KORAT (18 Nov 2014) – Thailand showed further progress ahead of the AFF Suzuki Cup next week when they beat New Zealand 2-0 tonight at the 80th Anniversary Stadium in Nakhon Ratchasima. The 2012 runners up proved that they are on the right track for the biennial championship with a goal in each half through…
SYDNEY (18 Nov 2014) – One of Asia’s greatest rivalries will be revived tonight when Japan host Australia just 52 days out from the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. Both sides will be looking to land an early psychological blow as two of the favourites to win January’s tournament take to Osaka’s Yanmar Stadium. The two…
SINGAPORE (17 Nov 2014) – Singapore head into next week’s title defence of the AFF Suzuki Cup on a high after winning their last and final friendly match over Cambodia tonight. In the match that was played at the Yishun Stadium, the Lions went ahead through Khairul Amri after just nine minutes before Cambodia replied…
JAKARTA (17 Nov 2014) – Indonesian head coach Alfred Riedl has decided to leave out Ahmad Bustomi and also Bayu Gatra for the AFF Suzuki Cup 2014 following the 2-0 loss they suffered at the hands of Syria on the weekend. The Syrians, who had beaten another ASEAN side Malaysia 3-0 just a few days earlier,…
YANGON (16 Nov 2014) – Myanmar completed their Qatar stint with a loss when they fell to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Al Sailiya tonight. The only goal of the game came in the second half. Earlier, Myanmar had drawn Al Kharitiyat and Al Markhiya to similar 1-1 score line. For the AFF…
HANOI (16 Nov 2014) – Vietnam beat ten-man Malaysia in a friendly that was played tonight at the My Dinh National Stadium. Striker Mohd Amri Yahyah had given Malaysia the best of start with the lead after 22nd minute as they then held on till three minutes after the restart when Nguyen Van Quyet (pix)…