HO CHI MINH CITY (13 Jan 2016) – HCM City Football Federation (HFF) have signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with French Lique 1 side Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday. Under the MoU, Olympique Lyonnais will assist HCM City to train young footballers and develop futsal and women’s football until 2020. Olympique Lyonnais was represented by…
PHNOM PENH (12 Jan 2016) – Cambodian champions Phnom Penh Crown have appointed Oriol Mohedano as their new head coach following the continued unavailability of Sam Schweingruber. Schweingruber was involved in an accident several weeks ago and has yet to make a full recovery. “With Schweingruber unable to undertake his duties for the immediate future,…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (12 Jan 2016) – THIRTY coaches started their five-day FIFA Fitness course organised by the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) yesterday. The opening ceremony of the course was held at the NFABD House along Jalan Pusat Persidangan in Berakas. FIFA fitness instructor Fritz Schmid from Switzerland, who is currently serving…
DILI (12 Jan 2016) – Barcelona star Lionel Messi won a record fifth FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best player at a ceremony in Zurich on Monday. The Argentine dethroned three-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo in adding to his four consecutive awards from 2009 to 2012. Brazil star Neymar, who also plays for Barca,…
JOHOR BARU (11 Jan 2016) – The Johor FA have appointed their former player, Alistair Edwards of Australia, as Johor Darul Ta’zim’s (JDT) Sporting Director with immediate effect, starting Sunday. Johor FA through the JDT official Facebook page, the Southern Tigers said the former Australian international who played for Johor in 1991-1992 will be tasked…
BRISBANE (11 Jan 2016) – Brisbane Roar have regained the outright lead on the Hyundai A-League table after playing out a tense 0-0 stalemate with the Phoenix yesterday. A combination of international duty, injury and suspension saw both sides field vastly different starting line-ups at Westpac Stadium in a fixture that has traditionally rained goals.…