Singapore Cerebral Palsy football team looking forward to Asean Para Games

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The Singapore Cerebral Palsy (CP) football team will be making its debut in the 7th ASEAN Para Games this month after the sport was included for the first time.

The team will participate in the regional tournament in Myanmar and coach Mohamed Zainudeen hopes that it will bring the sport into the limelight here and widen their talent pool.

Having been in charge of the team for the last four years, coach Zainudeen hopes that the side's participation in the regional tournament for disabled athletes will help raise the profile of CP football in Singapore.

Zainudeen explained that the teams from countries like Thailand and Myanmar usually come from a single home and will have played together for a long time, unlike the situation here where his boys train only once a week.

However, he is confident that his team have prepared well for the tournament, having finished third in the Dream Asia tournament in UAE in 2012 and also gained international experience in an Austria event last year.

The format of the Para Games football will be seven-a-side, with a limit on the number of players from each disabled classification in the pitch and a team can have players from various classifications.

The Singapore CP team will depart for Naypyidaw on Saturday night and begin their campaign on Wednesday, January 15.