DILI (26 March 2011) – The use MRI for age determination is specific for football and may not be applicable to other sports. The FIFA (F-MARC) / AFC pilot study using MRI scanning for age determination, concluded that an MRI scan showing grade 6 (complete fusion of radial bone growth plate), the player is deemed…
YANGON (26 March 2011) – The Philippines made the main draw of the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup while Cambodia and Myanmar faltered. Needing to win to confirm their place in the next round, the Philippines hammered Bangladesh 3-0 at the Aung San Stadium- a followed up from the 1-1 draw they scored against hosts Myanmar…
HANOI (25 March 2011) – Vietnam picked up their second win in Group A of the FIFA Women’s Olympic Football Tournament’s Asian Zone qualifiers when they beat ASEAN neighbour Myanmar 2-0 in the match that was played in Chinese Taipei. Following the deadlock in the first half, Vietnam chief coach Chen Yan Fat adjusted tactics…
VIENTIANE (24 March 2011) – FIFA president Datuk Seri Sepp Blatter paid a visit to Laos Standing Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad at his office where he also initiated a FIFA Goal Project in Houhyong. The USD400,000 project will see the Laos Football Federation (LFF) getting a dormitory, a training center for women and also…
KUALA LUMPUR (23 March 2011) – His Royal Highness Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, the President of the FA of Malaysia (FAM) will visit the Kingdom of Cambodia on 24-26 March 2011. During the visit, His Royal Highness will pay a courtesy call to the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC) in Phnom Penh and have discussions…
SINGAPORE (23 March 2011) – The Singapore Olympic team’s hope of getting into the next round of the 2012 Olympic qualifiers fell a little short when they fell to a 3-0 aggregate loss to Yemen. In the second-leg of the of the Asian Round 1 Men’s Olympic Preliminary competition played at the neutral venue of…