Sunday September 28, 2008
Football: Axe to fall on five
By ERIC SAMUEL
PETALING JAYA: At least five players will be axed following the national football team's dismal outing in the playing tour of Slovakia recently.
Malaysia lost three matches and drew one in the tour.
National material: Kedah striker Mohd Khyril Muhymeen (right) has been picked by national coach B. Click to continue reading...

Next month sees the Merdeka Cup kick off in Malaysia with eight countries bidding to win the trophy won by Malaysia last year.

Seven of the countries have been confirmed while Kazakhstan have yet to confirm their attendance.

Despite Indonesia having postponed the ISL for a month so they could compete in this competition the Star doesn't include them! Click to continue reading...

Singapore Under-21 team will be participating the competition that will be held on 20 September at Hue City,Vietnam.Singapore is grouped together with Iran and Myanmar in group B while Thailand,Vietnam and Malaysia are in group A. Top two teams in respective group will qualify for the semi-finals.Only three players in the Young Lions squad are in [. Click to continue reading...

SINGAPORE, 16 September 2008: Terry Pathmanathan's Singapore Under-21 team is set to compete in the International Under-21 Football Tournament – Vietnam Youth Newspaper Cup 2008 which will begin on 20 September at Hue City, Vietnam.

Singapore is in Group B together with Iran and Myanmar while Group A consists of Thailand, Malaysia and hosts Vietnam. Click to continue reading...

Apparently there is some Tournament Challenge Cup being hosted by Myanmar in November which Indonesia are considering entering. Possibly featuring the likes of India, China, Thailand, Maldives, India as well as Myanmar and Indonesia but at this moment no one is too sure whether it is to be an Under 23 comp or not. Click to continue reading...

The draw for the tournament was held today in Jakarta.

Initially there will be a qualification round in Phnom Penh featuring Philipines, Timor Leste, Cambodia, Laos and Brunei. The top two will then join the six seeded teams and fight it out for the AFF Championship in December.

Defending champions Singapore return to Indonesia who they beat in the the first leg of the final 3-1 back in 2005 at a wet Bung Karno if I recall

Group A -

Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar, 2nd Qualifier

Group B -

Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, 1st Qualifier

Two venues are to be used in Indonesia, Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta and Jaluk Harupat in Soreang, West Java.

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Indonesia v Myanmar 4-0
Brunei v Libya 1-5

Semi Finals Indonesia v Indonesia B
Libya v Myanmar

I was round the Bung Karno Stadium at the weekend and it was telling to see that a youth tournament was being widely promoted in the area while the Independence Cup less so. Click to continue reading...

Cambodia v Myanmar 1-7
Indonesia B v Libya 1-4 Click to continue reading...

Indonesia's first Independence Cup since 2000 kicks off tonight at the Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta. Six teams are competing for the 67,000 USD prize money; Indonesia, Libya, Cambodia, Brunei, Myanmar and Indonesia B.

Tonight sees two games. The first kicks off at 6.30 pm while the second starts at 9. Click to continue reading...

At a press conference yesterday the FA were forced to defend the quality of the upcoming Independence Cup.

Libya were once runners up in the African Cup of Nations but only when they hosted it while Cambodia and Brunei have had marginally less impact on the football stage than a three legged hedgehog. Click to continue reading...

After a little flurry of excitement when the Indonesian FA website anounced a couple of Argentinian sides were on their way, (the page was quickly pulled down!), the schedule has been finalised for the first Independence Cup to be held in Indonesia since the last one.

As you can see everything is being done to maximise attendances after a feeble 2 or 3 thousand turned up for the recent friendly with the New Zealand Olympic side. Click to continue reading...

Suzuki Motor Corporation will be AFF Cup title sponsor and will be name AFF Suzuki Cup 2008.The biennial event will be co-hosted by Thailand and Indonesia in December following a five-team qualifying tournament in Cambodia in October. Six team have qualified automatically for the AFF Cup 2008.They are Singapore,Thailand ,Malaysia,Vietnam,Myanmar and Indonesia. Click to continue reading...

Taken from the Star

Saturday August 2, 2008
Foreign players to know fate today
By ERIC SAMUEL
The FA of Malaysia (FAM) Council will meet today to decide on the foreign players' fate.
The council, headed by FAM president Sultan Ahmad Shah, will deliberate on the findings of the two-day brain-storming session organised last month. Click to continue reading...

Next months sees Indonesia host an Independence Cup competition and they really have whetted the football fans' appetite.

England are coming as are Brazil and Saudi Arabia to do battle with Benny Dollo's men. Ticket prices and match details have yet to be arranged but some domestic games will have to be rearranged. Click to continue reading...

Myanmar will host the 2007 ASEAN Women's Championship for the first time during 6-15 September. The South East Asian participants are Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam in Group A and Myanmar, Laos, Singapore and Thailand in Group B. Click to continue reading...