PETALING JAYA (2 March 2009) – Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohamed Bin Hammam was at hand to grace the Asean Football Federation (AFF) 16th Congress which was held yesterday. In his speech to the Congress, Hammam commended the work which is being done by the AFF and hopes that the region will grow in…
JAKARTA (28 Feb 2009) – Dutch-born Serginho van Dijk might don Indonesian colours for the Asian Cup 2011 qualifiers. Van Dijk, who is the joint top scorer in the Australian A-League with 12 goals this season for Queensland Roar, is already in talks with Indonesian football authorities. “I’m really serious about this,” said the 26-year-old…
SINGAPORE (27 Feb 2009) – Former Thai captain Therdsak Chaiman was again the toast for Singapore Armed Forces FC (SAFFC) as they beat PSMS Medan of Indonesia 2-1 in the play-offs to make the main draw of the AFC Champions League (ACL) 2009. Therdsak, who was instrumental in SAFFC’s 4-1 win over Thai champions Provincial…
HANOI (26 Feb 2009) – Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) Football Club are set to be corporatised by the Lilama Group. Under the agreement which was reached recently, Lilama would provide SLNA with VND25 billion (USD1.47 million) for the current V-League season. Lilama want to buy out SLNA to turn them into a subsidiary of…
BANGKOK (26 Feb 2009) – Thailand’s former international striker Piyapong Pue-on is set to run for the top post of the FA of Thailand (FAT) next month. With the FAT already announcing that the presidential election will be held on 31 March 2009, Piyapong (pic) has decided to throw in his name against incumbent Datuk…
BANGKOK (25 Feb 2009) – Thail football is set to grow a further notch this year with the revamping of the current league to be known as the Thai Premier League and which will kick on 7 March 2009. Previously known as the Thailand Premier League, the name change was necessary following the establishment of…