JAKARTA (10 Nov 2011) – The loss was heart-wrenching, given the confident mood of the Thais prior to their opening game. But after watching his side outplayed 2-1 by nemesis Malaysia in a Group A tie last night, team manager Kasem Jariyawatwong chose to look at the bright side of things. “We were not playing…
DILI (10 Nov 2011) – After all the talk of using state-of-the-art air conditioning to cool stadiums at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the architect in charge of one of the venues claimed this week that a more old-fashioned solution would be cheaper and better. Leading firm Populous, which is designing the Sports City…
JAKARTA (10 Nov 2011) – The 2-0 victory over Timor Leste last night has rejuvenated Vietnam for the remainder of their campaign at the SEA Games this year. In what was perhaps their hardest game to date, the win over a confident Timor side was aided by the loss of Murilo Ribeiro for the latter…
SENAYAN (9 Nov 2011) – Singapore had to suffer some harrowing moments this evening before a late fight back saw them drilling a 2-1 win over Cambodia on the second match day of Group A that was played at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium. The Cambodians, who were lambasted by half a dozen goals by…
LEBAK BULUS (9 Nov 2011) – The match really could have gone either way. And for a time, it would seem that Timor Leste were playing with enough confidence to win the full points. But in the end, Timor paid dearly for their failure to inject discipline into their game where the loss of striker…
SENAYAN (9 Nov 2011) – Defending champions Malaysia ensured they would not make a premature exit from the Jakarta SEA Games football competition when they edged Thailand 2-1 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium here today. Substitute striker Izzaq Faris delivered the winning goal just five minutes from time to haul the young Tigers back…