PHNOM PENH (7 June 2019) – Two late goals gave Cambodia a hard-earned 2-0 win over Pakistan in the first leg of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 Preliminary Joint Qualification at the Olympic Stadium last night. With the torrential rain beating down on both teams, chances were few and…
PHNOM PENH (6 June 2019) – The Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC) have signed a two-year sponsorship deal with Minebea (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. MinebeaMitsumi is a Japanese manufacturer of high-precision components that established a local subsidiary in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone in 2010. “Football is one of the most popular sports in Cambodia…
BANGKOK (6 June 2019) – A late header from veteran striker Nguyen Anh Duc gave Vietnam a hard fought 1-0 win over hosts Thailand in an ill- tempered encounter of the King’s Cup 2019 at the Thunder Castle Stadium in Buriram. The winner in stoppage time gave Vietnam their place in the final where they…
PARIS (5 June 2019) – Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, the AFC President, presented General Khiev Sameth, the AFF President, with a plaque to commemorate AFF’s official acceptance as a Regional Association of the AFC in Paris yesterday. AFC, at its Congress in Kuala Lumpur last year, had officially recognised the five Regional Associations,…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (5 June 2019) – Brunei head coach Robbie Servais is putting the issue of the missing nine key players behind him as he look to ‘work with what he has’ ahead of their match against Mongolia in three days. The Sultanate side will take on Mongolia on 6 June 2019 in Ulaanbaatar,…
DILI (5 June 2019) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Member Associations confirmed on Tuesday China PR as the hosts for the AFC Asian Cup 2023 at the AFC Extraordinary Congress in Paris, France. The unanimous decision marks the second time Asia’s crown jewel will be played in the People’s Republic of China which also…