PHNOM PENH (3 Sept 2009) – The province of Takeo has been earmarked by the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC) to host the new National Football Centre worth USD1.2 million. The FFC unveiled their plans for the new National Football Center (NFC) on a 15 hectares of land in Takeo recently purchased by the FFC…
PETALING JAYA (2 Sept 2009) – The Malaysian Under-23 side paid a heavy price in their 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia when three of their stalwarts made the crock list – some three months before the SEA Games in Laos. Defender Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul Razak and midfielders Bunyamin Omar and Safiq Rahim were all…
JAKARTA (2 Sept 2009) – The Indonesia national Under-16 women’s squad begin their centralised training camp this week in Jakarta – minus eight players from West Papua. The team is being prepared for the Asean Football Federation (AFF) U16 Women’s Championship which will be held in Myanmar on 9-18 October 2009. And despite it being…
BANGKOK (1 Sept 2009) – Muang Thong United still lead the standings in the Thai Premier League 2009 when they beat Sri Racha FC 1-0 at the Sirindhorn stadium. Thai international midfielder Phichipong Cheuichiew scored the only goal in the game off in the 63rd minute to fend off Chonburi FC, who remained on second,…
HANOI (30 August 2009) – Le Huynh Duc and Nguyen Van Sy have joined Vietnam national coach Henrique Calisto as assistants to the national squad. Former internationals Huynh Duc and Van Sy had this year led their clubs Da Nang and Ninh Binh to the V-League and First Division championships respectively. “I did not choose…
SINGAPORE (30 August 2009) – TTM Samut Sakhon took a big step towards a place in the semi-finals of the Singapore Cup last night when they beat DPMM FC 3-1 in the first-leg, quarter-finals that was played at the Jalan Besar Stadium in Singapore. Paul Bekombo’s goals in each half (16th and 61st minute) helped…