BANGKOK (25 Oct 2009) – Korn Chatikavanij, the Thai Finance Minister, said that ASEAN countries should band together and put in a concerted bid to host the FIFA World Cup in the future. Chatikavanij made the statement at the 15th ASEAN summit in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin. “The leaders of the ten…
HANOI (24 Oct 2009) – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) will be organising a Four-Nation tournament to be called the VFF-Smartdoor Cup in Hanoi from 5-9 November 2009. Following the sponsorship deal which was signed recently between VFF and Smart Door, the tournament which was formerly known as the Agribank Cup, will now have a…
HO CHI MINH CITY (24 Oct 2009) – Asean champions Vietnam conceded a 2-0 loss to a university side from South Korea as Singapore scored their second win in two matches in the 2009 HCM City International Football Tournament at the Thong Nhat Stadium. A double from Byong-oh just were enough to see off the…
PETALING JAYA (23 Oct 2009) – FIFA held their first ever Medical Conference recently in Zurich, with more than 470 leading administrators and physicians from FIFA member associations across the globe. The event aimed to motivate decision-makers to integrate the FIFA global mission for the safety and health of football players into their national programmes.…
PHNOM PENH (23 Oct 2009) – FIFA, through their development office in Kuala Lumpur, have signed an agreement to donate USD400,992 towards the construction of a new national football centre for the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC). At the contract signing ceremony FIFA was represented by Jeysing Muthiah, the representative from the FIFA Development Office…
HO CHI MINH CITY (22 Oct 2009) – Nguyen Quang Hai’s second half strike was enough to drive Vietnam past Turkmenistan in the first match of the Ho Chi Minh City International Football Tournament at Thong Nhat Stadium yesterday. Quang Hai timed his run to perfection in the 58th minute to beat the offside trap…