Former World Player of the Year, Canivaro to visit Cambodia January 8-10
FABIO CANNAVARO , Former Napoli, Parma, Inter Milan, Juventus, Real Madrid and ITALY Defender is set to visit CAMBODIA, Kingdom of Wonder on 8 & 9 JAN 2012.
According to reports gathered by Expat Advisory, The 2006 Footballer of the year is said to be coming to Cambodia under the special invitation of a Business Magnate who is ready to do almost anything to promote football in the Kingdom.
According to the source who claims anonymity, "Fabio will be having a press conference or two, teaching skills to kids or youths most likely at Olympic Stadium and will be having personal appearances with the tour sponsors and a gala dinner" the source Stated.
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Phnom Penh Crown sacks 9 players following AFC Hammer
Nine Players of Reigning Metfone C-League champions Phnom Penh Crown FC were last week clamped with lenghty Bans by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) following their role in a fracas during the AFC President’s Cup final on September 25.
Striker Chan Chaya, San Narith and Defender Sun Sovannrithy were handed six-month suspensions from all football competition for assaulting the referee during the ugly scenes in Kaosiung, Taiwan.
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C-Ajer wins Human Rights Youth Tourney
C-Ajer Team emerged the champions in the U-16 Category of the Inaugural edition of the Human Rights Soccer Tournament organized by CIA First International School in Phnom Penh. In the U-13 Category, New Hope for Cambodia Children ( NHCC), an International NGO which caters for less privileged children emerged as champions in the One day soccer tournament held at the Vietcam Sports Center.
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CIA Hosts Soccer Tournament for Human Rights
The Cambodia International Academy, a well established International School in Phnom Penh is set to host the first Human Rights Football Tournament. The kids’ competition brings together teams from organisations and schools in Phnom Penh to take part in a 6 v 6 Tournament at the Vietcam Sports Center.
According to the Tournament Organizers, the objectives of the one day competition is to help promote Equality, Justice and Human Rights for all.
" Equality, justice and human rights for all, an important message worth spreading!
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FFC Reveals new Format for Hun Sen Cup
The Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC) has revealed a revamped format for its 2012 edition of the Samdech Hun Sen Cup, which is set to run from January 7 to February 4.
This was made known by FFC general secretary Kul Sophana in an Exclusive interview, the Phnom Penh post reported on Friday.
The premier annual club tournament would feature two expanded stages – a qualification round, played at five provincial centres, and a group stage played in Phnom Penh.
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Cambodia defeated by Nepal leaving fans to call for Lee's head
Cambodia's National U-23 Team yesterday suffered a 1-0 defeat to Nepal in their build up to the 26th SEA games in Indonesia. This defeat comes on the back of their failure to defend the BIDC Cup won in 2009 as they also fell to Thailand 2-1 in the semi finals of the 2011 BIDC cup thus putting pressure on the embattled Korean Coach Tae Hoon Lee
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Myanmar wins Mekong Youth U-21 Football Cup 2011, beating Thailand 2-1
PHNOM PENH, October 16 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar beat Thailand 2-1 in the final of the 1st Mekong Region Youth U-21 International Football Tournament BIDC Cup 2011 at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
During the match, Thailand's Pakorn Parmpak scored one goal in the 40th minute, and in return, Myanmar's Zaw Lin levelled the score in the 42nd minute and Thet Naing scored another goal in the extra time.
At the end, Myanmar beat Thailand 2-1, winning the Cup and 20,000 U.S. dollar award.
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Stage 1 complete
The AFC President's Cup, the biggest international football club tournament ever to be staged in Cambodia, kicked-off on Saturday with hosts Phnom Penh Crown looking to begin their competition with a win over the Sri Lankan champions, Don Bosco Sports Club, and that's exactly what they did.
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Football is coming home to Cambodia
Not since the 1950s and 1960s has Cambodia been at the center of Asian regional football. That is just about to change. Next week the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President’s Cup is coming to Cambodia and Phnom Penh for the first time. This is the champions cup competed for by twelve countries, regarded as ‘emerging nations’ by the AFC and the most prestigious international club competition ever to be hosted in Cambodia.
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The big kick off
As many as eight new players will be making their Metfone Cambodian League debut for reigning champions Phnom Penh Crown when they kick-off the new football season against their arch-rivals Preah Khan Reach in the fixture everyone wants to see, at 3pm this Saturday (2 April). The season's long-awaited opener will see a host of new faces for Crown, who've added no less than a dozen signings to their squad after the break-up of last season's successful championship-winning team.
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