DILI (1 April 2017) – Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, the President of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has hailed the proposed slot allocation for a 48-team FIFA World Cup, which will give Asia a guaranteed eight places in 2026. Shaikh Salman said, after attending the meeting of Bureau of the FIFA Council on…
BANGKOK (1 April 2017) – Kiatisak Senamuang has called quits on his tenure as the head coach of Thailand. This follows the team’s 4-0 defeat at the hands of Japan in Saitama which saw Thailand being placed at the bottom of the qualifying group of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It is their sixth defeat…
BANGKOK (31 March 2017) – Twenty-one AFC Futsal U-20 Championship Thailand 2017 hopefuls learned their opponents on Thursday when the official draw for the inaugural competition took place in the capital of Thailand. The 21 teams were drawn into one group of six teams and three groups of five teams. Football Association of Thailand Vice…
JAKARTA (30 March 2017) – Costa Rica has been announced as one of the teams which will test the Indonesian Under-22 side in their Tour of Spain which kicks off in mid-April. The Indonesia U22 team under Luiz Milla is being prepared for the SEA Games 2017 which Malaysia will play host to in August.…
SYDNEY (29 March 2017) – After four draws in Group B, Australia finally broke the deadlock to beat the United Arab Emirates (UAE) 2-0 to keep alive their hopes of a place at the FIFA World Cup in 2018. A dominant display at the Sydney Football Stadium saw Australia grabbing the lead as early as…
SINGAPORE (29 March 2017) – Singapore goalkeeper Hassan Sunny was the star of the show as the Lions held Bahrain while Myanmar fell 1-0 at home to India last night. Singapore, alongside Turkmenistan and Chinese Taipei in Group E, last qualified for the AFC Asian Cup in 1984. In the meantime, Myanmar’s confidence suffered a…