BANGKOK (6 July 2012) – With the AFF Suzuki Cup 2012 less than five months away Winfried Schaefer, the chief coach of Thailand, has indicated that the team will need at least five quality matches to better prepare the squad for the biennial championship. The three-time winners of the ASEAN crown did not make the…
PEKANBARU (6 July 2012) – Hosts Indonesia did not get the start they were looking for when they fell to Australia 1-0 as Singapore picked up the full points after beating Timor Leste 2-1 on the first match day of Group E of the AFC Under-22 Asian Cup qualifiers at the Riau Main Stadium. In…
SINGAPORE (5 July 2012) – Following the confirmation this week that Singapore will host the SEA Games in 2015, Chan Chun Sing, Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, is ‘quietly confident’ that they can finally be football champions. “We know at the SEA Games, the most important gold is the football gold. Every…
HANOI (4 July 2012) – With exactly a week left to the official draw of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2012 in Thailand, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) are already looking ahead to the months ahead in the build up to the tournament at the end of November. There is already an existing invitation from the…
YANGON (4 July 2012) – Myanmar confirmed their place in the final round of the AFC Under-22 Asian Cup when they beat Malaysia in the pinnacle qualifying game of Group G last night at the Youth Training Centre last night. Needing just to pick up one point from their last game in the group, Myanmar…
JAKARTA (3 July 2012) – The mercurial Andik Vermansyah has been confirmed to join the Indonesia Under-22 squad for their campaign in the AFC U22 Asian Cup qualifiers. The Indonesian team has been placed in Group E of the qualifying round against Australia, Japan, Singapore, Macau and Timor Leste. The group will play all their…