JAKARTA (30 May 2015) – FIFA on Saturday suspended Indonesia after the government in Jakarta sought to oust the country’s football association, the latest crisis to hit the sport in Indonesia. The decision means Indonesian sides will no longer be able to take part in world football, and comes less than two weeks before the country…
SINGAPORE (30 May 2015) – Twelve goals on the first day of the men’s football event at the SEA Games 2015 makes for an exciting start to the campaign this year. And while there were expectations that the lesser-regarded teams would at least spring some surprise, the scorching heat seems to have seared all that…
DILI (30 May 2015) – A new election triumph in the midst of a corruption scandal established FIFA president Sepp Blatter as the politician who can come through any storm. Unapologetically divisive, Blatter has had to deal with scandal virtually since his first day in office. And Blatter knows that he still has a long…
SINGAPORE (29 May 2015) – Four goals from striker Chananan Pombupha drove defending champions Thailand past Laos in the second game of Group B as they underlined their desire to defend the title they won two years ago in Myanmar. Any thought that Thailand were not the same team they were in 2013 was thrown…
SINGAPORE (29 May 2015) – Vietnam made a sumptuous start to their campaign in Group B of the SEA Games 2015 when they made a meal of Brunei with a half dozen goals in the first match of the afternoon at the Bishan Stadium. In spite of the scorching heat, Vietnam came into the match…
JAKARTA (29 May 2015) – With the deadlock between the (FA of Indonesia) PSSI and also the Indonesian Ministry of Youth and Sports being what it is – still a deadlock – La Nyalla Mattalitti, the president of the PSSI has decided to write an open letter to the public to express his utter disappointment…