MANILA (20 July 2011) – The Philippines national side remained confident ahead of their second round tie of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Kuwait in spite of the two defeats they suffered this week. The Azkals as they are more popularly known as suffered a 2-1 loss in their first friendly against the Bahrain…
VIENTIANE (19 July 2011) – Just like in any other AFF-organised tournaments, there are a lot of work being done before the start of each meet or even before the kick-off of each matches. And with the final to this year’s AFF Under-16 Youth Championship just hours away, the appointed AFF officials and also members…
JAKARTA (19 July 2011) – Wahyu Wijiastanto is the only new face while mercurial and oft-temperamental striker Boaz Solossa is back in the Indonesian national fold in preparation for their second round match of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Turkmenistan on 23 July 2011 away in Ashgabat. The 25-year-old Persiba Bantul defender has replaced…
HANOI (19 July 2011) – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) have set themselves the target of being in the top ASEAN team and in the bracket of the top ten Asian teams by 2020. Pham Ngoc Vien, the vice president of the VFF, made the statement following a meeting between the national football body and…
VIENTIANE (18 July 2011) – 10-man Laos sensationally held on to 1-0 lead to edge Myanmar in the AFF Under-16 Championship semifinals at the National Sports Complex tonight. Playing in front of about 18,000 fans, Laos scored just before the half-hour mark. But a great start quickly evolved into a nightmare when defender Sonevilay Sihavong…
VIENTIANE (18 July 2011) – It was cloudy, then it rained heavily, soaking every player to the bone. As the rain intensified, it became dark and the floodlights had to be turned on. Out of the blue, the sun emerged. Oddly enough, as a rainbow formed over the stadium, Thailand scored twice in eight minutes…