DILI (10 August 2014) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Disciplinary Committee has handed out two-year bans to two players for doping offenses pursuant to the AFC Anti-Doping Regulations. Doan Ngoc Hao of Vietnam and Avchiev Takhir of Kyrgyzstan had both tested positive for banned substances, a violation under Article 5 of the Regulations. Ngoc…
PETALING JAYA (9 August 2014) – The 4-1 defeat by Tajikistan, ranked No 124, in his first match in charge as the new national football chief coach Dollah Salleh drove home the message that the former international will have his hands full despite having a bulk of the players from the previous squad. In stark…
YANGON (8 August 2014) – The second event to publicise the Myanmar Football Federation’s Grassroots Football Festival Plans has been hailed a resounding success. A total of 1200 children recently took part in the MFF AYA Bank Football Festival 2014, which was sponsored by Ayeyarwady Bank and hosted by the Myanmar Football Federation (MFF). The…
SYDNEY (8 August 2014) – West Brom have completed the signing of Jason Davidson from Dutch side Heracles Almelo. The 23-year-old left-back, who featured for Australia at the World Cup earlier this summer, has signed a two-year contract with Alan Irvine’s side. Davidson becomes the Baggies’ seventh signing of the summer, following the arrivals of…
JAKARTA (7 August 2014) – Juventus proved that they do not head east just for a holiday when they pummelled the Indonesian Super League (ISL) All-Stars 8-1 in a friendly last night at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium. In front of a crowd of well over 60,000, the Italian champions put up their best when…
HANOI (7 August 2014) – Despite being drawn in the easier Group A of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2014, Vietnam coach Toshiya Miura is not taking anything for granted ahead of the tournament slated to kick off on 22 November. Vietnam, the 2008 winners, have a more accommodating passage into the final four where in…