JAKARTA (Jan 30, 2007) – The Indonesian national Under-23 team conceded a 0-1 loss to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard FC in their first friendly in preparation for the Olympic qualifiers which will be played early next month. The team which will play against Maldives on Feb 7 just could not get the better of the side…
BANGKOK (Jan 29, 2007) – Vietnam will not be seeing the last of the oft-tousled look of Thailand’s Datsakorn Thonglao even though they are out of the semi-finals of the Asean Football Championship. The unpredictable Datsakorn single-handedly destroyed Vietnam in the first leg of their semi-final tie in Hanoi last week where apart from his…
HANOI (Jan 28, 2007) – Nam Phu My, a PetroViet Nam Group company, has agreed to sponsor Nam Dinh Football Club to the tune of VND7 billion (over USD 450,000) a year. The National Cup holders were previously under the sponsorship of Mikado. The deal between the northern side and Nam Phu My, a fertiliser…
HANOI (Jan 26, 2007) – The Vietnam national team might not have gotten the result they wanted in Hanoi but that has not stopped their fans from being regarded as the best in Asia – or perhaps even the world. For how else can it be concluded of a group of fans who had not…
JAKARTA (Jan 25, 2007) – Ivan Kolev has set himself the target of winning the SEA Games men’s gold this year and would be willing to give up his post as the new national coach for Indonesia should he fail to deliver. Kolev, who had previously coached the Myanmar national team and who also had…
HANOI (Jan 24, 2007) – Thailand’s greater precision accounted for their 2-0 win over Vietnam in the first leg semi-final of the Asean Football Championship at My Dinh Stadium here today. Datsakorn Thonglao’s shot from a 25-metre freekick that sneaked through the Vietnamese defensive maze into goal in the 27th minute epitomised the superior Thai…