Sports Minutes with Zia-ul Raushan

The 2023 summer transfer window has seen big-name players such as Sadio Mane, Ruben Neves, Karim Benzema and Roberto Firmino all move to clubs in Saudia Arabia for lucrative offers. Are you afraid your team's best player may be the next to follow suit?

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A 7-goal thriller between European powerhouses Bayern and Liverpool proved a fitting ending to the two-week long Festival of Football here in Singapore. Listen in as Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel have their say on the tournament, while fans weigh in on the price and pain points of the fiesta!

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Tiger Woods has joined the PGA Tour's Policy Board as a player director in a move which will give golfers a bigger say in major decisions. Woods' appointment follows the merger between the Tour, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and the DP World Tour in June that left players blindsided. The 15-time major winner becomes the board's sixth player director, joining Rory McIlroy and four others.

What does this all mean for the game of golf? Timothy Low, international golf commentator, is in the hot seat to tell us.

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Premier League players have been warned they face harsher punishments for harassing referees as part of a raft of measures aimed at stamping out bad behaviour on the pitch. English football’s authorities aim to “reset” the attitude of players and managers towards officials in the coming season.  The new ‘Participant Charter’ empowers referees to take tougher action against unacceptable behaviour, backed up by stronger disciplinary action from the FA. Does this ruin the flow of the game?

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Plenty of furore after reports emerged of a 'flat atmosphere' at the Singapore Sports Hub where Liverpool beat Leicester 4-0 in the second of three matches at the Festival of Football. Was it just Sunday blues, or do Singaporeans just lack the enthusiasm to cheer for 90 minutes? We hear from Jurgen Klopp and Deepanraj Ganesan as Elliott and Raushan discuss

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Jordan Henderson has received massive backlash from some quarters of the football fraternity after his move to Al-Ettifaq where he will be reunited with Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard. The 33-year old put pen to paper on a three-year deal worth £700,000 per week. Henderson's move to the Middle East country comes despite him being a vocal ally of the LGBTQ+ community. So...is he a "Saudi sellout"?

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Tottenham ended their trophy draught in Singapore, clinching the Tiger Cup after defeating the Lion City Sailors. We caught up with Spurs' talisman Son Hueng-min post-match to get his thoughts and Anumanthan Kumar, the Singaporean who captained the Sailors. Plus, we checked in it with Ledley King on his club's pitstop in Singapore.

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Ahead of UFC Fight Night in Singapore on 26th August 2023, we speak to former UFC Women's Strawweight Champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk all about what we can expect when the world's best fighters take centre stage in the Lion City, her biggest lessons from her fighting career and her very-packed schedule since retiring from the sport. Tune in now!

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A brave new world awaits, with Ange Postecoglou gearing up for his first season in the hot seat of Tottenham. What will the much-heralded Australian bring to Spurs, and how will he cope with the possible departure of talisman Harry Kane? Speaking ahead of the Festival of Football in Singapore, Postecoglou tells Deepanraj Ganesan about all of this and much more.

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PSG have been accused of "moral harassment" after leaving Kylian Mbappe out of their pre-season tour of Asia, and the French footballers' union said it could take legal action. The club's all-time leading goalscorer has told his employers that he will not extend his contract, which has 12 months left. So could they cash-in by selling him to Real Madrid? Elliott and Raushan discuss.

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