Image: REUTERS/Samrang Pring.

"Size has never been a problem for me."

Er... we beg to differ, Fabio. You may claim not to remember the Photoshop D&G re-touch incident of 2006, but it is scorched into our frontal lobes to the extent that we can call it to mind on closed eyes command.

BANGKOK POST

The Thai football team yesterday offered apologises to fans for their early exit at the SEA Games.

The squad returned home yesterday after three defeats and only one win in Group A at the biennial event.

"I apologise to our fans for our failure," said coach Prapol Pongpanich.

You could see the internet wariors racing for their keyboard once Singaore defender Nigel Vanu received a straight red after lashing out at an Indonesia player during their SEA Games encounter at the Bung Karno earlier this afternoon. 1- 0 against the hosts following poor performances against Malaysia and Cambodia, Vanu's red gave them a target for their opprobrium.

Some might suggest the Singapore public are notoriously difficult to please. Others that they are whiney bunch who would complain about beating Brazil 5-0 in the World Cup Final. This performance won't shut them up.
A credible 0-0 in their opening game against the holders Malaysia was greeted with resigned resignation as the nation collectively sighed and said here we go again, a Singapore team promising much but delivering little.

HA NOI — The Vietnamese Football Fans' Club will co-ordinate with Vietnam Airlines to charter special flights for Vietnamese football fans wanting to attend the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Indonesia next month.

Viet Nam Airlines will operate two flights from Ha Noi and HCM City on November 19 if Viet Nam secures a place in the semi-finals of the men's fooball event.

Winners
Malaysia - 1977, 1979, 1989, 2009Thailand - 1981, 1983, 1985, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009Indonesia - 1987, 1991
Runners' Up
Thailand x 2Indonesia x 2Malaysia x 3Singapore x 3Myanmar x 2Vietnam x 5
Indonesia have hosted the SEA Games on three occasions, 1979, 1987, 1997, and reached the final on each occasion.

Two venues being used in Jakarta for this year's SEA Games. These are the prices for the Group Stage at each venue
Bung Karno Stadium (Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand)
VVIP - 250,000 IDRWest VIP - 150,000 IDREast Vip - 100,000 IDRCategory 1 - 75,000 IDRCategory 2 - 50,000 IDRCategory 3 - 25,000 IDRCategory 4 - 15,000 IDR
Lebak Bulus Stadium (Brunei, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Timor Leste, Vietnam)
Class 1 - 100,000 IDRClass 2 - 75,000 IDRClass 3 - 50,000 IDRClass 4 - 25,000 IDR
Opening games are at Bung Karno with Vietnam v Philippines at 4pm and Laos v Myanmar kick off 7pm.

Two venues being used in Jakarta for this year's SEA Games. These are the prices for the Group Stage at each venue
Bung Karno Stadium (Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand)
VVIP - 250,000 IDRWest VIP - 150,000 IDREast Vip - 100,000 IDRCategory 1 - 75,000 IDRCategory 2 - 50,000 IDRCategory 3 - 25,000 IDRCategory 4 - 15,000 IDR
Lebak Bulus Stadium (Brunei, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Timor Leste, Vietnam)
Class 1 - 100,000 IDRClass 2 - 75,000 IDRClass 3 - 50,000 IDRClass 4 - 25,000 IDR
Opening games are at Bung Karno with Vietnam v Philippines at 4pm and Laos v Myanmar kick off 7pm.

Cambodia's sole target this year in international football has been the SEA Gams which start next month, hopefully, in Jakarta. The national team coach came out and said several months ago the World Cup Qualifiers, against Laos, weren't important, his eye was on regional glory.
To help prepare for that regional glory, they have been drawn with Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore so the definition of glory maybe an interesting one, Cambodia have played teams like a bunch of Korean students.

03/11
Vietnam vs Philppines Bung Karno
Laos vs Myanmar Bung Karno
05/11
Brunei vs Timor Leste Bung Karno
Myanmar vs Vietnam Bung Karno
07/11
Timor Leste vs Philippines Lebak Bulus
Laos vs Brunei Lebak Bulus
09/11
Myanmar vs Brunei Lebak Bulus
Vietnam vs Timor Leste Lebak BulusSingapore v Malaysia Bung KarnoIndonesia c Cambodia Bung Karno
11/11
Filipina vs Laos Lebak Bulus
Brunei vs Vietnam Lebak BulusMalaysia v Thailand Bung KarnoSingapore v Cambodia Bung Karno
13/11
Philippines vs Myanmar Lebak Bulus
Timor Leste vs Laos Lebak BulusThailand v Cambodia Bung KarnoIndonesia v Singapore Bung Karno
15/11
Myanmar vs Timor Leste Lebak Bulus
Philippines vs Brunei Lebak Bulus
Malaysia v Cambodia Bung KarnoIndonesia v Thailand Bung Karno
17/11
Laos vs Vietnam Lebak BulusThailand v Singapore Bung KarnoIndonesia v Malaysia Bung Karno
19/11Winner A v Runner Up B Bung KarnoWinner B v Runner Up A Bung Karno
21/11Semi Final Loser v Semi Final Loser Bung KarnoSemi Final Winner v Semi Final Winner Bung Karno

