MANILA (31 May 2014) – Philippines head coach Thomas Dooley believes the Philippines have a bright future despite the team’s heartbreaking AFC Challenge Cup final defeat to Palestine. The Philippines, who finished third in the previous edition in 2012, had progressed to their first AFC Challenge Cup final with an unbeaten record – only to…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (31 May 2014) – Majra United have withdrawn their participation from Brunei’s DST Super League. This follows the five-year ban that was handed to Majra captain Faizal Mohammad by the National FA of Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) for assaulting the referee in league match on 13 May. On top of the ban on…
JAKARTA (30 May 2014) – The FA of Indonesia (PSSI) are lining up several friendlies as they look to grab their first ever crown of the AFF Suzuki Cup at the end of the year. Joko Driyono, the general secretary of the PSSI, said that they have already contacted the Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) and…
HANOI (29 May 2014) – Defending champions Hanoi T&T kept within three points of V-League leader Becamex Binh Duong following their 2-0 win over Dong Nai this week. But it took Hanoi T&T a fair bit of time to open up the cagey Dong Nai defence where it was not until the 40th minute that…
JAYAPURA (28 May 2014) – Indonesia’s Persipura Jayapura will take on defending AFC Cup champions Kuwait SC in the quarter-finals of the 2014 tournament following this week’s draw in Kuala Lumpur. Kuwait SC have claimed the crown on three occasions in the last five seasons, first winning the title in 2009 before claiming back-to-back…
DILI (28 May 2014) – FIFA is delighted to see the impressive interest from its member associations in hosting a FIFA competition, after the bidding process was opened for eight tournaments including the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019™. A total of 31 declarations of interest have been received and FIFA has submitted the bidding documents,…