BANGKOK (2 April 2016) – The Chairman of the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) Disciplinary Committee has provisionally suspended Thai referees Thanom Borikut and Chaiya Mahapab for 60 days for alleged actions related to match-fixing. The investigation is ongoing and the AFC may extend the ban for further 30 days. The AFC has also written to…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (2 April 2016) – BRUNEI football is heading in the right direction. That was the assessment made by Lim Kim Chon, the FIFA Technical Development Officer for Southeast Asia and East Asia. Kim Chon made his second technical evaluation visit to the Sultanate at the end of March 21-25 and felt that the National…
SINGAPORE (1 April 2016) – Bernd Stange insists he will look back fondly on his reign as Singapore coach despite losing to Afghanistan in what is expected to be his final game at the helm. The Lions were unable to finish off their 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup joint-qualifying campaign on a high…
MANILA (31 March 2016) – The 27 teams that did not make cut for the third round of qualifiers for Russia 2018 learned their position on the qualification road for the next edition of Asia’s flagship tournament following the conclusion of Round 2 of the 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup joint-qualifiers on Tuesday.…
SYDNEY (31 March 2016) – The line up for the third round of Asian qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World has been finalised following the conclusion of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia and AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2 on Tuesday. The eight group winners and four best second-placed teams that…
MANILA (30 March 2016) – Philippines’ match-winner Iain Ramsay claims it was the ‘Filipino spirit’ that saw his side come from behind and claim a dramatic 3-2 win over DPR Korea in Tuesday’s 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup joint-qualifier. Having been the ones to draw first blood at the Rizal Memorial Stadium through…