Forget your Liverpools, Manchester Uniteds and Cardiff Citys, Nepa are coming to town. They are planning a month in ASEAN ahead of the South Asian Football Federation Champions in December.
11/10 v Philippines15/10 v Malaysia Olympic28/10 v Cambodia Under 2331/10 v Thailand Olympic3/11 v Thailand
Expect players like Santosh Sahukala and Rohit Chand to appear on the radar of major clubs in the region with this tour

Football For Diplomacy Between Cambodia and Thailand

On Saturday, amongst the Premier League and La Liga, the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen hosted a ‘friendship football match' between Thailand and Cambodia to help smooth over some of the recent tensions the nations have experienced.

Football For Diplomacy Between Cambodia and Thailand

On Saturday, amongst the Premier League and La Liga, the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen hosted a ‘friendship football match' between Thailand and Cambodia to help smooth over some of the recent tensions the nations have experienced.

All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) President Ganesh Thapa and Nepal National team coach, Graham Roberts have confirmed that Nepal team would tour ASEAN region before competing in SAFF Championship scheduled in December in India.
President Thapa said that Nepal National team is all set to tour Philippines on October 11 before going to Cambodia to take on Cambodia U-23 on October 28.

Congratulations to Phnom Penh Crown who were, umm, crowned C League champions in Cambodia last weekend. Since David Booth came in to replace the China bound Bojan Hodak PPC won all eight games, allowing them to stretch clear of nearest challengers Naga Corp.
PPC have shown themselves to be a very ambitious football club with an academy , merchandising, a cafe, a regularly updated website plus regular appearances in the Singapore Cup.

Manchester United have signed two new lucrative commercial deals, including the announcement of logistics company DHL as their first training kit sponsor.

Yes you read that right. DHL will sponsor United's training kit in a four-year deal worth a reported £40 million. I am not aware of any other sports team in the world that has been able to sell sponsorship on the club's playing kit and training kit to different sponsors.

Manchester United sign £40m training kit sponsorship deal - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Manchester United have confirmed two new commercial partnerships, including an extension of their existing partnership with logistics firm DHL, who will be their first training kit sponsor.

The new four-year-agreement sees the DHL logo included on the Club's training kit worn by all first, reserve and youth team players during domestic competitions and builds on DHL's relationship behind the scenes at the club, who have been Manchester United sponsors for over an year and were the official sponsors for United's pre-season tour of the United States this summer.

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifier Laos V Cambodia From: langvannavong Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:34 More in Sports

Chinese Taipei v Malaysia 3-2 (4-4 on aggregate. Malaysia go through on away goals)Laos v Cambodia 6-2 (Laos win 8-6 on aggregate)Vietnam v Macau 7-1 (Vietnam win 13-1 on aggregate)Nepal v Timor Leste 5-0 (Nepal win 7-1 on aggregate)Myanmar v Mongolia 2-0 (Myanmar win 2-1 on aggregate)Philippines v Sri Lanka 4-0 (Philippines win 5-1 on aggregate)
2nd Round Draw (23 & 28 July)
Thailand v PalestineChina v LaosTurkmenistan v IndonesiaKuwait v PhilippinesOman v MyanmarQatar v VietnamSingapore v Malaysia

Soccer24 Preliminary journey kicks off in Asia - http://www.fifa.com/worldcu... 1 hour ago from FIFA.com - News - Comment - Like The first round of qualifying for 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ kicked off in Asia on Wednesday, with Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangladesh convincing in their respective openers.

Short News Vietnam convince on preliminary road - http://www.fifa.com/worldcu... 1 hour ago from FIFA.com - 2014 FIFA World... - Comment - Like Vietnam, Bangladesh and Cambodia are in comfortable position to advance to the second round of qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ in Asia, with respective wins over Macau, Pakistan and Laos.

Singapore v Maldives 4-0 (Match Report & Images)Cambodia v Malaysia U23 1-0 (Match Report & Images)

Sports Reporter

Like their previous three appearances, Abahahi set their sights on the finals of the AFC President's Cup as the three-time Bangladesh League champions begin their Group A Qualifying campaign in Cambodia from Saturday.

The new format of the President's Cup is what gives Abahani hope of qualifying since the final round this time will allow six clubs instead of four.

Moments after whining that SLeague clubs do nothing to promote their own league I hear from Andy in Cambodia. Blogger and now media officer at Phnom Penh Crown, he is actively involved in raising the profile of the game in Cambodia including putting together the first ever Phnom Penh Crown handbook.
This weekend sees the President's up kick off and one way to put bums on seats is to advertise.

