2014年8月29日星期五
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EPL: Man City vs Stoke City
Saturday, 30 Aug
Kick off @ 10pm SG time
Live on Indosiar
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Pay-TV fees for 2018 World Cup 'likely same'
Pay-TV fees for 2018 World Cup 'likely same'
Prices of television subscriptions to the next World Cup in 2018 may not come down despite the record low sign-ups for this year's tournament.
SingTel, which secured exclusive rights this year, has deep pockets and may want to shut rival pay-TV operator StarHub out of key sports content, said marketing and media experts.
So despite barely more than 100,000 households paying for the Brazil event, a dip of at least 25 per cent compared with the 2010 World Cup, SingTel may persist with paying big bucks.
"SingTel 'spoilt' the prices for sports broadcasts in Singapore. Unless SingTel and StarHub work together, prices won't come down," said marketing consultant Lars Voedisch.
~News courtesy of Straits Times~
Prices of television subscriptions to the next World Cup in 2018 may not come down despite the record low sign-ups for this year's tournament.
SingTel, which secured exclusive rights this year, has deep pockets and may want to shut rival pay-TV operator StarHub out of key sports content, said marketing and media experts.
So despite barely more than 100,000 households paying for the Brazil event, a dip of at least 25 per cent compared with the 2010 World Cup, SingTel may persist with paying big bucks.
"SingTel 'spoilt' the prices for sports broadcasts in Singapore. Unless SingTel and StarHub work together, prices won't come down," said marketing consultant Lars Voedisch.
~News courtesy of Straits Times~
2014年8月17日星期日
Pirlo at double as Juventus beat Singapore
Pirlo at double as Juventus beat Singapore
Andrea Pirlo's coolly taken first-half double led Juventus to a 5-0 win over Singapore Selection on Saturday (Aug 16) as the Italian champions completed their summer tour with a third straight win.
The elegant player-maker's free-kick and penalty sent Juventus on their way in front of 27,000 fans in what was the first football match at Singapore's new National Stadium.
Coach Massimiliano Allegri, who has recently taken over from newly appointed Italy boss Antonio Conte, said Pirlo had underlined his value to Juventus.
"He played well and I see him as a key player for next season," Allegri told reporters. "He performed well and so did the rest of the team. We have to keep following this direction. This is the last match before the start of the season so let's see what happens when we get back to Italy."
France midfielder Paul Pogba and Sebastian Giovinco both headed against the crossbar and Pirlo had a free-kick saved in the opening minutes as Juventus took immediate control. Their opener came courtesy of some typically quick thinking from Pirlo, who slid another free-kick low and under the leaping wall on 17 minutes.
A minute before half-time, Pirlo doubled Juventus's lead from the penalty spot after Shakir Hamzah's tug on Roberto Pereyra. Pogba had frequently been a threat and he got on the scoresheet on 48 minutes when he rifled Juve's third past busy Singapore goalkeeper Hassan Sunny.
After Sunny's point-blank save from Pereyra, Giovinco hit the visitors' fourth from the resulting corner when he lashed home a fierce shot from the edge of the box. Half-time substitute Kwadwo Asamoah volleyed the fifth and final goal on 72 minutes after good work down the right by Jose Martin Caceres.
On a worn and sandy pitch in the plush new arena, it was a suitably emphatic tour finale for Juventus who earlier won 8-1 in Jakarta and beat Australia's A-League Allstars 3-2. They will now return to Italy before launching their bid for a fourth straight Serie A title away against Chievo on August 30.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
Andrea Pirlo's coolly taken first-half double led Juventus to a 5-0 win over Singapore Selection on Saturday (Aug 16) as the Italian champions completed their summer tour with a third straight win.
The elegant player-maker's free-kick and penalty sent Juventus on their way in front of 27,000 fans in what was the first football match at Singapore's new National Stadium.
Coach Massimiliano Allegri, who has recently taken over from newly appointed Italy boss Antonio Conte, said Pirlo had underlined his value to Juventus.
