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Soccer-Singapore's S.League could be scrapped - report

SINGAPORE, April 22 (Reuters) - Discussions have taken place about scrapping Singapore's ailing 10-team soccer league, the Straits Times reported on Wednesday.

Unhappy club chairmen met with Football Association of Singapore (FAS) officials on Monday, where heated exchanges took place over slumping attendances and the inability to find sponsors, the paper said.

The league was reduced from 12 teams this season after one withdrew because of costs and two others merged, with the paper reporting that the remaining 10 received subsidies of S$800,000 ($593,384) a year.

"Even our national coach was quoted as saying he does not go to S.