Lions hold FC Brno to draw

SINGAPORE (13 July 2014) – Singapore held Czech premier league side FC Zbrojovka Brno to a 2-2 draw in their first friendly of their Austrian tour yesterday. “It was a good team performance on the whole. I’m delighted to see the best football the team has played in a year for the first 60 minutes…

JDT set to renew rivalry with Kelantan

BUKIT JALIL (13 July 2014) – Newly crowned Super League champions Johor Darul Takzim (JDT) will renew their rivalry with Kelantan while defending champions Pahang received a favourable draw but Selangor could find it tough when the Malaysia Cup draw was made at the National Sports Institute’s Dewan Perdana this afternoon. Pahang who beat Kelantan…

Brunei target semi-final spot

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (12 July 2014) – Brunei, the defending champions of the Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, are targeting just a place in the semi-finals in the tournament set for 9-23 August. The sultanate side beat Indonesia 2-0 in final two years ago. “The tournament will be quite tough and expectations from the public are very…

Persebaya partner up with Jubilo

SURABAYA (12 July 2014) – Persebaya Surabaya have partnered up with one of Japan’s biggest club Jubilo Iwata as part of an exchange for ideas and long term working relationship. The team under former Indonesian national Under-23 chief coach Rahmad Darmawan met with Jubilo president Yoshiro Takahira yesterday. “They chose Persebaya because their history is…