WITH Liverpool’s last remaining realistic hope of domestic glory shattered by Reading after Shane Long’s extra-time winner at Anfield on Wednesday night, is it time for the Mersey giants to dismiss their manager? Robert Huth’s late equaliser for Stoke on Saturday heaped more pressure on Rafa Benitez ahead of Wednesday’s crunch clash with Tottenham. Although […]
Vietnam are ASEAN champions
Vietnam managed to hold Thailand to a 1-1 draw in the second leg of the AFF Suzuki Cup final to win 3-2 on aggregate. Le Cong Vinh nodded in a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser as Vietnam were crowned Asean champions for the first time after clinching victory over three-time winners Thailand in the AFF Suzuki Cup […]
AFF Suzuki Cup: Vietnam 3 – 2 Thailand
Thailand coach Peter Reid was left to reflect on what might have been after Vietnam snatched the Suzuki Cup on Sunday. A dramatic late strike by Le Cong Vinh saw Reid’s Thailand lose 3-2 on aggregate to Vietnam in the AFF Suzuki Cup final. Teerasil Dangda’s first-half header had levelled the aggregate score and the […]
World Cup Qualification Rules Adjusted
The Federation of International Football Association, FIFA, world soccer governing body, over the weekend, made amendments to the qualifying rules for the 2010 World cup/ African Cup of Nations tournaments. Due to the withdrawal of Eritrea in group 11 of the qualifying groups,FIFA had to modify the regulations determining the progressions of teams to the […]