"He played well and I see him as a key player for next season," Allegri told reporters. "He performed well and so did the rest of the team. We have to keep following this direction. This is the last match before the start of the season so let's see what happens when we get back to Italy."
France midfielder Paul Pogba and Sebastian Giovinco both headed against the crossbar and Pirlo had a free-kick saved in the opening minutes as Juventus took immediate control. Their opener came courtesy of some typically quick thinking from Pirlo, who slid another free-kick low and under the leaping wall on 17 minutes.
A minute before half-time, Pirlo doubled Juventus's lead from the penalty spot after Shakir Hamzah's tug on Roberto Pereyra. Pogba had frequently been a threat and he got on the scoresheet on 48 minutes when he rifled Juve's third past busy Singapore goalkeeper Hassan Sunny.
After Sunny's point-blank save from Pereyra, Giovinco hit the visitors' fourth from the resulting corner when he lashed home a fierce shot from the edge of the box. Half-time substitute Kwadwo Asamoah volleyed the fifth and final goal on 72 minutes after good work down the right by Jose Martin Caceres.
On a worn and sandy pitch in the plush new arena, it was a suitably emphatic tour finale for Juventus who earlier won 8-1 in Jakarta and beat Australia's A-League Allstars 3-2. They will now return to Italy before launching their bid for a fourth straight Serie A title away against Chievo on August 30.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
2014年8月15日星期五
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SCTV August football schedule
EPL Newcastle United vs Manchester City (17 Agustus 2014, 20.30 WIB)
Champions League Besiktas JK vs Arsenal FC (20 Agustus 2014, l 01.30 WIB) LIVE
Champions League Coming Soon (20 Agustus 2014 03.45 WIB) DELAY
Champions league LOSC LILLE vs FC Porto (21 Agustus 2014, 01.30 WIB) LIVE
Champions League Coming Soon (21 Agustus 2014 03.45 WIB) DELAY
Champions League F.C Kobenhavn vs Bayer 04 Laverkusen (22 Agustus, 02.00 WIB) DELAY
Champions League SSC Napoli vs Atletic Club (22 Agustus, 03.00 WIB) DELAY
Champions League NK Mariborvs Celtic FC (23 Agustus 2014, 02.00 WIB) DELAY
Champions League R Standartd de Liege vs Football Club Zemit ( 23 Agustus 2014, 03.00) DELAY
EPL Everton vs Arsenal (23 Agustus 2014, 23.00 WIB) LIVE
National Stadium pitch ready to roll
National Stadium pitch ready to roll
When Bernd Stange’s Singapore Selection step onto the National Stadium pitch on Saturday to face Italian giants Juventus, they can be assured the playing surface will comply with FIFA’s guidelines.
That is the assessment of Mr Greg Gillin, Singapore Sports Hub senior director of stadia, who told TODAY an audit conducted last week showed it met the minimum standards set by football’s world governing body.
The grass is only four weeks old as it had to be reseeded after the July 5 Stefanie Sun concert. Terraplas covers were used to protect the pitch during the event. But nurturing the grass in the past month was not glitch-free. A fault in the sprinkling system 11 days ago dispensed too much water and created holes in a number of areas of the pitch. While the sprinkler problem has been rectified and the pitch repaired, one or two “scars” will still be visible on the field.
For Mr Gillin, this is part and parcel of fine-tuning the systems in place for a new stadium and he said the issues are minor and not a hindrance to top quality football being played.
“We did an audit last week and I was comfortable it hit all the international benchmarks for safety, traction, hardness and ball bounce – all the things FIFA rates pitches on,” said Mr Gillin, who previously headed the maintenance and operations of Wembley Stadium. “In actual fact, we use the Institute of Groundsmanship performance standards out of the United Kingdom, which all of the pitches in the UK are audited on, and it was right at the bottom level of the elite standard. That was where we expected to be, for a pitch that was three-and-a-half weeks old when we did the audit. I’ll do another audit tomorrow and I have no doubt it will sit well up within the international elite standard.”
