JAKARTA (15 Feb 2011) – Persija Jakarta lost the chance to strengthen their place on second at the table when they fell to a 1-0 loss to Persisam Samarinda on the weekend. The only goal in the game came off Ahmad Sambiring Usaman in the 69th minute at the Segiri Stadium in East Kalimantan and…
PHNOM PENH (14 Feb 2011) – The Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC) have received USD400,000 from FIFA for the third Goal project – an initiative designed to assist countries around the world to construct technical facilities for the development and continued progress of football activities. “We will try our best and hope to get more…
On 2 June 1886, a group of like-minded men met in offices at Holborn Viaduct in London. They all had two things in common – each was possessed of a magnificent and well-nurtured moustache, and each was convinced of the need to establish a supreme authority to enshrine and protect the laws of the…
BANGKOK (13 Feb 2011) – Buriram PEA showed their seriousness to win this year’s Thai Premier League when they opened their campaign this season by beating former champions BEC Tero Sasana 2-1 yesterday at the Thephatsdin Stadium. Thai international midfielder Suchao Nutnum gave the visitors the lead on 25 minutes before Sariff Sainui doubled the…
JAKARTA (12 Feb 2011) – Shortly after watching his young side beat the Hong Kong Under-23 team 4-1 in a friendly, Indonesia chief coach Alfred Riedl said that physical fitness is still an issue with his squad. The Indonesia U23 side emerged the better side at the Pho Kong Village Park in Hong Kong with…
MANILA (12 Feb 2011) – The cost of renovating and increasing the capacity of the Panaad Stadium to 32,000 has been estimated to cost some PHP200 million (USD4.5million). The current capacity of the Panaad Stadium is 16,000 and was the venue of the Philippines 2-0 win over Mongolia in the first-leg play-offs of the Asian…