PETALING JAYA (14 December 2023) – Datuk Noor Azman Rahman, the General Secretary of the FA of Malaysia (FAM) has confirmed that the planned friendly against Saudi Arabia next month has been cancelled. The Malaysian national team under head coach Kim Pan-gon was planning to use the friendly against the much higher-ranked Saudi Arabia as…
MANILA (13 December 2023) – Club football is set to return with an expanded format as the Philippines Football League conducted its first club workshop last night at the PFF House of Football in Pasig City. Among the topics discussed in the workshop is the competition format, which shall depend on the number of participating…
MELBOURNE (13 December 2023) – Melbourne City duo Mathew Leckie and Jamie Maclaren are the latest Socceroos to be under an injury cloud heading into the Asian Cup. Leckie sustained a potential hamstring injury in City’s 1-1 draw against Zhejiang in the AFC Champions League on Tuesday night, while Maclaren is battling an ongoing ankle…
MANILA (12 December 2023) – Kaya FC Iloilo held their nerves intact to lift the 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara after beating Davao Aguilas-UMak 4-3 in the penalty shootout in the final that was held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. The score at the end of regulation was 1-1. Yannick Tuason had given Davao the lead…
HANOI (11 December 2023) – FIFA, jointly with the global players’ association FIFPRO, has released a report on the activities of the Social Media Protection Service (SMPS) at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™, showing how this innovative approach helped reduce the exposure of players, teams and official to online abuse…
SINGAPORE (11 December 2023) – Lion City Sailors sailed to their first-ever Singapore Cup crown after beating Hougang United 3-1 in the final that was played at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Sailors, who took over Home United three years ago, put in the work to duly earn a penalty that was converted by Richairo Živković…