JAKARTA (29 May 2010) – Newly-appointed Indonesia national coach Alfred Riedl will begin his journey of moulding a new team for the AFF Cup 2010 by identifying 50 players to undergo a selection process. The 50 players who have been short listed will undergo training and selection in Makassar dan Jakarta. Riedl unveiled a master…
KUALA LUMPUR (28 May 2010) – Fans of Real Madrid and their galacticos – Kaka, Raul and Cristiano Ronaldo – are in for a treat. The Spanish giants are set to make their maiden trip to Malaysia in August. The FA of Malaysia (FAM) are working with a sports event management group from Singapore to…
VIENTIANE (28 May 2010) – UEFA.com reviews the facts and figures from the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League (group stage onwards). More statistics can be found in UEFA.com’s dedicated section. 0 Maccabi Haifa FC’s group campaign ended without a goal or a point – but in their last five games they lost by the narrowest possible…
PHNOM PENH (27 May 2010) – Defending champions Naga Corp FC picked up their third win in a row in the Metfone Cambodian League when they beat Khemara Keila FC 2-0 at the National Olympic Stadium. Chin Chum put Naga ahead in the 43rd minute before O. Yemi Joseph added the second goal seven minutes…
KUALA LUMPUR (26 May 2010) – In less than three weeks, 32 football teams from around the world will square off for the chance to lift the World Cup in South Africa. Thirty-one of them will go home empty-handed. For television broadcasters preparing to cover the tournament, by some measures the world’s biggest sports event,…
BANGKOK (25 May 2010) – The on-going Asian Cup in China did not turn out to be the best of hunting ground for the three ASEAN representatives – Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar – when none of them made the cut for the semi-finals of the championship. Thailand started their campaign in Group A with a…