BANGKOK (19 May 2016) – Leicester City’s billionaire owners say they hope to use the Premier League winners to nurture young football talent with the aim of Thailand qualifying for the World Cup within a decade. The newly crowned English champions are on a celebratory post-season tour of Thailand, home of publicity-shy billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha…
YANGON (18 May 2016) – Despite losing their final game of the season to PU FC, it could not prevent MIC FC from clinching the MFF-SPY Futsal League 2016 crown. MIC – who will once again represent Myanmar at the AFF Club Futsal Championship in July – conceded a 5-3 loss to second-placed PU FC.…
HO CHI MINH CITY (17 May 2016) – Japanese automotive giant Suzuki will sponsor the Vietnam national teams for the next two years. The sponsorship deal could not have come at a more opportune time as Vietnam look to make an assault on the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 at the end of the year. And…
MANILA (17 May 2016) – A single strike from Daisuke Sato was enough to give Global FC a 1-0 win over Loyola Meralco Sparks FC as they maintained their place at the top of the UFL League tournament at the Rizal Memorial Stadium on the weekend. Sato’s 1th minute goal turned out to be the…
YANGON (16 May 2016) – Myanmar will take on Malaysia in a friendly in Yangon in a game which head coach Gerd Zeise hopes will sharpen his chargers in preparation for the AFF Suzuki Cup later in the year. Following the 1-1 draw against a Myanmar National League ‘Foreigners XI’ earlier this month, Zeise will…
DILI (15 May 2016) – A record-breaking 37 Member Associations (MA) have pledged to celebrate the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Grassroots Football Day on Sunday, May 15, setting a new benchmark up from the 31 MAs who participated last year. In total more than 60,000 football enthusiasts of all ages and abilities from across the…