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Geylang International player Zikos Vasileios Chua is proving that there need not be a trade off between football and studies. With the support of his polytechnic lecturer father Dimitrios (right), he played Singapore Premier League games through his A-level examinations last year.
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Juggling studies and sport can be a tricky job, but Zikos Vasileios Chua's performances on the football field and in the classroom offer hope that the Football Association of Singapore's (FAS) ambitious plan to overhaul the game and raise standards is possible.
The association and Sport Singapore (SportSG) unveiled their Unleash the Roar! project last Tuesday, a bold plan with an "aspirational goal" of getting the national team to the 2034 World Cup.
