DILI (30 March 2011) – The road to the 2014 FIFA World Cup begins following the draw which was held this afternoon at the AFC House for the first and second round of Asian qualifiers. The 16 lowest ranked teams – based on their record at the qualification campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup…
KUALA LUMPUR (30 March 2011) – AFF members, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia, will all face West Asian rivals in the second round of the London Olympic qualifying competition. In the draw conducted at the AFC headquarters here today, the Asean teams will have to battle the likes of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Lebanon in the…
SINGAPORE (30 March 2011) – Former Japanese World Cupper Hidetoshi Nakata will turn out for Singapore’s Albirex Niigata in a fund-raising exhibition match called the S-League Cares, Action for Japan’s Earthquake Victims. In the match that will be played between Albirex and the S-League All-Stars, two other former Japanese players will also take part and…
PHNOM PENH (29 March 2011) – Acquiescing to the requests of teams playing in the Metfone Cambodia League, the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC) have decided to scrap the Super Four playoffs. The Super Four playoffs was introduced by the FFC to decide the Cambodian League champions where after the league stage of home and…
MANILA (28 March 2011) – The Philippines are looking to play six tune-up matches in preparation for the FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifying round which will kick off in June. Shortly after qualifying for the main draw of the AFC Challenge Cup last week, Philippines national coach Hans Michael Weiss said he will need the…
PETALING JAYA (27 March 2011) – Malaysia held Singapore’s S-League champions Etoile FC to a 1-1 draw in a friendly that was played last night at the artificial turf of the Jalan Besar Stadium. The ASEAN champions, who had scored a 2-0 win over Hong Kong at the Shah Alam Stadium last month, took the…