Football: Singapore fall to Thailand in SEA Games opener

  • 📰 ChannelNewsAsia
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 55 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 25%
  • Publisher: 66%

Singapore Headlines News

Singapore Latest News,Singapore Headlines

PHNOM PENH: For about 10 minutes on a sultry, sticky Sunday afternoon, there was hope for Singapore. A Nicky Melvin Singh strike close to the stroke of half-time had halved a two-goal cushion for 16-time Southeast Asian (SEA) Games champions Thailand, and there was a sliver of a chance. But

PHNOM PENH: For about 10 minutes on a sultry, sticky Sunday afternoon, there was hope for Singapore.

The Young Lions’ last victory over the Thais at the regional meet was in 2011, when they clinched a 2-0 win. "We know they are a quality side and we came into today knowing that we had to defend well," said Singapore's head coach Philippe Aw after the match."Unfortunately we conceded very, very early, which made things difficult for us."

Singapore's Abdul Rasaq tussles with Thailand players during their 2023 SEA Games football match on Apr 30, 2023. in the group stage, and Sunday's game threatened to spiral out of control in similar fashion.Good work down the left from Jordan Emaviwe saw him clip in a cross to skipper Harhys Stewart, whose ball into the box was dropped by Thai keeper Soponwit Rakyart. Nicky was on hand to drill home via a deflection from Jakkrapong Sanmahung and pull one back for Singapore.

The Thais would get their third in the 50th minute as Purachet poked home, ensuring three points and the victory as their effervescent supporters - the majority of 2,523 fans at the ground - partied into the evening.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 6. in SG

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Singapore rolls out saliva test kit in the war against drugs - Singapore NewsThese kits, like the one I am holding here, they are light and compact. They offer a more efficient way to detect drug abusers at the Checkpoints,” explained Associate Prof Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
Source: IndependentSG - 🏆 9. / 63 Read more »

Growth in housing rents should ease in coming quarters: MASRental pressures are expected to ease as housing supply picks up, with close to 40,000 private and public homes to be completed in 2023 (Picture: Samuel Isaac Chua/The Edge Singapore)SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) - According to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, rental pressures in the private and public housing markets in Singapore should ease this year, following a period of “exceptional demand-supply imbalance” caused by Covid-19 disruptions which underpinned a surge in rents for the past two years.
Source: YahooSG - 🏆 3. / 71 Read more »

Repsol to buy rest of North Sea JV, settling dispute with SinopecMADRID : Spain's Repsol has reached an agreement with Chinese energy conglomerate Sinopec to buy the 49 per cent of a joint venture in the North Sea it does not already own, it said on Friday, settling a long-running arbitration between them.Repsol said in a statement the operation's net cash outlay would
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

US demands Beijing stop 'provocative and unsafe' acts in South China SeaBeijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Source: STForeignDesk - 🏆 4. / 71 Read more »

Leon Perera calls for ideas for new mural at Serangoon - Singapore NewsConstituents will get an opportunity to share ideas on the theme of the mural on May 7 at 3pm, at the coffee shop at 151A Serangoon North Ave 1
Source: IndependentSG - 🏆 9. / 63 Read more »

Singapore, China hold joint naval exercise, amid routine port call by US submarineSINGAPORE — The Singapore and China navies are holding a joint maritime exercise from April 28 to May 1, which consists of a shore and sea phase, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said in a press statement on Friday (April 28).
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »