JAKARTA (Jan 25, 2007) – Ivan Kolev has set himself the target of winning the SEA Games men’s gold this year and would be willing to give up his post as the new national coach for Indonesia should he fail to deliver. Kolev, who had previously coached the Myanmar national team and who also had…
HANOI (Jan 24, 2007) – Thailand’s greater precision accounted for their 2-0 win over Vietnam in the first leg semi-final of the Asean Football Championship at My Dinh Stadium here today. Datsakorn Thonglao’s shot from a 25-metre freekick that sneaked through the Vietnamese defensive maze into goal in the 27th minute epitomised the superior Thai…
HANOI (Jan 23, 2007) – There’s a frantic rush to buy tickets for the Vietnam-Thailand clash at the My Dinh Stadium here in Hanoi with fans queuing up as early as 5am this morning. Disregarding the weather here in Hanoi which is around 16 degrees Celcius during the day and around 10 degrees Celcius at…
PETALING JAYA (Jan 22, 2007) – Malaysia and Singapore have had numerous skirmishes in the past, but believe it or not, this will be the first time in the history of the Asean Football Championship, that two traditional enemies will face each other in the semifinals. Since the tournament began in 1996 as the Tiger…
BANGKOK (Jan 21, 2007) – Thailand skipper Kiatisuk Senamuang is elated to be leading his team to his former base of Vietnam for the first leg of their Asean Football Championship semi-finals this Wednesday. Kiatisuk used to play for Hoang Anh-Gia Lai FC and was promoted to player-coach during his stint in the V-League. He…
JAKARTA (Jan 20, 2007) – Benny Dolo, who had previously guided club side Arema to the Indonesia Cup as well as recently leading club Persita to the Jusuf Cup in Makassar, has just become the front runner to replace Peter Withe as the coach for Indonesia. Withe was released by the Indonesia FA (PSSI) as…