JAKARTA (6 July 2016) – Indonesian assistant coach Wolfgang Pikal has welcomed news to stop the Indonesia Soccer Championship (ISC) 2016 following crowd trouble this week. Imam Nahrawi, the Indonesian Minister for Youth and Sports has given out suggestion that the ISC should be stopped this week following the fight between fans of Persija Jakarta…
SYDNEY (5 July 2016) – Eighteen of Australia’s finest women footballers, united by the goal of climbing onto the Rio 2016 Olympic podium, are heading to Brazil after the final Matildas squad was announced on Monday. Making their first appearance since the Athens 2004 Games, of which only co-captain Lisa de Vanna remains, the side is full of…
HANOI (4 July 2016) – SHB Da Nang moved up to second in the Toyota V-League 2016 when they beat FLC Thanh Hoa 2-1 off goals from Vo Huy Toan and Sebastian Gaston Merlo. Thanh Hoa’s only goal of the game came off Omar Faye. “My disk herniation was worse than I thought. I was…
DILI (3 July 2016) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Disciplinary Committee have banned two Thai referees for life for involvement in match-fixing. The Committee met on June 29 and 30 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. Thanom Borikut and Chaiya Mahapab were both found guilty of influencing the results of four matches each in a…
SINGAPORE (3 July 2016) – The FA of Singapore (FAS) have penned in four friendly matches in July for the national side as they gear up for the AFF Suzuki Cup in November. The team will head to Japan for three friendlies with a game against Albirex Niigata already confirmed for 24 July (at the…
HANOI (2 July 2016) – Quang Ninh Coal FC made the semi-finals of the Vietnam National Football Cup based on the away-goal rule following their plucky 2-2 draw with Long An in the second-leg, quarter-finals at the Long An Stadium this week. The first-leg encounter had ended in a 1-1 draw. At the Long An…