HANOI (28 May 2011) – The Vietnam national futsal team will take part in the 2011 International Futsal Championship which starts today in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and ends on Tuesday. Other than the side from Vietnam, the other teams taking part in the Tashkent meet are host Ardus FC from Uzbekistan, Neftchi FC from Azerbaijan and…
KOTA KINABALU (27 May 2011) – There is no place for ‘passengers’ in the Festival Coaches’ Course taking place at the U-13 Festival of Football here as the AFC is serious about the quality of youth coaches, said AFC Elite Coach Instructor Lim Kim Chon. The Malaysian said the 19 participants in the course needed…
KUALA LUMPUR (26 May 2011) – Tengku Abdullah Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, the deputy president of the FA of Malaysia (FAM), has made an appeal to world football governing body FIFA not to take severe actions against the FA of Indonesia (PSSI). The PSSI are currently in an impasse with the appointment of a new…
DILI (26 May 2011) – FIFA are investigating allegations of bribery involving presidential candidate Mohamed Hammam and FIFA vice president Jack Warner – just days ahead of Sepp Blatter’s bid for re-election as head of football’s governing body. The two senior officials will face an ethics investigation at FIFA headquarters on Sunday, three days before…
PHNOM PENH (26 May 2011) – Phnom Penh Crown FC qualified for the final round of the AFC President’s Cup 2011 despite losing their last qualifying Group A match 1-0 to Kyrgyzstan’s Neftchi FC. With the result, Neftchi FC win Group A while Phnom Penh Crown emerged as the runners-up and where they will join…
HANOI (25 May 2011) – Nguyen Trong Hy, the chairman of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has confirmed Falko Goetz of Germany as the new chief coach of Vietnam. He said that Goetz – a former coach of Hertha Berlin – will sign a contract worth USD25,000 a month with the VFF next week. “We…