SYDNEY (16 April 2016) – Australian women’s football head coach Alen Stajcic spoke of his determination to deliver the country’s first Olympic Games podium finish in football after Thursday’s draw for the Women’s Football Tournament at Rio 2016 pitted the Asian champions against Germany, Canada, and tournament debutants Zimbabwe in Group F of the 12-team competition.…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (15 April 2016) – A TOTAL of 30 coaches affiliated with the National FA of Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) began their FIFA basic goalkeeping coaching course yesterday. The five-day course is led by FIFA goalkeeping instructor from Saudi Arabia, Hamat Amer Al-Yami, who highlighted that proper goalkeeping is crucial for a stable team.…
PHNOM PENH (14 April 2016) – Undefeated Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng took advantage of a stumbling National Defense FC to move to the top of the Metfone Cambodia League with a 3-1 win over Western Phnom Penh this week. In the match that was played at the Western Stadium, midfielder Chea Samnang was on…
DILI (14 April 2016) – New General Secretaries (GS) from Member Associations (MA) across Asia have been given an extensive introduction to various international aspects of their role at the AFC GS Induction Programme. Fifteen GSs representing all five zones making up the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) took part in the two-day programme in Kuala…
SYDNEY (13 April 2016) – Australia will renew their rivalry with Japan and ASEAN neighbour Thailand in the final round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying after the draw was conducted by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) last night in Kuala Lumpur. The other teams in Group B are Iraq, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and…
BANGKOK (13 April 2016) – Following the expression of interest by Thailand, Indonesia, China PR and Korea Republic by the deadline of March 31, 2016 in hosting the AFC Asian Cup in 2023, the AFC will now send out the Bidding Agreement and the Host Candidate Questionnaire and seek Government guarantees and legal opinion on…