Vietnam
HANOI (16 April 2017) – Champs Hanoi FC went to the top of the Toyota V.League this week when they beat Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) 1-0 at home. But SLNA in spite of playing on the road did not cringed at the prospect of taking on the defending champions at their own den. They…
HANOI (13 April 2017) – Vietnam Professional Football (VPF) – the body running the V.League – are considering hiring foreign referees following the several controversial decisions recently plaguing top flight football. The recent farce in the match between Long An FC and HCM City FC which saw the former winning 5-2 saw played from HCM…
HANOI (4 April 2017) – Hoàng Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) provided the bump as title-aspirant Quang Nam suffered their second defeat of the season on the 11th matchday of the V.League 1 at the Pleiku Stadium. Former champions HAGL, who has been struggling at the wrong end of the league table, picked up only their…
HANOI (6 March 2017) – Quang Nam fell to their first defeat of the V.League season when they stumbled to a 2-0 loss to Hai Phong. Jamaican striker Errol Anthony Stevens gave Hai Phong the lead after 25 minutes before Andre Diego Fagan finished things off 13 minutes later. After seven matches, Quang Nam dropped…
HO CHI MINH CITY (26 Jan 2017) – Two new teams – Sanest Tourist Khanh Hoa and Kim Toan Da Nang – will make their debut at the VFF National Futsal Championships 2017. The VFF National Futsal Championships 2017 will kick-off on 17 March to 24 June in the southern part of Vietnam. The qualifying…
HANOI (22 Feb 2017) – A Vietnamese goalkeeper has been banned for two years for leading an extraordinary mannequin-style protest when his team stood still and let in three late goals to complain about a disputed penalty. Long An goalkeeper Nguyen Minh Nhut and Huynh Quang Thanh both received two-year playing bans, while the team’s…