KUALA LUMPUR (22 Jan 2009) – Both Malaysia and Vietnam suffered humiliating beatings in their respective matches of the AFC Asian Cup 2011 qualifiers last night. The Malaysians were overwhelmed 5-0 by United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the Stadium KLFA in Kuala Lumpur while Asean champions Vietnam were outdone 6-1 by China at the Zhengjiang…
PHUKET (22 Jan 2009) – Thailand edged Lebanon 2-1 in an ill-tempered match of the 39th King’s Cup at the Surakul Stadium last night. The losing finalist of last month’s AFF Suzuki Cup 2008 had goals from striker Teerasil Dangda in the 12th minute and midfielder Suchao Nutnum (22nd minute) to thank for the win…
SINGAPORE (20 Jan 2009) – Singapore’s top hitman Aleksandr Duric is back in training for the national team as the Lions look to put their nightmare start to their AFC Asian Cup 2011 qualifiers behind them. The islanders could not have gotten off to a worst start to their hopes of playing in the AFC…
JAKARTA (20 Jan 2009) – A point away is better than losing all three as Indonesia came unscathed with a scoreless draw in their clash against Oman in their first game of the AFC Asian Cup 2011 at the Sultan Qaboos Complex in Muscat. And holding the newly-crowned Gulf Cup champions has certainly put the…
HANOI (19 Jan 2009) – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) have signed a five-year deal with sports apparel giant Nike in a deal worth USD 5 million. The agreement which is to begin this year will see Nike providing high quality apparels for the men and women national teams, the national futsal team, national junior…
JAKARTA (18 Jan 2009) – Indonesia got just the right tonic before their clash against Oman when they scored a 3-2 win over Al-Shabab – one of the top clubs in the Omani First Division. The Indonesian national team will open their qualifying campaign for the Asian Cup 2011 against Oman tomorrow evening. The goals…