A shared passion for football is uniting Buddhists and Muslims in the far south of Thailand, where grassroots efforts to find elusive peace are gaining ground after years of bloodshed. Unmissable in their bright orange shirts, the players of local side Pattani FC exchanged banter almost as fast as their passes around the training pitch.…
MANILA (30 May 2012) – Michael Weiss, the chief coach of the Philippines national team, is not at all perturbed with the absence of goalkeeper Neil Etheridge between the posts when they face ASEAN champions Malaysia in a friendly on 1 June 2012. The German tactician said that with the depth the team currently has,…
JAKARTA (30 May 2012) – After successfully securing the services of three players from the Indonesia Super League (ISL) to fortify the national team recently, the FA of Indonesia (PSSI) will be out to enlist even more players for the national cause. The three ISL players who had joined the Indonesia senior squad recently were…
HANOI (27 May 2012) – The Vietnam national Under-22 team is going the way of several teams in ASEAN where they have included two foreign-based players in the team with the hope that they can be competitive for the AFC U22 Asian Cup qualifiers next month. The two overseas players are Nguyen Thanh Giang and…
SINGAPORE (26 May 2012) – The Singapore national team has named nine new faces for their friendlies against Hong Kong and Malaysia next month. The Lions, preparing to put the disappointment of the last AFF Suzuki Cup behind them, will play Hong Kong on 1 June 2012 before taking on ASEAN champs Malaysia twice –…
JAKARTA (25 May 2012) – Inter Milan gave the Indonesian selection squad a valuable football lesson last night when they sidestepped the hosts 3-0 in a friendly at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium. “We gave Inter a hard fight in the first half and this is obvious when we only conceded that one goal towards…