JAKARTA (10 June 2016) – The FA of Indonesia (PSSI) have decided to re-hire Alfred Riedl as their new national coach ahead of the AFF Suzuki Cup at the end of the year. The hiring of the Austrian came as a surprise as Riedl was never in the shortlist released by PSSI earlier, which had…
YANGON (10 June 2016) – Roger Reijners, the head coach of the Myanmar women’s football team, said that his chargers can only get better after succumbing to a 5-0 beating in a friendly against the South Korean women. The team under the newly recruited Dutchman is being moulded for the AFF Women’s Championship at the…
DILI (9 June 2016) – There’s still hope for Timor Leste and Laos to make the third round of the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers despite suffering losses in the two-legged second round the previous week. Five teams – Cambodia, Malaysia, India, Tajikistan and Yemen – have all taken their places alongside 12 other nations that…
PHNOM PENH (9 June 2016) – Cambodia made the cut for the third round of the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers when they beat Chinese Taipei 2-0 as ASEAN neighbour Laos were clipped 6-1 by India. With the score tied 2-2 from the first leg, the Cambodians were all business at the National Olympic Stadium in…
HANOI (8 June 2016) – Vietnam’s most prolific goal poacher Le Cong Vinh has announced his retirement from international football after the blue riband event of the AFF Suzuki Cup at the end of the year. The 31-year-old marksman, who has scored 46 goals in 74 appearances at various levels for the Vietnam national side,…
SYDNEY (8 June 2016) – Football Federation Australia on Wednesday promised five-year bans for fans who lit flares before and during the Socceroos’ clash with Greece, which was marred by pre-match scuffles. Melbourne has a large Greek community and hundreds of fans marched from the city’s “Little Athens” precinct on Tuesday evening towards Etihad Stadium,…