HANOI (26 Jan 2013) – To make Vietnam’s V-League more commercially viable, the Vietnam Professional Football JSC (VPF) have gained Japanese expertise in the form of Kazuyoshi Tanabe in his new post as VPF Deputy General Director. Following the closure of several clubs in the V-League which resulted in a number of players losing their…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (26 Jan 2013) – Brunei’s only professional club DPMM FC have signed former World Cupper Ivan Bosnjak of Croatia to further strengthen their campaign in the S-League this year. Vjeran Simunic, the chief coach of DPMM, revealed that Bosnjak has been signed to the club where currently the former Dinamo Zagreb forward…
JAKARTA (25 Jan 2013) – The Indonesia national Futsal squad is planning a trip to either Australia or Japan as part of their preparation for the SEA Games that will be hosted by Myanmar later in the year. Yericho Umbas, the chairman of the National Futsal Board (BFN), said that while they are waiting for…
YANGON (25 Jan 2013) – The Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) will be introducing the second tier league – the MNL-2 – on 15 February with eight semi-professional clubs and also the Myanmar Under-19 team taking part. With the existence of MNL 2, the MFF are planning to introduce a promotion-relegation system with the top two…
JAKARTA (25 Jan 2013) – Recently appointed Indonesian Minister for Youth and Sports Roy Suryo is planning to meet up with Arifin Panigoro and Nirwan Bakrie – the two personalities regarded to be the key to unlocking the dilemma that is facing Indonesian football. Arifin is backing the Indonesia Premier League (IPL) which is sanctioned…
YANGON (25 Jan 2013) – The Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) are looking at a date in May this year to launch the first ever Women’s Football League in the country. Following the success of the women’s team where their Under-19 side recently qualified for the 2013 AFC U-19 Women Championship, a domestic league will give…