BANGKOK (8 June 2015) – Former champions Norway got off to winning start at the FIFA women’s World Cup on Sunday as debutant Thailand took a battering. Norway thrashed Thailand 4-0 in the opening round of Group B matches in Ottawa’s Lansdowne Stadium. Veteran skipper Trine Ronning opened after quarter of an hour with Isabell…
SINGAPORE (8 June 2015) – The FA of Indonesia (PSSI) have set winning the gold medal in men’s football at the SEA Games this year will come with a reward of IDR 1 miliar (USD 75,000). This follows Indonesia’s comprehensive 6-1 beating of Cambodia two days earlier. “The target is winning the gold medal. No…
SINGAPORE (8 June 2015) – Vietnam’s attacking midfielder Nguyen Cong Phuong was left out of the Timor Leste game last night for good reasons. As Vietnam coach Toshiya Miura explained afterwards, Cong Phuong will have to be at his best especially with the big game against Thailand coming up. “Some players have been playing a…
SINGAPORE (7 June 2015) – Myanmar are firmly in the driver’s seat of Group A of the men’s football event at the SEA Games following their 5-1 thrashing of the Philippines which put them in the semi-finals of the biennial meet. After three matches, Myanmar have collected the maximum nine points where they now have…
JAYAPURA (7 June 2015) – Former Indonesian champions Persipura Jayapura have decided to disband the team following the recent FIFA sanction on the FA of Indonesia (PSSI). Persipura President Benhur Tommy Mano said that the team will only be re-established when the Indonesian government decide to un-freeze the activities of the PSSI, which would in…
SINGAPORE (7 June 2015) – Indonesian assistant coach M. Zein Al Haddad said that the reason why the team played well in their 6-1 win over Cambodia was because they were able to overcome their mental burden. Zein said that following FIFA’s ban on the FA of Indonesia (PSSI), it had affected the players’ state…