Malaysia
PETALING JAYA (24 June 2008) – A total of 23 participants took part in the Asean Football Federation (AFF) General Coordinator Workshop which ended on Sunday in Petaling Jaya. Apart from the participation of member countries from Asean, there were also two attendees each from Sri Lanka and Turkmenistan where they were introduced to the…
PETALING JAYA (23 June 2008) – Kedah are out to complete the treble following their win of the FA Cup on the weekend. The Northerners, who were the treble champions for the 2006/2007 season, had already bagged the Malaysian Super League crown earlier in the season and on Saturday night; they claimed their second triumph…
KUALA LUMPUR (18 June 2008) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have set 3 July as the date for the official draw of the AFC Asian Cup 2011 qualifiers. The draw will be conducted at the Aspire Dome in Doha – the world’s largest indoor sports facility and where by the end of the process…
PETALING JAYA (5 June 2008) – Striker Akmal Rizal Rakhli is back for Malaysia – just hours after being dropped by Malaysian national head coach B. Sathianathan. Initially, Akmal was left out of the national squad in preparation for their friendly against Indonesia but following the injury to Shafizan Hashim, it has allowed the former…
KOTA KINABALU (4 June 2008) – Emphasis on the development of all-round football skills and not on winning should be the aim of every teenaged football player. This was AFC General Secretary Dato’ Paul Mony Samuel’s message to the participants of the AFC U-14 Festival of Football for the ASEAN region during his opening speech.…
KUALA LUMPUR (3 June 2008) – AFC President Mohamed Bin Hammam has welcomed the recent FIFA Congress’ resolutions on ‘6+5’ and the eligibility to play for representative teams, saying they are a step in the right direction. “AFC doesn’t have a big problem when it comes to ‘6+5’ like Europe but we have to be…