MANILA (7 April 2011) – Philippines national striker Phil Younghusband is on the way to making full recovery from a torn right hamstring he suffered last month in an AFC Challenge Cup against Mongolia. “He has begun strengthening workouts on his hamstring, aqua therapy and core training,” said Sepp Malinay, the Philippines team physiotherapist. “Phil…
DILI (5 April 2011) – Following the latest events linked to the FA of Indonesia (PSSI), the FIFA Emergency Committee decided this week that, in accordance with article 7 paragraph 2 of the FIFA Statutes, a Normalisation Committee will take over from the current PSSI Executive Committee. The FIFA Emergency Committee estimated that the current…
JAKARTA (5 April 2011) – With the impasse currently hovering over the FA of Indonesia (PSSI), the Indonesian government has decided to take over the running of the national Under-23 team. The team is being prepared for the SEA Games which Indonesia will be hosting at the end of the year. “On behalf of national…
HANOI (5 April 2011) – The Vietnam national women’s football team made the second round of the 2012 London Olympics Asian qualifiers when they came back from behind to beat fierce rivals Thailand 2-1. The win was Vietnam’s third on a trot in Group A after disposing Hong Kong 4-0 and then scoring a victory…
The 29th FA of Singapore (FAS) Annual General Meeting was successfully held last week at the National Football Academy – with president Zainudin Nordin stating that the republic’s football development plan is on track. He said that while he was pleased to report that FAS have made good progress in the implementation of the FAS…
DILI (4 April 2011) – Standard Chartered, the bank that sponsor Liverpool FC in the English Premier League want the club to bring in high-profile Asian players to capitalize on their marketability in the Asian region. Standard Chartered executive Gavin Laws outlined his hopes for Liverpool this week, saying that the bank saw great potential…