Appalling pitch condition at spanking new billion-dollar glamourous Sports Hub threatens to sour big night for Singapore
Thenational.ae, 11 Oct 2014 Singapore�s plan to boost its international profile by staging a glamour football friendly between Brazil and Japan could backfire due to the appalling state of the playing surface at the centrepiece of the city-state�s US$1 billion (Dh3.67bn) Sports Hub. The field seemed to have as much sand on it as grass and was cut up in several areas when it was viewed by media