Kuala Lumpur: The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) has withdrawn its application for direct participation in the AFC Champions League 2011-2012.FAS chief Zainudin Nordin explained in a letter to AFC President Mohamed Bin Hammam that the Singapore governing body of football would seek direct entry to the AFC Champions League at an “opportune time under the right circumstances in the near future”.
Nordin said it was difficult for the FAS to meet one of the revamped ACL’s criteria that the top league of any national association should not contain any foreign teams. Full story
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