Narrow Defeat for Indonesia

JAKARTA (23 March 2013) โ€“ Indonesia showed that their recent unification effort has already bore some positive signs when they conceded just a narrow 2-1 loss to AFC Asian Cup regular Saudi Arabia tonight at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium. Boaz Salossa (pix) had given the home team the best of start with the goal…

Thailand Stutter in Beirut

BANGKOK (23 March 2013) โ€“ It was a night Thailand would rather forget in the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers last night when they stuttered to a 5-2 loss to Lebanon in the match that was played at the Sports City Stadium in Beirut. The Thais, who were beaten 3-1 by Kuwait in their first qualifying…

Turk Thump Cambodia for Seven

MANILA (22 March 2013) โ€“ Cambodiaโ€™s hope of making the next round of the AFC Challenge Cup were dealt a severe blow this afternoon when they were walloped 7-0 by Turkmenistan in Group E of the qualifiers that was played at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. Amanow Arslanmyrat gave the Turkmen the lead early in the…

FIFA Give PSSI the Thumbs Up

DILI (22 March 2013) โ€“ Following the positive outcome of the recent Extraordinary Congress of the FA of Indonesia (PSSI), world governing football body FIFA have decided against imposing a restrictive sanction on the most populous football nation in ASEAN. After the recent meeting of the FIFA Exco that was chaired by President Joseph S.…