HANOI (7 April 2011) – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) have confirmed that Bulgarian great Hristo Stoichkov has offered his service to lead the national side, to fill the vacuum left by Henrique Calisto. Calisto left the VFF several weeks ago and has since taken up a position with Thai Premier League champions Muang Thong…
JAKARTA (7 April 2011) – The Normalisation Committee has set 20 May 2011 as the election date for aspiring candidates to the Executive Committee of the FA of Indonesia (PSSI). The Normalisation Committee was appointed by world football governing body FIFA to bridge the impasse facing the association. Joko Driyono, a member of the committee said nominations…
MANILA (7 April 2011) – Philippines national striker Phil Younghusband is on the way to making full recovery from a torn right hamstring he suffered last month in an AFC Challenge Cup against Mongolia. “He has begun strengthening workouts on his hamstring, aqua therapy and core training,” said Sepp Malinay, the Philippines team physiotherapist. “Phil…
DILI (5 April 2011) – Following the latest events linked to the FA of Indonesia (PSSI), the FIFA Emergency Committee decided this week that, in accordance with article 7 paragraph 2 of the FIFA Statutes, a Normalisation Committee will take over from the current PSSI Executive Committee. The FIFA Emergency Committee estimated that the current…
JAKARTA (5 April 2011) – With the impasse currently hovering over the FA of Indonesia (PSSI), the Indonesian government has decided to take over the running of the national Under-23 team. The team is being prepared for the SEA Games which Indonesia will be hosting at the end of the year. “On behalf of national…
HANOI (5 April 2011) – The Vietnam national women’s football team made the second round of the 2012 London Olympics Asian qualifiers when they came back from behind to beat fierce rivals Thailand 2-1. The win was Vietnam’s third on a trot in Group A after disposing Hong Kong 4-0 and then scoring a victory…