PETALING JAYA (16 Dec 2017) – Malaysia Super League (MSL) teams will benefit from the latest Asian Football Confederation Club Competitions rankings by gaining automatic spots in the AFC Champions League in the 2019 season. Clubs from Asia’s strongest national leagues receive automatic berths into the annual continental club football competition and MSL teams will…
DILI (16 Dec 2017) – Beanpole striker Kim Shin-Wook fired a quick-fire double as South Korea thrashed fierce rivals Japan 4-1 to capture a fourth East Asian championship title in Tokyo on Saturday. Earlier, forward Jong Il-Gwan scored with a delicious free kick as North Korea salvaged a measure of pride by drawing 1-1 with…
JAKARTA (15 Dec 2016) – Indonesian head coach Luis Milla is asking for more friendly games against teams from the Middle East as they look for a creditable finish at the Asian Games 2018. Indonesia will be hosting the Asian Games 2018 in September next year. Ratu Tisha, the general secretary of the FA of…
PHNOM PENH (15 Dec 2017) – Sanna Khanh Hoa of Vietnam made the semi-finals of the Mekong Cup when they thrashed Boeung Ket of Cambodia 5-1 in an exhilarating return tie at the National Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh. With the win, Sanna advanced to the next round on a 9-5 aggregate win. The first…
VIENTIANE (14 Dec 2017) – The AFC Entry Control Body (ECB) declared Lao Toyota Football Club ineligible to take part in the 2018 AFC Cup. The ECB established that the club was directly and/or indirectly involved in activities aimed at arranging or influencing the outcome of matches during the 2015 and 2016 AFC Cup seasons.…
PETALING JAYA (13 Dec 2017) – The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) secured itself a sizeable bonanza when it signed a sponsorship deal with Yakult Malaysia which will see the latter appointed as the official probiotic drink of FAM for three years running starting from January 2018. The deal was announced by FAM President HRH…