SYDNEY (1 Oct 2014) – The “100-Day Countdown” for the AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 well and truly began today with events held across the region celebrating the increasing proximity of Asia’s premier football event. The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) oldest, largest and most important football tournament starts on January 9 when hosts Australia play Kuwait in front of an expected…
SYDNEY (29 Sept 2014) – Coach Choi Yong-soo remains confident FC Seoul can advance to a second straight AFC Champions League final by ending their continental goalscoring drought in Wednesday’s semi-final second leg against Australia’s Western Sydney Wanderers. Following a goalless draw with Western Sydney in Korea Republic a fortnight ago, FC Seoul have gone three matches without scoring in the AFC…
SHAH ALAM (27 Sept 2014) – Thailand made it a perfect 10 when they wrested the AFF Futsal Championship here today for a record-breaking tenth time in the history of the tournament. The Thais, despite not having several of their top stars that featured in the FIFA Futsal World Cup here, were simply too good…
SHAH ALAM (25 Sept 2014) – Daniel Steven Fogarty blasted the winner deep in extratime to lead Australia to a 4-3 win over Vietnam and a place in the final of the AFF Futsal Championship where they will once again face defending champions Thailand on Saturday. Thailand, who had defeated Australia in last year’s final,…
SYDNEY (24 Sept 2014) – The Football Federation Australia (FFA) have appointed Alen Stajcic as the head coach of Australia’s women’s national team after steering the Matildas to a runners-up finish at the 2014 AFC Women’s Asian Cup in a caretaker capacity. “It’s an honour to be appointed as full time head coach of the…
SHAH ALAM (23 Sept 2014) – Indonesia turned in a smashing performance today to defeat Australia 4-1 and take over as the Group A leaders. More importantly, by topping the group, Indonesia have probably avoided facing the defending champions Thailand in the semifinals, should the favourites win the other group. The Thais, despite the absence…