BRISBANE (17 July 2015) – New recruit James Milner scored the winner as Liverpool recovered from an early goal down to beat Australia’s Brisbane Roar 2-1 in a pre-season game in Brisbane on Friday. England midfielder Milner, who joined Liverpool from Premier League rivals Manchester City on a free transfer last month, finished well surrounded…
HANOI (16 July 2015) – Debutants Sanna Khanh Hoa gave defending champions Becamex Binh Duong plenty to think about this week when they beat the latter 2-1 to allow Thanh Hoa to take over the top spot in the V.League 1. With Thanh Hoa having beaten Can Tho 2-0, the loss for Binh Duong which…
SINGAPORE (16 July 2015) – Teenager Chuba Akpom netted a hat-trick as Arsenal reached the final of the invitational Asia Trophy against Everton with a 4-0 win over a Singapore Select XI at the National Stadium on Wednesday. The England under-20 international fired home a close range effort on the half-hour, converted a 76th minute…
BANGKOK (15 July 2015) – A host of new Liverpool signings got their first chance to play in team colours under torrential Bangkok skies Tuesday as the Reds comfortably defeated the Thai All Stars 4-0 in a friendly. The English Premier League side were visiting the Thai capital for the first stop on an end-of-season…
JOHOR BARU (14 July 2015) – Selangor head coach Mehmet Durakovic was left stunned by Johor Darul Takzim hot-shot Luciano Figueroa who scored a brace and one assist as the defending champions destroyed the Red Giants 3-1 in Monday’s Super League match at Johor Bahru’s Larkin Stadium. “JDT have unbelievable foreigners in their team. (Luciano)…
MANILA (14 July 2015) – Ceres FC failed to keep up the momentum at the top of the United Football League (UFL) 2015 when they were held to an agonizing 2-2 draw by defending champions Global FC. After scoring two quick goals in the first half through Bienvenido Maranon in the 13th minute and then…