VIENTIANE (7 Nov 2015) – Laos national coach Steve Darby has opted to rope in three youngsters for their 2018 World Cup qualifying match that will be played 17 November at the KM 16 National Stadium in the Lao capital city. The three youngsters from the Young Elephant playing in the Lao Premier League are…
SYDNEY (6 Nov 2015) – Football Federation Australia (FFA) and Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) have today announced a four-year Whole of Game Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that delivers affordable increases in player payments and improved conditions across all three playing groups, while providing economic certainty for Hyundai A-League clubs and FFA’s National Teams Unit. The…
PHNOM PENH (5 Nov 2015) – Cambodia thumped Brunei 6-1 in a friendly that was played at the National Olympic Stadium. Cambodia are using the game as part of their warm up 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers against Afghanistan on 12 Nov before hosting Japan five days later. Goals from…
PETALING JAYA (4 Nov 2015) – FIFA on Wednesday ordered Palestine to play World Cup qualifying matches against Saudi Arabia and Malaysia at neutral venues because of security fears. A FIFA emergency bureau made the decision after the Saudis announced on Tuesday they would refuse to travel to the occupied territories for their match. FIFA…
HO CHI MINH CITY (3 Nov 2015) – Hanoi T&T won the Vietnam National Under-21 Football Championship when they beat An Giang 2-1 in the final that was played at the Thong Nhat Stadium. Two goals from Van Thanh – the first as early as third minute off a cross from Van Hiep and then…
JAKARTA (2 Nov 2015) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday met FIFA officials in Jakarta for crisis talks nearly six months after football’s governing body banned his country from international competition. Indonesia was suspended in May after the government attempted to replace the country’s football association, known as the PSSI, at the height of…