YANGON (14 May 2020) – Veteran Futsal tactician Vic Hermans has emerged as the frontrunner to take up the top Futsal job in Myanmar – provided the COVID-19 pandemic eased up. Ko Ko Thein, the General Secretary of the Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) revealed that the federation has been on the lookout for a new…
SINGAPORE (13 May 2020) – National Team Coach Tatsuma Yoshida, along with nine members of the senior management staff from the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) have come together to establish the OneStrong Fund. This collective trust, which seeks to support less privileged families and children amidst the COVID-19 situation, is a voluntary initiative that…
BANGKOK (13 May 2020) – FIFA have confirmed new dates for the FIFA Futsal World Cup which will be hosted by Lithuania. Subject to continued monitoring of the COVID-19 pandemic, the new dates are 12 September to 3 October 2021. The 24-team event was initially supposed to be held on 12 September to 4 October…
VIENTIANE (11 May 2020) – After registering no new cases for the last 27 days, Laos have also managed to treat patients at their designated COVID-19 centre – Mittaphab Hospital in the city of Vientiane. Out of the ten remaining COVID-19 patients, six have recovered and where they have been allowed home, said Laos Deputy…
HANOI (10 May 2020) – The Vietnam Under-19 team under head coach Philippe Troussier is eyeing for a slot in the FIFA U20 World Cup in 2021 which will be hosted by Indonesia in May. Vietnam will play in the AFC U19 Championship in Uzbekistan on 14-30 October with the top four teams and also…
DILI (10 May 2020) – As football begins to consider resumption of competitions across the world following the COVID-19 pandemic, The International Football Association Board (The IFAB) has agreed to make a temporary amendment to the Laws of the Game based on a proposal received from FIFA seeking to protect player welfare. For competitions which…