HANOI (2 Dec 2017) – Song Lam Nghe An beat Becamex Binh Duong 5-1 for a 5-2 aggregate to lift their third Vietnam National Cup final in Vinh City. It was also SLNA first silverware in six years. Playing at home was all the motivation SLNA needed where in front of more than 30,000…
DILI (2 Dec 2017) – The 2010 World Cup winners Spain were placed in the same group as Cristiano Ronaldo’s European champions Portugal, while England will face a talented Belgium side at the 2018 tournament in Russia. The glitzy draw at the Kremlin on Friday placed Neymar’s Brazil in a group including Switzerland, Costa Rica and…
DILI (1 Dec 2017) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Executive Committee decided to maintain the current home and away format as per normal practice and to follow the competition regulations in the AFC Champions League 2018 for matches between clubs from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Following the recommendation from the…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (30 Nov 2017) – The Brunei national team left for Aceh, Indonesia, today to compete in the Aceh World Solidarity Cup. In the invitational four-team tournament hosted for the first time, Brunei face Indonesia on Saturday, Kyrgyzstan on Monday and Mongolia on Wednesday. “The team will be using this tournament as a means to expose and assess…
SYDNEY (30 Nov 2017) – Australian football is embroiled in a governance crisis and could face a take-over from FIFA after Football Federation Australia failed to pass a proposed reform of its congress on Thursday. A key resolution at the FFA Annual General Meeting in Sydney to create a more democratic governance model was voted…
BANGKOK (29 Nov 2017) – Omar Khrbin and Samantha Kerr have been named as the top players in Asia at the glittering AFC Annual Awards held in Bangkok tonight. After a historic 2017 which saw five AFC teams qualify for the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018, the Asian Football Confederation celebrated the best of the…