PETALING JAYA (3 June 2014) – UEFA Pro Licence coach Fritz Schmid is the new Technical Director of the FA of Malaysia (FAM). The 54-year-old Swiss is on a three-year contract to assist in the development of football and oversee the progress of the national and project teams. Schmid, who also holds the highest coaching…
BANGKOK (3 June 2014) –The Thai women’s football team has received bonus as well as further funding after qualifying for next year’s World Cup in Canada. The SEA Games champions qualified for women’s football main event after beating Myanmar and then Vietnam to emerge as the fifth representative from ASEAN. “This is a huge success…
DILI (3 June 2014) – AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa expresses grave concerns over media reports regarding awarding of hosting rights of the 2022 FIFA World Cup to Qatar. FIFA are investigating the 2010 vote which awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cup to Russia, respectively Qatar. A report is to be…
JAKARTA (2 June 2014) – Agus Rahman, the PSAP Sigli goalkeeper who had inadvertently caused the death of Persiraja Banda Aceh striker Akli Fairuz last month, has been given a year’s ban by the FA of Indonesian (PSSI) Disciplinary Committee. Agus had been involved in a clash against Akli in an Indonesian Premier League tie which…
SYDNEY (2 June 2014) – Australia are about to embark on the most exciting seven months in their football history – the FIFA World Cup in Brazil followed by the first AFC Asian Cup on home soil, says Football Federation Australia CEO David Gallop. “The planets have never aligned like this before,” said Gallop. “The Socceroos…
MANILA (1 June 2014) – The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) will be launching the PFF Women’s Cup next month at the Turf BGC in Taguig. The nine-a-side tournament which is open to all clubs will run for two months, starting from 8 June. “We see the potential of our women players and this avenue of…