HANOI (4 March 2009) – Two late goals in the second half did it for The Cong as defending champions Binh Duong stumbled to their first defeat of the V-League season at the Hang Day Stadium. The score at the end of the well-attended match was 3-1 in favour of the homesters. Both teams started…
PHNOM PENH (3 March 2009) – Phnom Penh Crown FC and Preah Khan Reach FC made the semi-finals of the Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen Cup 2009 in contrasting fashion. While Phnom Penh had to endure some anxious moments before they were able to carve a slim 1-0 win over Build Bright…
PETALING JAYA (2 March 2009) – Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohamed Bin Hammam was at hand to grace the Asean Football Federation (AFF) 16th Congress which was held yesterday. In his speech to the Congress, Hammam commended the work which is being done by the AFF and hopes that the region will grow in…
JAKARTA (28 Feb 2009) – Dutch-born Serginho van Dijk might don Indonesian colours for the Asian Cup 2011 qualifiers. Van Dijk, who is the joint top scorer in the Australian A-League with 12 goals this season for Queensland Roar, is already in talks with Indonesian football authorities. “I’m really serious about this,” said the 26-year-old…
SINGAPORE (27 Feb 2009) – Former Thai captain Therdsak Chaiman was again the toast for Singapore Armed Forces FC (SAFFC) as they beat PSMS Medan of Indonesia 2-1 in the play-offs to make the main draw of the AFC Champions League (ACL) 2009. Therdsak, who was instrumental in SAFFC’s 4-1 win over Thai champions Provincial…
HANOI (26 Feb 2009) – Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) Football Club are set to be corporatised by the Lilama Group. Under the agreement which was reached recently, Lilama would provide SLNA with VND25 billion (USD1.47 million) for the current V-League season. Lilama want to buy out SLNA to turn them into a subsidiary of…