HANOI (8 April 2013) – Italian giant AS Roma have called off their planned trip to Hanoi this June citing scheduling as the major stumbling block to their trip east. The change in the schedule for the Coppa Italia semi-finals and the Italian team’s need to prepare for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil…
JAKARTA (7 April 2013) – The Indonesia national team will take on Benin in a friendly slated for 27 April 2013 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium. Following the successful reconciliation of Indonesian football last month which resulted in 70,000 spectators turning up to watch the Indonesia-Saudi Arabia clash of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup…
BANGKOK (6 April 2013) – Two candidates have thrown in their names for the presidency of the FA of Thailand (FAT) – Virach Charnpanich and Pinit Ngarmpring – for the election due this June. Virach is a former Thai national team manager while Pinit is the chairman of Thai football fans, Cheer Thai Power group.…
YANGON (5 April 2013) – If philanthropy in Myanmar has a name, it has to be U Zaw Zaw. After taking over the reins of the Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) in 2005, Zaw Zaw has reinvented football in Myanmar where the successes of the last couple of years has led the federation to pick up…
PHNOM PENH (5 April 2013) – Defending champions Boueng Ket Rubber Field FC maintained a perfect seven out of seven games in the Metfone Cambodia League 2013 when they set aside Phnom Penh Crown FC 3-1 at the National Olympic Stadium. Momoh Sumaila had given Boueng Ket the lead after just 16 minutes before Chan…
KUANTAN (3 April 2013) – AFF President, HRH Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, was awarded the ASEAN Goodwill Award at tonight’s inaugural AFF Awards 2013 ceremony. Sultan Haji Ahmad, who is also the President of the FA of Malaysia, received the award for his outstanding acts and gestures of goodwill and fairplay through football. “My aim…