MANILA (28 March 2018) – Philippines made the cut for the Asian Cup 2019 last night following their close 2-1 win over Tajikistan at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. Nazarov Akhtam had given the visiting Tajikistan the lead in the 62nd minute from the spot following a foul by Kevin Ingreso. But the latter then made…
SYDNEY (28 March 2018) – Danny Vukovic saved an 86th-minute penalty to secure the Caltex Socceroos a battling 0-0 draw against a strong Colombia in London. Debutant goalkeeper Vukovic dived to his left to deny Miguel Borja and earn Bert van Marwijk’s men a morale-boosting result against the 13th-ranked nation in the world, who started the…
YANGON (27 March 2018) – The Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) have parted ways with German coach Gerd Zeise following a string of bad results. The last salvo was the 5-1 loss to Kyrgyzstan which ended their hopes of making the final rounds of the 2019 Asian Cup which is to be held in the UAE.…
JOHOR BARU (26 March 2018) – Exactly a year ago he took over the hot seat and 10-days ago after giving broad hints that “Daddy’s coming home” Brigadier General Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim has officially quit as the president of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). But the 34-year-old Johor Crown Prince is not…
BANGKOK (26 March 2018) – Slovak Republic denied Thailand their third King’s Cup crown in a row when they beat the latter 3-2 in a pulsating final that was played at the Rajamangala National Stadium. The highly ranked Europeans were on target through Ondrej Duda, Robert Mak and Erik Pacinda in the 10th, 34th and…
HANOI (24 March 2018) – The Vietbam Football Federation (VFF) signed a a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Korea Football Association (KFA) this week in Hanoi. Under the MoU, the two strengthen their relationship in several areas including the exchange in human resources, in terms of coaching, refereeing and teams for training camps. Other…