KUALA LUMPUR (12 April 2017) – The FA of Malaysia (FAM) stated this week that they are looking at implementing the VAR (Video Assistant Referee) for the Malaysian Super League in 2018. Fully professional referees will also be utilised the same year. Dato’ Hamidin Mohd Amin said that the VAR system will first be used…
JAKARTA (12 April 2017) – A scoreless draw against one of Indonesia’s top club Persija Jakarta has not given Under-22 coach Luiz Milla a reason to smile where he feels that the team still needs to be more compact. The team which is being prepared for the SEA Games 2017 in Kuala Lumpur in August,…
PHNOM PENH (11 April 2017) – Leaders Phnom Penh Crown suffered a shock loss at home when they fell to 3-1 defeat at the hands of struggling Western Phnom Penh in the Metfone C-League tie at the RSN Stadium. Despite trailing by a goal as early as the ninth minute from Chhom Pisa, Western fought…
DILI (11 April 2017) – The United States, Mexico and Canada on Monday announced a joint bid to stage the 2026 World Cup, aiming to become the first three-way co-hosts in the history of FIFA’s showpiece tournament. US Soccer Federation chief Sunil Gulati, who announced the bid in New York with his Canadian and Mexican…
JAKARTA (10 April 2017) – Some 100 referees from the FA of Indonesia (PSSI) attended an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) refresher course. Ngadiman Asri, Head of the PSSI Referee Department, said that the AFC is offering the referee administration an up-to-date knowledge on FIFAs latest Laws of the Game. “This referee administration project is the first to…
DILI (8 April 2017) – FIFA on Friday announced a $369 million loss for 2016, a second straight annual deficit, as it recovers from bribery scandals and acknowledged it had spent a huge chunk of its reserves in the past year. The game’s world governing body blamed the cost of investigating the scandals, bad investments…