DILI (12 Feb 2015) – Timor Leste to play Mongolia, Cambodia take on Macau while Brunei will challenge Chinese Taipei – those were among the results of the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1 draw for the 12 lowest ranked Asian teams for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup that was held…
YANGON (11 Feb 2015) – ASEAN’s sole representatives at this year’s FIFA Under-20 World Cup Myanmar have been drawn in Group A of the meet against hosts New Zealand, Ukraine and the United States. Myanmar, alongside Qatar, DPR Korea and Uzbekistan, qualified for the tournament proper after finishing in the top four in the AFC U19 Championship 2014. AFC…
AUCKLAND (11 Feb 2015) – Matildas coach Alen Stajcic was pleased with his players as AFC Women’s Asian Cup runners-up Australia began their build up for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in earnest with a 2-1 defeat of DPR Korea. The Matildas, playing in their first match since going down 1-0 to defending champions Japan…
JAKARTA (10 Feb 2015) – Aji Santoso, the head coach of the Indonesia national Under-23 team, said that there should be some satisfaction after their 1-1 draw against Syria tonight considering that the team was still not 100%. Aji said that a handful of the players had just come on board the previous week and…
PETALING JAYA (9 Feb 2015) – The Malaysian national Under-23 side got just the right tonic ahead of their AFC U23 qualifiers in March when they beat hosts Bangladesh 3-2 to lift the Bangabandhu Cup last night. The Malaysias opened account in the 30th minute off a free kick from skipper Nazirul Naim before they…
HANOI (8 Feb 2015) – German giant Borussia Dortmund might be struggling in the Bundesliga at the moment but that does not mean that their youth development programme is not any good. Being one of the foremost German club with an extensive youth development programme, Dortmund will be forming a relationship with Vietnam’s Viettel Group…