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This is the same Singapore football that has seen no gold medals ever in the SEA Games, where only South East Asian teams take part, or the same Singapore whose own professional league have been won by foreign invited teams in the past four years. Maybe his target should have been for Singapore football to win something first in the local leagues, or the regional Games. That already seems a hard task.

Despite some rough and shoddy antics on the field, Syrian coach Fajr Ibrahim is proud that his team managed to claim victory over the Lions, and claims that the host country was "very lucky" that the Syrians did not score more goals.

"In the event that the match cannot proceed due to the current haze situation, the Football Association of Singapore has taken a decision that no refunds will be made in the event of match postponement and/or cancellation," reads a statement released by the Football Association of Singapore on the Singapore Sports Hub's website.

Organisers of the Singapore leg of the Fina Swimming World Cup announced their decision to cancel the WC finals scheduled for 6pm after the 3-hour PSI reading escalated towards the unhealthy range. This is the first time the FINA World Cup had been cancelled in Singapore since its inception in 2007.

In an interview with the media, Japanese striker Keisuke Honda described his disappointment with the result of Japan's match against Singapore, but gracefully heaped praises on the Singapore side. "The result was what it was, so there’s nothing we can do about it,” said Honda, who hit the crossbar from a free kick midway through the second half. “If anything, I think they took it easy on us."

In contrast, I wonder what Andy Chen, the ST deputy editor who compared Germany’s recent success to Singapore’s education system will say to Singapore’s very own Goal 2010 – the exciting aim to get the Lions to appear in their first World Cup Finals ever. Did our education system produce a nation of quitters who dissipate at the first sight of failure instead of carrying on the goal the manner we would expect from people who went through a ‘rigorous education system that should be celebrated’?

Following the end of the World Cup Final between Germany and Argentina, North Korean state media has announced their total victory at the World Cup. State media reported that North Korea thrashed Germany five goals to nil. This is all thanks to the presence of Great Leader Kim Jong Un who attended the match in Brazil. For their ultimate victory, every member of the North Korean soccer team was reportedly rewarded with a residential palace and 10 wives each.

In an unprecedented move, Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has announced Andy will be exempted from mandatory National Service. His father will also be exempted from further National Service call up cycles and phased into Mindef Reserves with immediate effect. Andy will not be required to report to Central Manpower Base once he reached 16.5 years of age, the statutory age to report for mandatory military service.

Last Monday, a man broke his penis while passionately fooling around with his wife. The doctor's reasoning? His engine was weakened by two weeks of "World Cup sexual abstinence." The man surnamed Xu is a football fan and watched every single game since the beginning of the World Cup. He and his wife, living in Jinhua City, have been married for seven years and had a great relationship. But this perfect world collapsed last Monday morning.

According to North Korea state media, they are participating in the World Cup, which will come as news to the rest of us that didn’t see them participate in Brazil. And, surprise, North Korea are doing rather well!