BUKIT JALIL (1 Nov 2014) – Coach Zainal Abidin Hassan had his head buried in his hands and could not bear to watch Hafiz Kamal take Pahang’s fifth penalty after Johor Darul Takzim’s national striker Norshahrul Idlan Talaha had miss his and JDT’s fourth kick which was saved by Pahang custodian Khairul Azhan in Saturday’s…
SYDNEY (31 Oct 2014) – Coach Tony Popovic has confirmed first leg goalscoring hero Tomi Juric is fit to start Saturday’s AFC Champions League final second leg against Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal at King Fahd International Stadium as the A-League side seek to defend a one-goal advantage to land Australia’s maiden continental title. Australia international Juric had been forced to start on…
SYDNEY (31 Oct 2014) – Matthew Spiranovic’s brief cameo at the end of Western Sydney Wanderers’ AFC Champions League final first leg success over Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal at the weekend marked a first competitive outing for the Australia defender since the FIFA World Cup, although all will be forgotten should the A-League side land the continental title on Saturday in Riyadh.…
SINGAPORE (30 Oct 2014) – Former East German international Jürgen Raab has joined the Singapore national teams management on a year’s contract. Raab was capped 20 times by East German and where he has worked with renowned coaches such as Hans Meyer, Bernd Schuster and Matthias Sammer. The 55-year-old has a FIFA Pro-Licence, football’s highest coaching…
KUANTAN (29 Oct 2014) – Malaysia won the inaugural crown of the AFF-Felda Beach Soccer Championship when they beat Vietnam 6-4 in the final that was played at the Teluk Chempedak beach here in Kuantan. In front of close to a thousand fans, the Malaysia lads turned on the heat to score consistently throughout the…
HANOI (29 Oct 2014) – Vietnam, the 2008 champions, will begin work on fitness ahead of the AFF Suzuki Cup which they will be co-hosting next month. Following their return from Japan where the team dropped two games and losing once, head coach Toshiya Miura said that it important that he sift the individual quality…