SENAYAN (11 Nov 2011) – Hosts Indonesia wrested control of Group A when beat Singapore 2-0 on the third match day of men’s football that was played at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium this afternoon. Despite playing under hot and humid conditions of a 1400hrs kick-off, the Indonesian started the game strongly when as early…
JAKARTA (11 Nov 2011) – Newly promoted side Mitra Kukar FC have signed Marcus Bent – who had previously played for Blackburn Rovers, Everton and Birmingham in the English Premier League – on a year’s contract. The signing was facilitated by Mitra chief coach Simon McMenemy. “We have agreed on a one year-contract,” confirmed Mitra…
JAKARTA (10 Nov 2011) – Timor Leste team manager Amandio Samento, was not a happy man last night. After watching his team controlled the early part of the game, the loss of Ribeiro Murilo cost them the game against Vietnam in the end. The Vietnamese went on to record a 2-0 win over Timor. Amandio…
JAKARTA (10 Nov 2011) – Malaysia performed remarkably to defeat Thailand yesterday and get themselves back in the title hunt. Their fight to defend the gold however is far from over. In fact, after beating the Thais yesterday, the Malaysians can expect their remaining opponents in the group round, Cambodia and Indonesia, to give them…
JAKARTA (10 Nov 2011) – The loss was heart-wrenching, given the confident mood of the Thais prior to their opening game. But after watching his side outplayed 2-1 by nemesis Malaysia in a Group A tie last night, team manager Kasem Jariyawatwong chose to look at the bright side of things. “We were not playing…
DILI (10 Nov 2011) – After all the talk of using state-of-the-art air conditioning to cool stadiums at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the architect in charge of one of the venues claimed this week that a more old-fashioned solution would be cheaper and better. Leading firm Populous, which is designing the Sports City…