PHNOM PENH (9 June 2011) – National Police fortified their position in mid-table of the Metfone Cambodia League 2011 with an easy 3-1 win over Chhlam Samot this week. But newcomers Chhlam Samot did well in the first half of the game to hold National Police scoreless before the latter finally made the score sheet…
DILI (9 June 2011) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter has named opera legend Placido Domingo, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Dutch football icon Johan Cruyff to a ‘council of wisdom’ to help solve FIFA’s woes. The 75-year-old global football supremo, elected unopposed to a fourth and final term as FIFA president last…
In his first interview since his re-election as FIFA president, Sepp Blatter talks to CNN’s Alex Thomas about restoring the credibility of the world’s football governing body and the possibility of re-examining Qatar’s winning 2022 World Cup bid. ALEX THOMAS: Why are you the right man to lead world football for the next four years?…
SINGAPORE (8 June 2011) – The Singapore national team crushed their counterparts from Maldives 4-0 at home at the Jalan Besar Stadium while the Cambodian national side edged the Malaysian Olympic squad 1-0 at the National Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh. Singapore, who recently made a revamp to their national side by introducing a handful…
JAKARTA (8 June 2011) – Alfred Riedl has been reappointed as the chief coach of the Indonesia national Under-23 team – after ‘losing’ it to Rahmad Darmawan. Earlier, the Indonesia Emas Program (Prima) decided to appoint Rahmad as the chief coach of the U23 side for the SEA Games this year. But Agum Gumelar, the…
SINGAPORE (7 June 2011) – The recently revamped Singapore national side will take on Maldives in a friendly tonight at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Radojko Avramovic, the chief coach of Singapore, thanked the Maldives team for coming on such short notice and affirmed that they are a strong opposition to play against. He also said…