PALEMBANG (June 28, 2007) – Indonesian captain Ponaryo Astaman will undergo a final test against Liberia this Saturday to assess his level of competitiveness for the Asian Cup 2007 which kicks off next month. Ponaryo (left in pic), who was stretchered out in Indonesia’s 2-1 win over Jamaica a week ago, is undergoing rehabilitation at…
KUALA LUMPUR (June 27, 2007) – FIFA’s Goal development programme and the Financial Assistance Programme (FAP) were founded to pursue the following objectives. – to promote the game of football together with its fundamental principles and social, educational and cultural values around the world. – to nurture the further development of the member associations and…
SINGAPORE (June 26, 2007) – The 2-1 win over North Korea Under-23 on the weekend did not exactly put a wide grin on Singapore’s national coach Radojko Avramovic where he feels that there are still areas to be improved. And Avramovic (pic) was wise not to read too much into the win where he feels…
HANOI (June 25, 2007) – Both Vietnam and Thailand kept on the winning track as they each overcame their opponents to maintain a winning psyche ahead of the Asian Cup 2007 next month. Playing in what is in effect their first friendly since training began last week, Vietnam scored three goals past a second-string Jamaican…
BANGKOK (June 23, 2007) – Thailand head coach Chanvit Phalajivin is pleased with the hardwork and the fitness level of his players following their thumping 8-1 win over German amateurs TSV Lennarts 8-1 at the Lennarts Stadium in Fulda. The win follows their close 2-1 over German Fourth Division side Borussia Fulda last week with…
JAKARTA (June 22, 2007) – Two goals from Bambang Pamungkas gave Indonesia a well-deserved 2-1 win over Jamaica last night at the Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno. But it took a late left-footed strike from Bambang deep in injury time to deliver the win after his first goal in the 58th minute was cancelled out…