BANGKOK (29 Oct 2011) – Thailand have called on Teerathorn Boonmathan, the defender with runaway Thai Premier League leaders Buriram PEA while deciding to drop Wasant Homsand and Chalermkiat Boonnet. But Teerathorn, who will be playing for Thailand in a World Cup qualifying match against Australia in Bangkok on 15 November 2011, will only join…
PHNOM PENH (28 Oct 2011) – Cambodia will take on Nepal in a friendly today which will determine chief coach Lee Tae Hoon’s final selection for the SEA Games 2011. Cambodia have been placed in a tough Group A against defending champions Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore. With striker Keo Sokngon set to make a…
KUALA LUMPUR (28 Oct 2011) – Ong Kim Swee, the national Under-23 coach of Malaysia is not perturbed with the latest change in schedule where now the first match in Group A of the men’s football event has been brought forward to 7 November 2011. Initially, the first game in Group A which involved defending…
HANOI (28 Oct 2011) – The onus in Group B of the SEA Games this year would be on the rest of the competing teams to show that they can at least do more than just put up token resistance to 2009 runners-up Vietnam. Nguyen Trong Hy, the president of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF)…
MANILA (28 Oct 2011) – Other than taking it one game at a time, the chief coach of the Philippines, Michael Weiss is aiming to win just ten points from the group stage of the SEA Games next month. The Filis are placed in Group B of the biennial championship against 2009 runners-up Vietnam, Myanmar,…
In less than a week, Myanmar will open their campaign at the SEA Games by taking on Laos in the opening game of Group B with the expectation that a win would set them well on the way of making up the disappointment of the last edition. Myanmar, once a feared football powerhouse in Asia…