leaders LionsXII's 10-match unbeaten streak ended on Saturday night after a 1-0 defeat to PKNS.
The match was the LionsXII's 11th game in the last five weeks and, perhaps sensing that lethargy was creeping into the visitors' play, PKNS pressed forward from the kick-off.
Nevertheless, the Singapore side were superbly marshalled at the back, with Sevki Sha'ban and Safuwan Baharudin resolutely repelling everything the hosts threw at them. Sevki, in particular, was impressive, making several crucial goal mouth clearances to prevent a lively PKNS side from opening the scoring.
LionsXII captain Shahril Ishak was deployed as a lone striker and he hardly had a sniff at goal, with PKNS flooding the middle of the park to starve him of service.
The visitors were on the back foot for most of the first half as PKNS pressed incessantly, but the hosts just could not convert their chances.
Shahril wasted the LionsXII's best chance of the match right after the restart when he shot just wide of the PKNS goal.
The home side's French striker Michael Nicoise was a constant threat with his powerful bursts into the penalty area and he made sure LionsXII goalkeeper Hyrulnizam Juma'at had a busy night.
The Frenchman finally broke the deadlock in the 79th minute when he headed home from a corner, with Hyrulnizam furiously protesting the goal, claiming that he was impeded by Mohd Helmi.
The LionsXII came agonisingly close to equalising in the 84th minute, Agu Casmir charging into the penalty area only to collide with the PKNS goalkeeper who dived at his feet. Agu got hold of the ball following the collision but his shot was deflected wide by a PKNS defender.
The LionsXII will not have to wait long to gain a measure of revenge for this defeat: Their next MSL fixture pits them against PKNS again on April 17 at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
2012年4月10日星期二
Euro Cup 2012 watch for FREE
ntv7 (Johor Bahru) - UHF channel 42, 639.25MHz
TV3 (Johor Bahru) - UHF Ch 26, 511.25 MHz
RCTI (Batam) - UHF Ch 43, 647.25 MHz
Euro 2012 Groupings 小组赛
courtesy of wikipedia
608 -> 701
Group A组
Czech Republic 捷克
Greece 希腊
Poland 波兰
Russia 俄罗斯
Group B组
Denmark 丹麦
Germany 德国
Netherlands 荷兰
Portugal 葡萄牙
Group C组
Croatia 克罗地亚
Italy 意大利
Ireland 爱尔兰
Spain 西班牙
Group D组
England 英格兰
France 法国
Sweden 瑞典
Ukrain 乌克兰
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