YANGON (18 May 2011) – Defending champions Yadanarbon FC are in the AFC Challenge Cup 2011 when they emerged as the runners-up team from Group B of the qualifying round that was played at the National Youth Training Centre in Yangon. Istiklol FC from Tajikistan win Group B on better goal difference. The Myanmar National…
PHNOM PENH (17 May 2011) – Former champions Naga Corp FC slammed league newcomers Rithysen 10-1 in the Metfone Cambodia League 2011 to strengthen their position in the top half of the standings. Naga, who had a stuttering start to the season, found the goals through hat-tricks from Oiboh Julius (37th, 74th and 79th) and…
BACOLOD CITY (17 May 2011) – Iloilo FA will take on Negros-Occidental FA (NOFA) in the final of the PFF (Philippines Football Federation)-Suzuki Under-23 Championship final. In the semi-finals, Iloilo beat National Capital Region (NCR) Team B 2-1 while NOFA edged out Davao FT 3-2. Iloilo got the best of start in the 23rd minute…
JAKARTA (16 May 2011) – Five-times European champions Liverpool have launched a football academy in Jakarta – the first of their kind outside of Europe. Former player Phil Neil was also at hand to conduct a Coaching Clinic at the Sports Complex in Soemantri Brojonegoro in Jakarta. “I feel very comfortable being with these young…
BANGKOK (16 May 2011) – Embattled Thai football chief Worawi Makudi is planning to take legal action against former English Football Association chairman David Triesman after being implicated in a bribery scandal. Worawi, a FIFA executive committee member, also insisted he was still president of the FA of Thailand (FAT), despite the Sports Authority of…
HANOI (16 May 2011) – The Vietnamese government has granted citizenship to five more foreign players who are plying their trade in the V-League and also the Vietnam First Division. The five players are Marcelo Barbieri (from Brazil) who plays for Hoang Anh Gia Lai, Wandwasi Rodgers (Uganda) with Thanh Hoa, Jonathan Quartey (Ghana) with…