DILI (26 Sept 2016) – World football body FIFA has banned a senior Qatari official from running in elections for a seat on its new-look council over an investigation. Scandal-plagued FIFA’s ethics committee last month recommended a two-and-a-half-year ban from the game for Saoud Al-Mohannadi, vice-president of the Qatar Football Association, for refusing to cooperate…
HANOI (25 Sept 2016) – It was a case of coming so close but yet so far for Vietnam when they fell to a 5-0 loss to Iran in the quarter-finals of the AFC U-16 Championship India 2016. In the match that was played at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Iran’s Allahyar Sayyad bagged a…
HANOI (24 Sept 2016) – Revenge is sweet they say and Australia picked up the crown in the AFF Vietcombank Under-19 Championship when they thumped Thailand 5-1 in the final that was played this evening at the Hang Day Stadium. The score was the reverse Thailand had notched against the Australians in a Group B…
HANOI (24 Sept 2016) – Vietnam took third place in the AFF Vietcombank Under-19 Championship when they beat Timor Leste 4-0 in the classification match this afternoon at the Hang Day Stadium. Having missed out on the main prize did not deter Vietnam one bit as they were determined to put up a much better…
HANOI (23 Sept 2016) – Vietnam booked a quarter-final date with Islamic Republic of Iran in the AFC U-16 Championship India 2016 after a 3-1 win over Kyrgyzstan saw the Southeast Asians claim the runner-up spot in Group B on Thursday. The Central Asians opened the scoring early on at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium through Gulzhigit…
HANOI (22 Sept 2016) – Hosts Vietnam’s hope of a second successive final of the AFF Vietcombank Under-19 Championship was denied when Australia emerged victorious 5-2 in the second semi-final tie that was played this evening at the Hang Day Stadium. Four goals in the first half underlined Australia’s seriousness to make the final of…