The Australia national football team also used the Bishan stadium as its training base for two weeks in June 2007 before it left for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup in Thailand.

Later in the year, Japan national football team used the Bishan stadium as part of its training base ahead of their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification against Singapore.

With the pitch laying completed towards the end of 2021, the venue was then used for the 2020 AFF Championship and hosted most of the matches in Group B involving Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos and Cambodia.

In June 2024, South Korea national football team used the stadium as part of their training facilities ahead of their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Singapore The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology will feature for the first time in Singapore league history, starting from the upcoming 2023 season of the Singapore Premier League Bishan Stadium have been retrofitted with remote cameras that relay the feeds back to the FAS headquarters in Jalan Besar which is operated centrally by a three-man team in the Production Control Room 2, which is the second such facility at the stadium.

New pitch-side camera systems that allow up to 40-time zoom have been installed, while network connectivity has been improved to deliver enhanced reliability and a smoother viewing experience.

With VAR serving as extra pairs of eyes on the pitch, local football authorities hope to reduce bad refereeing calls, such as when a goal is wrongly disallowed for offside.