JAKARTA (7 March 2019) – Indonesia national Under-22 head coach Indra Sjafri has called up seven new faces ahead of their AFC U23 qualfiers later this month. The team which had recently picked up their first silverware of the year with a win at the AFF U22 meet, started their centralised training this week with…
PETALING JAYA (6 March 2019) – The FA of Malaysia (FAM) announced that Afghanistan, ranked 147th in the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) ranking will replace Solomon Islands for the four-nation international competition, AIRMARINE Cup 2019 at National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, from 20th to 23rd March 2019. That would complete the four-team lineup to…
HANOI (5 March 2019) – A hat trick from Jeremie Lynch moved Hai Phong to second in the Wake Up 247 V.League 1 when they beat Sanna Khanh Hoa 4-3 in Nha Trang City. Sanna Khanh Hoa, looking for their first win of the season, fell behind after just 14 minutes when Ngoc Tan found…
DILI (5 March 2019) – Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has been re-elected president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) after standing unopposed at the OCA General Assembly in Bangkok. The long-serving OCA boss was re-elected unanimously for an eighth term. Japanese Olympic Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda had been retained as an OCA Vice President despite…
YANGON (4 March 2019) – Myanmar’s Futsal star Khin Zaw Lin has signed for club Suratthani which will be playing in the Thai Futsal League 2019. The MIC forward signed a half-season contract to play for Suratthani that finished among third out of 14 teams that competed last season. Zaw Lin’s move ensured his place…
DILI (4 March 2019) – In accordance with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Statutes (Edition 2018), the AFC today confirms the final list of candidates who will stand for election for the term 2019-2023 at the 29th AFC Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on April 6, 2019. On October 31, 2018, the Member Associations were…