No more tough guys in local football?
KUALA LUMPUR: Have Malaysia’s new generation of footballers become softies? So much so, we have to import “heritage players” from abroad for the national team?
KUALA LUMPUR: Have Malaysia’s new generation of footballers become softies? So much so, we have to import “heritage players” from abroad for the national team?
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and the Philippines are due to play their Group A football opener of the Asean Championship at Jakarta’s Gelora Bung Karno Stadium tomorrow, and they have plenty in common - a new coach and squad.
KUALA LUMPUR: It’s insulting and humiliating.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.: Six weeks removed from their first UEFA Champions League title, Paris Saint-Germain have been the indisputable best team at the FIFA Club World Cup.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur FA (KLFA) marked its 50th anniversary on Saturday with a bold pledge — to return football to its roots and revive the game where it truly belongs: among the people.
LONDON: Crystal Palace have been demoted from the Europa League to the Conference League by UEFA for a breach of multi-club ownership rules, European football's governing body confirmed on Friday.
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey: Paris St Germain (PSG) will face Chelsea in the final of FIFA’s revamped 32-team Club World Cup on Sunday, capping off a month-long tournament in the United States that, while sparking debates about the weather and calendar, has delivered drama akin to a nations’ World Cup.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.: Real Madrid will start next season from scratch, manager Xabi Alonso said on Wednesday, after his tactical shift backfired in a 4-0 defeat to Paris St Germain in the Club World Cup semi-final.
MADRID: A Spanish court on Wednesday sentenced former Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti to a year in jail for tax fraud committed in 2014, a punishment that will not oblige the Brazil coach to serve prison time.