HANOI (8 July 2016) – The Vietnam women’s football team has arranged for three friendlies during their stint in the Czech Republic as they look to create a bigger impact at next month’s AFF Women’s Championship in Myanmar. The team, who arrived into Prague this week, will take on AC Sparta Prague on 15 July,…
DILI (7 July 2016) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and UEFA further strengthened their partnership on Sunday after concluding progressive discussions in Paris, France. Comprising a delegation from both the AFC and UEFA Executive Committees (ExCo), Members were unanimous with the significant strides undertaken through the current Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was signed in…
JAKARTA (6 July 2016) – Indonesian assistant coach Wolfgang Pikal has welcomed news to stop the Indonesia Soccer Championship (ISC) 2016 following crowd trouble this week. Imam Nahrawi, the Indonesian Minister for Youth and Sports has given out suggestion that the ISC should be stopped this week following the fight between fans of Persija Jakarta…
SYDNEY (5 July 2016) – Eighteen of Australia’s finest women footballers, united by the goal of climbing onto the Rio 2016 Olympic podium, are heading to Brazil after the final Matildas squad was announced on Monday. Making their first appearance since the Athens 2004 Games, of which only co-captain Lisa de Vanna remains, the side is full of…
HANOI (4 July 2016) – SHB Da Nang moved up to second in the Toyota V-League 2016 when they beat FLC Thanh Hoa 2-1 off goals from Vo Huy Toan and Sebastian Gaston Merlo. Thanh Hoa’s only goal of the game came off Omar Faye. “My disk herniation was worse than I thought. I was…
DILI (3 July 2016) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Disciplinary Committee have banned two Thai referees for life for involvement in match-fixing. The Committee met on June 29 and 30 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. Thanom Borikut and Chaiya Mahapab were both found guilty of influencing the results of four matches each in a…