DILI (2 Sept 2014) – FIFA have sent out a circular to all Member Associations to restrict national teams to play just two international matches at any one international match calendar. Excerpts from the letter as per below: At its meeting on 20 March 2013, the FIFA Executive Committee ratified the international match calendar for…
MANILA (2 Sept 2014) – From a round robin tournament, the Peace Cup this year has been re-formatted to accommodate the directive from FIFA that national teams should only play two matches during international match calendar. As such, the Philippines Football Federation (PFF) had little choice but to re-draw the championship at the Rizal Memorial…
PETALING JAYA (1 Sept 2014) – The AFC Women’s Assistance Programme visited the FA of Malaysia (FAM) to brainstorm ways to raise the profile of women’s football in the nation. The roundtable held from August 27 to 30 discussed the importance of establishing and strengthening the collaboration with important stakeholders such as the Malaysian Ministry…
SINGAPORE (1 Sept 2014) – From a three-way battle just two months ago, DPMM FC have not opened up a five-point lead at the top of the S-League where this week they edged Tanjong Pagar United FC 2-1 at the Queenstown Stadium. There are now only five matches left to the end of the season.…
PHUKET (31 August 2014) – Thailand Under-23 team showed their seriousness to put up a strong showing for the Asian Games next month when they pulverized their counterparts from Myanmar 8-1 in a friendly that was played at the Surakul Stadium here tonight. The team under chief coach Kiatisak Senamuang began strongly when Chonburi forward Nurul…
JAKARTA (30 August 2014) –Indonesia will be looking to improve on their combination play when the AFF U19 Championship opens in Hanoi on 5-15 September 2014. Head coach Rudy Keltjes said that while the likes of Angga Febriyanto, Martinus Novianto and Adi Nugroho have been identified to lead the squad, the combination play is still…