Singapore v Thailand 1-3 (Mustafic Fahruddin; Sutee Suksomkit 2, Therdsak Chaiman) 22,183
First 20 minutes the Thais showed why they are best side in ASEAN as their slick passing and intelligent moving tore the Singapore rearguard to shreds.
Prompted by the impressive Datsakorn Thonglao at the heart of the midfield the Thais spread the play and often had the Singaporeans chasing shadows. Click to continue reading...

Following his goal scoring debut for new side Persisam, Thai international Pipat Tonkanya will be back in action this afternoon as his side take on Persela Lamongan at the Surajaya Stadium in East Java.
Persela are a strong team at home and are currently unbeaten in the ISL but after Pipat and company deflated Persijap's goal free defence at the weekend, the Borneo Eagles will go into the game full of optimism. Click to continue reading...

Some Thai politician has suggested that ASEAN bid formally for the World Cup in 2018. Christ, the things these people do for a few inches. Column inches I meant.
First, there is no way on this earth 10 nations can host a World Cup. Second there is no way ASEAN can agree on anything long enough to host anything beyond a gob fest for other politicians. Click to continue reading...

So the girls took on Thailand in the final of the ASEAN under-16 girls final in Myanmar, and though it's not up on the FFA website yet, you can read all about it here on the ASEAN website.
Australia ended up winning 8-0, but the scoreline doesn't reflect that it was pretty close. Up until the 67th minute, it was 2-0, but Sam Kerr then scored and it seemingly opened up the floodgates. Click to continue reading...

Brunei is a tiny dot, well two dots actually, on the world's surface. It's a relatively harmless little place that plods along in it's own sweet little way usually without getting pissed. It's not often the country or anyone from the country makes any ripples anywhere. A big news story there is a maid being sacked for cutting her toenails while watching imported soap operas. Click to continue reading...

THE GOOD old days of the Lions taking on their neighbours across the Causeway in the Malaysia Cup may never be relived, but there are plans in the pipeline to revive the rivalry on a regular basis.
The Young Lions were invited to take part in the Malaysian FA Cup in 2006, where they qualified for the semi-finals. Click to continue reading...

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) governs the footballing community of Asia and also now includes Australia, but it doesn't include a number of Asian (or part-Asian) countries, who are part of UEFA. The headquarters are located in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.

The AFC was formed in 1954 (believe it or not on the sidelines of a game), by Afghanistan, Burma, Republic of China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea Republic, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore & Vietnam.

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Malaysia U23 v Indonesia U23 1-0 (Zaquan Adha)
That's consecutive wins against ASEAN opposition as Malaysia defeated Singapore earlier. For Indonesia three consecutive defeats after two losses in Tehran recently. Against Malaysia however they were without Jajang Maulyana, Egi Mardiansyah and Boaz Solossa Click to continue reading...

June 1 sees the start of the Singapore League Cup (SLC) with the 12 members of the SLeague facing off against each other for the chance of some silverware.
Woodlands Wellington won the first edition of this trophy in 2007 while last year Gombak United collected it.
This season sees some changes with the competition beginning with a group format, replacing the knock out manner of earlier years. Click to continue reading...

Here are some words and phrases you can hear on this week's languagecaster's Good, Bad and Ugly section of the podcast - a review of the footballing news. For more English practice check out our worksheets, football glossary and English for football phrases. Remarkable: surprising, amazing, worthy of notice Example: The new Mexican champions are Toluca who [. Click to continue reading...

This week's good, the bad and the ugly features the new champions of Mexico, the most exciting finish to an Argentinian season ever, violence in SE Asian football and yet another Premier League manager is fired. Good The new Mexican champions are Toluca who won the remarkable two-legged final against Cruz Azul on penalties 7-6. Click to continue reading...