Football: Brighton hold Arsenal to stop losing runLONDON (REUTERS) - Brighton & Hove Albion came from a goal down to draw 1-1 with Arsenal in the Premier League on Wednesday (Dec 26) and arrest a run of three straight defeats.Their poor run looked like continuing as Arsenal took the lead after seven minutes, Pierre-Emerick...

Football: Molde owners will support me if I stay at Manchester United, says temp boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer(REUTERS) - Manchester United caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said the owners of Norwegian club Molde sent him to Old Trafford with their blessing and asked him to try to turn his temporary stint at the club...

Zidane blows his top after Real's 10th loss of seasonMADRID • Zinedine Zidane lambasted his Real Madrid players for "doing nothing" during a limp 1-0 defeat at lowly Rayo Vallecano on Sunday which saw the deposed European champions suffer their 10th LaLiga defeat of the season.Adri Embarba scored the only goal by converting...

A queen in the makingAlong a corridor near the main office at Queensway Secondary School hangs a photograph of Putri Nur Syaliza. It leads to the school field, the arena of choice for the 15-year-old footballer.But she does not quite like it."I'm shy lah," she said, turning her gaze to the ground. "The school puts up pictures...

Solari lauds Zizou's legacy at RealABU DHABI • Real Madrid coach Santiago Solari paid tribute to the "work of Zinedine Zidane" after the European champions lifted the Fifa Club World Cup for a record fourth time.Solari's men overtook three-time winners Barcelona after thrashing Emirati outfit Al Ain 4-1 in Abu Dhabi...

Match Of The Week: Home United's interim coach Noh Rahman is not resting on his laurelsSINGAPORE PREMIER LEAGUEAlbirex Niigata v Home UnitedJurong East Stadium, 5.30pmFormer national defender Noh Rahman got his coaching career in the Singapore Premier League (SPL) off to the best possible start on Wednesday after he guided...

Football: Tottenham announce first team's visit to Singapore and Shanghai in JulySINGAPORE - A Hurri-Kane is set to hit Singapore shores this summer as Tottenham Hotspur announced that their first team, headlined by England captain Harry Kane, will visit the Republic in July.While the 25-year-old striker is currently nursing...

Messi: Ever-changing role but a constant geniusBARCELONA • Still, they gasp.Still, after all Lionel Messi has done, long after his brilliance should have become commonplace, he can still bring a Nou Camp crowd of nearly 100,000 to its feet.Even when everything is in flux - when Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo can miss out...

Punishments for racism a farce: RoseLONDON • Tottenham defender Danny Rose is counting the days until he can retire and no longer has to suffer racist taunts.In his first public interview since being the subject of vitriolic taunts during England's 5-1 Euro 2020 qualifier victory at Montenegro on March 25, he also called...