The draw for the 2012 Challenge Cup was held today and lady luck has smiled on Palestine placing it in Group A alongside hosts Nepal, 2010 Finalists Turkmenistan, and the Maldives. It will be a trickier proposition for teams in…
This isn’t an early April Fool’s day joke. Jibril Rajoub has announced that he will formally submit the request to Mohammed Bin Hammam today in the Vietnamese capitol, Hanoi. The AFC is currently wrapping up an official two-day visit of…
The West Bank Premier League- Twenty out of the 21 players called up ply their trade in Palestine. Over the past 3 years they have been able to compete without unplanned stoppages or arbitrary cancellations. The league has helped foster…
Starting XI (4-2-3-1): Shbair; Hijazi, Bahdari, Mahdi, Harbi (Abu Saleh 75′); Wadi, Youssef; Amour (Jebreen 85′), Obeid, Nu’man (Abu Belal 75′); Alyan Goals: Alyan 40′, 90′ Harbi 72′ Recap: Palestine achieve first ever come from behind victory to win Group…
The national team arrived in Yangoon this past Thursday ahead of their AFC Challenge Cup qualification campaign. The final squad sees only two changes from the one that took part in the friendly series against Pakistan. Jamal Allan and Murad…
Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait will participate in this year’s WAFF Championship. According to Atlas Sport, Jibril Rajoub, who serves as one of the Federation’s VPs was crucial in convincing the heads of the respective FAs. The tournament will feature nine…
Taken from Myrepublica.com REPUBLICA KATHMANDU, March 28: Profligate Nepal was made to pay by Kyrgyzstan in a game decided by two soft goals at the Dasharath Stadium Saturday putting Nepal´s hopes of advancing through the AFC Challenge Cup Group ‘C’…
Taken from the Himalayan Times Ritesh RijalKathmandu, March 27: Spirited Nepali national team were forced to share a point after a goalless draw against the physically-superior Palestine at the AFC Challenge Cup Group ‘C’ qualifying match here at the Dasharath…
After doing some reading, it seems that in order to determine the best 2nd place team only results against the top 3 teams in the group will be taken into consideration. I would stress however, that this changes absolutely nothing……
Hard to really give decent commentary about the match, many of us were put in the wrong kind of mood when every Nepalese television station decided to broadcast horse racing instead of the match. That said, in case you haven’t…
