Sports Minutes with Zia-ul Raushan Zia-ul Raushan

Today’s Sports Minutes is one for parents! The June Holidays are in full flow and your kids have finished all their assessment books, and all scrolled out from Social Media. They’re getting restless at home and you’re wondering what you can do keep them occupied! Well, how about to watch some LIVE sporting action for FREE? The Asian Hockey Federation cup is happening June 14 to 23 and Desmond Ang, vice-president and Competition’s committee Chair of Sg Hockey Federation tells us why it's the place to be!

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When you think football owners, chances are you’ll think of the likes of the Glazers, Saudi state-ownership or rich Russian oligarchs. And you'd probably imagine these owners to be sipping champagne and soaking up luxury hospitality suites. But what if I told you that it's not always glitz and glam? In fact, it's more guts and grit as these two brothers have proved. Rafa & Stefano Petruzzo, the owners of Hampton & Richmond Borough FC - who play in National League South, the sixth level of the English football league system - tell us all about the world of football ownership, and how they're eyeing a partnership with Singapore's very own BG Tampines Rovers.

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Now what do you think of when we talk about internships? Chances are you think of two words - overworked and underpaid. But what if an internship surrounded two very different words…and that is Formula One! That’s right, two very fortunate Singaporeans have been selected from thousands of applicants for what’s being described by most as an “opportunity of a lifetime” - to work as interns at Red Bull Racing’s headquarters in Milton Keynes, England! Zia-ul Raushan caught up with the two NTU undergrads - Charis Chua and Heng Yi-Hsin - ahead of their plunge into the fast lanes!

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Manchester United's shock FA Cup triumph unsurprisingly headlines Sports Minutes - but will the Wembley miracle be enough to earn Erik ten Hag a stay of execution? Plus, with Singapore's national team in action against South Korea and Thailand very soon - has head coach Tsutomu Ogura made a mistake by omitting Ilhan Fandi from his squad? Tune in as Deepanraj Ganesan from The Straits Times weighs in!

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The stage is set for a showpiece event at Wembley, as for the second consecutive season in a row a Manchester Derby will decide the winners of the FA Cup. With City in 'four-midable' form and United in the doldrums, is the outcome a foregone conclusion? Not according to two-time FA Cup winner Shaun Wright-Phillips, who weighs in on the showpiece event at Wembley and his admiration for Pep Guardiola!

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Blue is the colour as Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions for an unprecedented FOURTH consecutive time....while Jurgen Klopp bid an emotional farewell to Liverpool on an action-packed final day in England's top flight. Speaking of feeling blue, Tanjong Pagar were mauled 5-0 by the Tigers in the Singapore Premier League. Could the SPL season be a slog for the Jaguars? To recap and review it all, Zia-ul Raushan is in the company of Deepanraj Ganesan. 

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