Malaysia Friendlies Ahead of Olympic & World Cup Qualifying
03/06 - Hong Kong v Malaysia07/06 - Cambodia Olympic v Malaysia Olympic13/06 - Qatar Olympic v Malaysia Olympic18/06 - Malaysia v Myanmar
Indonesia Friendlies Ahead of World Cup Qualifying
Malaysia's Trophy Cabinet
2009 - SEA Games Champions2010 - ASEAN Football Federation Cup Champions
Indonesia's Trophy Cabinet

About 18 months ago it looked like Gombak United would be the team to break the stranglehold SAFFC had on the SLeague. They boasted the best defence with Bah Mamadou and Obadin at the heart while also boasting the most potent strikeforce in the country.
Agu Casmir headed to Persija in Indonesia, Kingsley Njokou has ended up with Phnom Penh Crown in Cambodia while Gabriel Obatola is now with Pattaya United in the Thai Premier League after a spell in the US with Portland Tomberwolves.

Andy from Cambodia Football is reporting that David Booth has been sacked as coach of Thai Premier League side Si Sa Ket. Of course, they won at the weekend, defeating Pattaya United 2-0, a victory that sees them climb to 11th in the 18th team league just a point behind highly fancied Bangkok Glass. Well, they have deep pockets at least.

Mais um jogo da AFC Challenge Cup 2011, foi realizado no dia 14/02/2011, na cidade de Taipa-MAC, no Estadio Campo Desportivo, onde jogaram as seleções de Macau (193º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do Cambodja (166º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Wed 09/02/11 ACC Cambodia 3 - 1 Macau View events More info Tue 28/04/09 ACC Macau 1 - 2 Cambodia View events More info Tue 27/05/08 ACC Cambodia 3 - 1 Macau More info
27/05/08 FRI Cambodia 3 - 1 Macau
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Hettikamkanamge Perera - SRI
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Khim Borey, aos 47 minutos do primerio tempo, ele que é jogador do Cambodja.

Met up with the former Geylang United and Cambodia national team coach earlier today and had a good old natter. Catch up with his thoughts on Cambodian football and some National Soccer League memories on Jakarta Casual TV.

O primeiro jogo da AFF Chalenge Cup 2012, foi realizado no dia 09/02/2011, na cidade de Pnom Phen-CAM, no National Olympic Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções do Cambodja (
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Tue 28/04/09 ACC Macau 1 - 2 Cambodia View events More info Tue 27/05/08 ACC Cambodia 3 - 1 Macau More info
27/05/08 FRI Cambodia 3 - 1 Macau
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Win Cho-MYA
O primeiro gol foi de Sam El Nasa, aos 3 minutos do segundo tempo, ele que é jogador do Cambodja.

Round 1
Malaysia v Chinese Taipei
Bangladesh v Pakistan
Cambodia v Laos
Sri Lanka v Philippines
Afghanistan v Palestine
Vietnam v Macau
Nepal v Timor Leste
Mongolia v Myanmar
First leg, June 29
Second leg, July 3
Round 2
Thailand v Afghanistan or Palestine
Lebanon v Bangladesh or Pakistan
China v Cambodia or Laos
Turkmenistan v Indonesia
Kuwait v Sri Lanka or Philippines
Oman v Mongolia or Myanmar
Saudi Arabia v Hong Kong
Iran v Maldives
Syria v Tajikistan
Qatar v Vietnam or Macau
Iraq v Yemen
Singapore v Malaysia or Chinese Taipei
Uzbekistan v Kyrgyzstan
UAE v India
Jordan v Nepal or Timor Leste
First leg, July 23
Second leg, July 28
Only Brunei missing from the World Cup qualifier though if the PSSI carry on its cack handed manner they may soon face the wrath of FIFA.

PHNOM PENH (29 March 2011) –Acquiescing to the requests of teams playing in the Metfone Cambodia League, the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC) have decided to scrap the Super Four playoffs.

The Super Four playoffs was introduced by the FFC to decide the Cambodian League champions where after the league stage of home and away, the top four ranked teams are then drawn among each other in a semi-final match up and then the final game.

Muang Thong United's defender Zesh Rehman has been called up by Pakistan ahead of next week's AFC Challenge Cup in Malaysia. Pakistan have been drawn with India, Chinese Taipei and Turkmenistan.
Myanmar are hosting Bangladesh which is interesting. Despite sharing a land border there only used to be one flight a week between Yangon and Dhaka!

VIENTIANE (19 Feb 2011) – Laos and Indonesia will each host two tournaments of the AFF this year – following the decisions of the AFF Council this afternoon in Kuala Lumpur.

Laos, who had successfully organised the qualifying round of the AFF Suzuki Cup last year, will host the AFF Under-16 Championship and also the AFF Women's Football Championship.

Ambition is not measured by what you say. If it was then Tottenham would be the biggest club in the known universe.
No, what's important about ambition is how you set about achieving it. And it's not just the glamour names that show ambition, it's the little touches around the club that show how how determined the club is.

Former Phnom Penh Crown striker Uche Prince Justine is reported to have signed for Thai Division One side Chula United. Who wear pink. The stocky, powerful striker had two seasons in Cambodia netting 25 goals last season. He is joined in Bangkok by former Kirivong striker Julius Ononiwu.