JAKARTA (13 June 2015) – Officials from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) met with representatives from Persipura Jayapura and from the government of the Republic of Indonesia to discuss the AFC Executive Committee decision that Persipura Jayapura forfeit their AFC Cup match against Pahang FA. The AFC delegation, led by Deputy General Secretary Dato’ Windsor…
DILI (12 June 2015) – Asia’s 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup hopefuls began their Preliminary Joint Qualification Round Two on Thursday and below is a round-up of clickable results. MATCHDAY 1 AND MATCHDAY 2 FIXTURES: Matchday 1 – June 11, 2015 Group A Malaysia 1-1 Timor-Leste Group A Saudi Arabia…
SINGAPORE (12 June 2015) – Indonesia insisted the country’s ban by world body FIFA had given them a lift on Friday as they eye a spot in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games final. Assistant coach Muhamad Al Hadad said the suspension had given his under-23s “exceptional strength” after they won three in a row to…
BANGKOK (12 June 2015) – Thailand came from a goal down to keep their hopes of advancing in the Women’s World Cup alive with a 3-2 win over Ivory Coast on Thursday. Ivorian striker Ange Nguessan had given the African side the lead after four minutes but Thailand hit back with three unanswered goals. A…
SINGAPORE (12 June 2015) – Singapore coach Aide Iskandar has taken responsibility over his team’s failure to make the cut for semi-finals of the men’s football event at the SEA Games this year. This follows their 1-0 loss to Indonesia in the final Group A match last night at the Jalan Besar Stadium. At the…