HANOI (Jan 28, 2007) – Nam Phu My, a PetroViet Nam Group company, has agreed to sponsor Nam Dinh Football Club to the tune of VND7 billion (over USD 450,000) a year. The National Cup holders were previously under the sponsorship of Mikado. The deal between the northern side and Nam Phu My, a fertiliser…
HANOI (Jan 26, 2007) – The Vietnam national team might not have gotten the result they wanted in Hanoi but that has not stopped their fans from being regarded as the best in Asia – or perhaps even the world. For how else can it be concluded of a group of fans who had not…
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…