The ideal playing surface for a match, he added, is six weeks after reseeding when the grass blades are then trimmed to a height of between 22mm to 24mm. As the National Stadium pitch will be just over four weeks old for the Juventus match, it will be kept longer, about 30mm. But the grass will not be trimmed until Juventus and the Singapore Selection complete about eight hours of training on it to prepare for their match-up.
Mr Gillin said the strength of the field is in the Desso system, which has artificial fibres weaved into the grass, and he is extremely confident it is robust enough to provide a good playing surface. He said the system is ideal for the National Stadium as it is expected to host a range of activities all year round, unlike football stadiums in Europe.
It will also hold up to a more punishing regime when Singapore hosts three matches over six days during the group stages of the ASEAN Football Federation Suzuki Cup from Nov 23 to Nov 29. Wembley Stadium, which also has the same Desso system, went through the same routine when it hosted football matches during the 2012 Olympic Games, he pointed out. If the pitch is allowed to mature uninterrupted for six weeks, it will be more than robust enough to host a tournament such as the Suzuki Cup.
“Not a major issue. On this surface for the Olympic Games, Wembley had nine matches over 11 days,” he added.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
When Bernd Stange’s Singapore Selection step onto the National Stadium pitch on Saturday to face Italian giants Juventus, they can be assured the playing surface will comply with FIFA’s guidelines.
That is the assessment of Mr Greg Gillin, Singapore Sports Hub senior director of stadia, who told TODAY an audit conducted last week showed it met the minimum standards set by football’s world governing body.
The grass is only four weeks old as it had to be reseeded after the July 5 Stefanie Sun concert. Terraplas covers were used to protect the pitch during the event. But nurturing the grass in the past month was not glitch-free. A fault in the sprinkling system 11 days ago dispensed too much water and created holes in a number of areas of the pitch. While the sprinkler problem has been rectified and the pitch repaired, one or two “scars” will still be visible on the field.
For Mr Gillin, this is part and parcel of fine-tuning the systems in place for a new stadium and he said the issues are minor and not a hindrance to top quality football being played.
“We did an audit last week and I was comfortable it hit all the international benchmarks for safety, traction, hardness and ball bounce – all the things FIFA rates pitches on,” said Mr Gillin, who previously headed the maintenance and operations of Wembley Stadium. “In actual fact, we use the Institute of Groundsmanship performance standards out of the United Kingdom, which all of the pitches in the UK are audited on, and it was right at the bottom level of the elite standard. That was where we expected to be, for a pitch that was three-and-a-half weeks old when we did the audit. I’ll do another audit tomorrow and I have no doubt it will sit well up within the international elite standard.”
The ideal playing surface for a match, he added, is six weeks after reseeding when the grass blades are then trimmed to a height of between 22mm to 24mm. As the National Stadium pitch will be just over four weeks old for the Juventus match, it will be kept longer, about 30mm. But the grass will not be trimmed until Juventus and the Singapore Selection complete about eight hours of training on it to prepare for their match-up.
Mr Gillin said the strength of the field is in the Desso system, which has artificial fibres weaved into the grass, and he is extremely confident it is robust enough to provide a good playing surface. He said the system is ideal for the National Stadium as it is expected to host a range of activities all year round, unlike football stadiums in Europe.
It will also hold up to a more punishing regime when Singapore hosts three matches over six days during the group stages of the ASEAN Football Federation Suzuki Cup from Nov 23 to Nov 29. Wembley Stadium, which also has the same Desso system, went through the same routine when it hosted football matches during the 2012 Olympic Games, he pointed out. If the pitch is allowed to mature uninterrupted for six weeks, it will be more than robust enough to host a tournament such as the Suzuki Cup.
“Not a major issue. On this surface for the Olympic Games, Wembley had nine matches over 11 days,” he added.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
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