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228:, who had initially claimed to be "not short-changing any of them", eventually backed down and agreed to raise their salaries to S$ 600, with performance bonuses and better housing. It was revealed that one of the players, Jacques Ngo’o turned down a bribe of more than $ 5,000 ahead of an S-League match. Despite the attempted bribe which amounted to several times the player monthly salary, the player's decision to displayed the honesty and integrity still show the good hearted among the African player's. 774: 626: 596: 322: 435: 393: 363: 219:
In June 2006, it was reported that, while the players had been promised monthly salaries of S$ 1,600 (~US$ 1,000), they only received S$ 100 a month (~US$ 60), as S$ 700 was deducted for food (reportedly a monotonous diet of rice and chicken), and S$ 800 for accommodation despite all 22 team members
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living 5 or 6 per room in the same house in an area where a typical house rental was around S$ 3,000. They barely can go anywhere other than the stadium as they find travel is too expensive and their contracts also forbade talking to the media, but team members contacted the
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Sporting Afrique were involved in a number of off-field controversies, and their application to participate in the S.League again in 2007 was rejected by the FAS. The club played its home games at the
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in 2007 then play in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Israel and Malta)
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anonymously, drawing international attention. Club president
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Sporting Afrique

Yishun Stadium
Yishun
Singapore
Collin Chee
S.League
2006
S.League
football
Singapore
S.League
African
Nigeria
Cameroon
Kenya
Ghana
Singapore national football team
2006 S.League
Woodlands Wellington
Yishun Stadium
Yishun Stadium
BBC
Collin Chee
Singapore Cup
2006
Cameroon
Kaze Teffo Etienne
Balestier Khalsa
Jacques Ngo'o

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