VIENTIANE (20 June 2010) – South African parents are celebrating their hosting of the FIFA World Cup 2010 by giving their newborn babies unique names. One baby girl was named ‘FIFA’ – all in capitals – after the sport’s governing body, while another was called ‘Ke Nako’, a World Cup slogan that means ‘it is…
MANILA (19 June 2010) – After an action-packed week of football, the drama continues in the United Football League with three matches slated for tomorrow at the Nomads football grounds in Merville, Parañaque. Nomads Aloha Boardsports and Japan K-Line will clash in a second division match with both squads aiming to zoom in on division…
HANOI (18 June 2010) – Vietnam’s top striker Le Cong Vinh underwent a successful two-and-a-half hour surgery earlier this week in Portugal to re-attach his torn ligament. Surgeons had planned the operation to last not more than an hour but due to the fact that it was an old injury, it took a while longer…
SINGAPORE (17 June 2010) – Six players with the Beijing Guoan Talents are set to make premature exits from their participation in the S-League – including top scorer Tan Tiancheng. The striker heads a list of five Beijing players called up by China Under-19 coach Su Maozhen for a training camp in Shandong, in preparation…
HO CHI MINH CITY (16 June 2010) – Twelve teams from across Vietnam will be taking part in the 2010 National Futsal Championship scheduled to be held at the Phu Tho Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City from 20 July to 1 August. The teams which will be taking part this year are Binh Thuan,…
JAKARTA (15 June 2010) – Newly-appointed Indonesian chief coach Alfred Riedl will announce the new Indonesia national team training squad next month – on July 24 to be exact. The Indonesia national team management (BTN) has decided that they will call a total of 24 players for the national team training which will begin on…