DILI (29 May 2011) – AFC President Mohamed Bin Hammam withdrew his candidature from the FIFA Presidential election, which is slated for June 1, earlier today. In a statement posted on his personal website (www.afcpresident.com), the AFC chief said: “It saddens me that standing up for the causes that I believed in has come at…
DILI (29 May 2011) – The 61st FIFA Congress will be held in Zurich in a few days where representatives of all Member Associations gather for ‘football’s parliament’. The Congress, the organization’s supreme body, bears a particular responsibility for developing the game, the nature of which has changed markedly since FIFA’s foundation on 21 May…
MANILA (28 May 2011) – Marquez Melissa Chris De Jesus is glad that her full-time job as a special education teacher in the Philippines helps her appreciate discipline more in her work as a national football coach. She also wonders sometimes at how some of her mentally disabled students can perform better in the disciplinary…
BANGKOK (28 May 2011) – Former TV sport anchor Kasiti Kamalanavin has thrown his name into the hat for next month’s election for the post of president of the FA of Thailand (FAT). Kasiti, who was previously the consultant with former Tourism and Sports minister Suwit Yodmanee, will be up against incumbent Datuk Worawi Makudi,…
Simon McMenemy is confident that he will be able to prevent Dong Tam Long An (DTLA) from being relegated from the top flight of the V-League. The Briton signed up with Dong Tam less than three months ago, after a successful stint as the chief coach of the Philippines national team at the last AFF…
HANOI (28 May 2011) – The Vietnam national futsal team will take part in the 2011 International Futsal Championship which starts today in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and ends on Tuesday. Other than the side from Vietnam, the other teams taking part in the Tashkent meet are host Ardus FC from Uzbekistan, Neftchi FC from Azerbaijan and…