JAKARTA (21 June 2011) – With Persipura Jayapura already confirmed as the winners of the Indonesia Super League (ISL) 2011, the final match day of the league season this week saw former champions Arema Indonesia finishing second to assure themselves of a place in next season’s AFC Champions League. Arema’s 8-0 mauling of basement side…
HANOI (20 June 2011) – ASEAN’s only two remaining representatives in the second round of the 2012 Olympic Games qualifiers had contrasting outing in their first leg matches which was played yesterday. Vietnam fall to a 2-0 loss to Saudi Arabia in the match that was played at the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Sports City…
BURIRAM (20 June 2011) – Hopes of getting English giants Liverpool to play a friendly match to commemorate the official opening of Buriram PEA’s New I-Mobile Stadium on 2 July 2011 has fallen through. Liverpool FC explained that they will no have enough time to accomodate Buriram as they had already drawn up matches for…
SINGAPORE (20 June 2011) – The Singapore Under-15 team opened their Lion City Cup campaign this week with a close 4-3 victory over their counterparts from Newcastle United at the Jalan Besar Stadium. “I am not surprised that the boys have put on a great match as that is what they are capable of and…
DILI (19 June 2011) – The AFC Medical Committee’s first meeting for the 2011-2015 term was held this week under the chairmanship of Malaysia’s Dato’ Dr Gurucharan Singh. The committee decided that all new registered players for the AFC U-16 Championship be subject to MRI scanning at an AFC accredited MRI Centre, under the…
KOTA BARU (19 June 2011) – Malaysia scored a 2-0 win over Myanmar in a friendly that was played at the Sultan Mohd IV Stadium in Kota Baru. The Malaysians scored their first goal in the first half through Amirulhadi Zainal in the 28th minute before doubling their lead after the break off Baddrol Bakhtiar…