2013
BANGKOK (3 May 2013) – It is end of the road for Atthaphol Puspakom as the chief coach of Buriram United when they decided to part ways with the former Thai international. Despite leading the former Thai champions to a place in the final 16 teams in the AFC Champions League, it was still not…
KUALA LUMPUR (3 May 2013) – Defending SEA Games champions Malaysia are still without a win after five matches where this week, they were whitewashed 3-0 by Hungarian club Kaposvari Rakoczi FC in Budpest. The loss was the team’s fifth friendly game in their European sojourn. They had begun their stay with a 1-1 draw…
DILI (2 May 2013) – Shaikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain was elected as the new President of AFC for the term 2013-2015 today. In the AFC Extraordinary Congress, Shaikh Salman secured 33 votes out of 46 votes (2/3rd majority) in the first round of ballot to defeat Dato’ Worawi Makudi of Thailand (seven…
SINGAPORE (2 May 2013) – Brunei’s only professional club DPMM FC fell to their third defeat of the season in the S-League – this time going down 2-1 to the Malaysian Under-21 side of Harimau Muda B. Following the deadlock in the first half, striker Muhammad Faizat Ghazali found the back of the net in…
YANGON (1 May 2013) – Maywe moved within two points of Myanmar National League (MNL) leaders Zeyar Shwe Myay with a strong performance which saw them beating Rakhine United 2-0. A goal in each half through off Ko Ko Naing in the 23rd minute and then Htoo Htoo Aung in the 87th minute were enough…
KUALA LUMPUR (30 April 2013) – Asian Football Confederation (AFC) presidential candidate Datuk Worawi Makudi, arrived here this evening in high spirits for the eagerly-anticipated AFC elections on Thursday morning. The FIFA Exco member and FA of Thailand president was accompanied by several Thai officials. Worawi, a FIFA Exco member since 1997, is the last…