Vietnam name squad for Nations Cup

HANOI (1 June 2016) – Vietnam have finalised their squad of 24 players for this week’s Nations Cup in Melaka, Malaysia. Under head coach Hoang Anh Tuan, the Vietnam team will be part of a four-team quadrangular tournament on 3-5 June. The Under-21 tournament is being used by teams to prepare for next year’s SEA…

Winning start for Philippines and Thailand

VIENTIANE (1 June 2016) – ASEAN’s AFC U-14 Girls’ Regional Championship kicked off on Tuesday with the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia recording wins while reigning champions Vietnam had to be content with a 1-1 draw against Myanmar at the National University Stadium. GROUP A Thailand 3-0 Cambodia Scorers: Thadarat Thaisongtham (25’), Ploychompoo Somnonk (47’), Pattaranan Aupachai (51’) Referee: Vo Thi Ngoc…

Australia fall to England

SYDNEY (30 May 2016) – A host of players were handed their Australia debuts as the 2015 AFC Asian Cup champions slipped to a 2-1 friendly defeat to Euro 2016-bound England on Thursday. With the friendly falling outside the FIFA window and a major portion of first-team regulars still on club duty in leagues throughout…

First-ever call up for Azhar

SINGAPORE (29 May 2016) – There was a pleasant surprise in the 23-man strong squad named by new Lions coach V Sundram Moorthy for the upcoming AYA Bank Cup friendly quadrangular, with the highly-rated Azhar Sairudin handed a first-ever call up. One of the two uncapped players alongside Amy Recha in this squad, Azhar’s impressive…