Thailand
BANGKOK (22 Feb 2016) – Suphawut Thueanklan was named the top scorer at the AFC Futsal Championship after scoring four goals as Thailand claimed third place following Sunday’s 8-0 victory over Vietnam. Suphawut’s four goals in the third place play-off at Uzbekistan Stadium took the 26-year-old to 14 for the tournament to overtake Iran’s Hossein…
BANGKOK (19 Feb 2016) – Thailand coach Victor Hermans has announced that the forthcoming FIFA Futsal World Cup will be his last, with the tournament ever-present stating that he will not be coaching at the global finals after Colombia 2016. Speaking following the 6-1 AFC Futsal Championship quarter-final victory over Australia, which qualified the Thais…
BANGKOK (11 Feb 2016) – Former Thailand national police chief Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang was elected as the new president of the FA of Thailand (FAT) at the electoral that was held in the capital city. In a landslide decision, Somyot won 62 votes, beating former national team coach Chanvit Pholcheewin and Bangkok FC chairman…
BANGKOK (7 Feb 2016) – The Thai Premier League (TPL) Board have decided to drop the idea of expanding the domestic top flight to 20 teams for the new 2016 season. The current TPL has 18 teams taking part. The idea to have 20 teams taking part in the new TP 2016 received widespread oppositions…
BANGKOK (3 Feb 2016) – Kawin Thamsatchanan was the hero for Muangthong United as they beat Johor Darul Ta’zim 3-0 on penalties following a 0-0 draw to set up an AFC Champions League qualifying playoff against Shanghai SIPG. The Thailand international produced the goods when it mattered in Tuesday’s Preliminary Stage 2 encounter at the SCG Stadium,…
BANGKOK (23 Jan 2016) – A set of 30 new voters to represent the six regional leagues (Division Two) at the Football Association of Thailand presidential elections on Feb 11 was elected on Friday. However, Friday’s polls to replace those elected during the reign of suspended FAT president Worawi Makudi, organised by the Fifa-appointed normalisation…