HANOI (5 Sept 2009) – Henrique Calisto, the head coach of Vietnam, has released the names of 33 players who will form the Under-23 training squad for the SEA Games – with the majority of them coming from the team which won the Merdeka Tournament in Malaysia last year. But Calisto ascertained that the list…
HANOI (4 Sept 2009) – Recently crowned V-League champions SHB Da Nang made the grand double when they edged The Cong 1-0 in the final of the National Cup. The Cong, who had beaten Da Nang 4-3 in the final match of the V-League 2009 last week, went into the game confidently but the early…
JAKARTA (4 Sept 2009) – Copa Dji Sam Soe is officially no more – this follows the official letter from Dji Sam Soe’s parent company PT HM Sampoerna Tbk(HMS) to Indonesia Cup organiser recently. But the annual Indonesia Cup will still be played for the next edition with the possibility of a new sponsor coming…
PETALING JAYA (3 Sept 2009) – Australia have already started their preparation for the AFF Under-16 Women’s Championship with a total of 34 players being called for a centralised training camp at Valentine Park in Sydney. For the AFF Championship, the Australians have been placed in Group B against Vietnam, Philippines and hosts Myanmar B.…
PHNOM PENH (3 Sept 2009) – The province of Takeo has been earmarked by the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC) to host the new National Football Centre worth USD1.2 million. The FFC unveiled their plans for the new National Football Center (NFC) on a 15 hectares of land in Takeo recently purchased by the FFC…
PETALING JAYA (2 Sept 2009) – The Malaysian Under-23 side paid a heavy price in their 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia when three of their stalwarts made the crock list – some three months before the SEA Games in Laos. Defender Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul Razak and midfielders Bunyamin Omar and Safiq Rahim were all…