BACOLOD CITY (12 Nov 2018) – Sven Goran Eriksson, the newly appointed head coach of the Philippines, is ‘excited’ at the prospect of playing against Singapore in his first match in charge. The well-travelled Swede will be at the helm when the Philippines opened their AFF Suzuki Cup campaign against Singapore at the Panaad Park…
BACOLOD CITY (12 Nov 2018) – Singapore might consider themselves as the ‘underdogs’ for their clash against the Philippines tomorrow night but head coach Fandi Ahmad said they will not make things easy for the hosts. Speaking at the pre match press conference this morning, Fandi said that playing away meant that they will have…
MANILA (6 Nov 2018) – Nothing is certain in football but if there is one thing which the Philippines national team can count from newly appointed head coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, it is that he will stay longer than his predecessor Terry Butcher. Butcher was appointed to the post in June but the Englishman did not…
MANILA (3 Nov 3018) – Last March the Philippines national team – also known as the Azkals – wrote football history with a 2-1 win over Tajikistan at home and with that came a historic place in next year’s AFC Asian Cup Finals. Now a new wave of football has hit the Azkals when…
MANILA (1 Nov 2018) – Kaya FC won the inaugural Copa Paulino Alcantara Cup after beating Davao Aguilas FC 1-0 after extra time in the final that was played at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium. Jovin Bedic nailed the winner in the very last minute of extra time (119th minute) when he latched on to…
MANILA (27 Oct 2018) – Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has been named as the new supremo of the Philippines national team – less than two weeks to ASEAN’s biggest football extravaganza, the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018. Philippines national team manager Dan Palami announced this during the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 trophy tour in Manila this afternoon.…