Mohammed Rashid: Sharing More on Palestinian Football & His Life

“You must realise that you must push yourself to the next level to accomplish anything. You always have to believe that you can, and then you will be able to do it. It’s all up here (pointing to the head). Understand that football is not played with the feet; the feet are just tools. It is here (pointing to the head). It’s all mentality”

World Cup Legend & Greatest Croatian Striker Davor Suker Speaks Football With JPF

“You know what was the quality of Croatia back then? We never surrender; we never give up. And we loved playing against a strong national team! What was there for us to lose? Nothing! We beat Italy, we beat Germany, we beat England, we beat all the big teams. Then again, all these started young in Croatia. And that’s also what I wanted to do: motivate all the young players to be proud of their country. The moment they touch their football crest or flag on their chest, singing the National Anthem out loud, it’s the country pride they have to play for. In that 1998 World Cup, we showed just that”

Malaysian Football, The Southeast Asian Football That Touches My Heart – Ueda Asahi

“Unlike the temporary break in Chinese football, Malaysian football development is more substantial, as it has proven for the past ten years. Credit has to be given to the HRH Crown Prince for sure. He not only reinforced the first team by injecting high-calibre players such as Jordi Amat, Shane Lowry, Pablo Aimar and more, but he also invested heavily in developing the training centre and the stadium and possessed a long-term vision for the club. Yes, all these might look easy on paper, but the HRH Crown Prince is the one who showed it by action. I have nothing but great respect for him”

Gulf Champion Iraq Defeated Japan in Doha

“think the hierarchy of Asian football has changed so much. People see Japan as one of Asia’s strongest, if not the strongest, football nation. Just looked at the Iraqi victory against Japan. With no disrespect, the Iraqis fought well, beat one of the AFC Asian Cup’s favourites, and celebrated like they had won the Cup. It was a massive victory for the Iraqis”

India, The Future Asian Football Giant

“I have been following football worldwide and am used to seeing teams with massive supporters. But when I came to this 3-time Indian Super League runner-up (since 2014), especially after having experienced the match at the stadium in person and witnessing how everyone cheered and sang for the team, I was impressed with the football passion in the city, considering the team is not a renowned international team yet. After my last visit, they have gained a new supporter in me”

Footraveller Ueda Asahi Looking Forward to Southeast Asian Football Success

“Japan missed the 1994 World Cup in the United States with just seconds remaining. And for the 1998 World Cup in France, Japan won the playoffs with a golden goal. It was because of these two ‘hells’ (Doha-1993, where the Japanese cried) and ‘heaven’ (Johor Bahru-1997, where we got our revenge and cried tears of joy) that Japanese football improved drastically. 

Southeast Asian countries will also soon experience their own ‘heaven’ and ‘hell’ as Southeast Asia will play one of the most exciting, if not the most exciting, World Cup Qualifiers in the World Cup”

Visiting FC Barcelona and Experiencing the UEFA Champions League

“The UEFA Champions League theme song went off, and the match between Barca and FC Porto kicked off in nearly 40,000 packed Stadium. Instead of focusing on the exciting match, we were literally “marked out” of the game by the entertaining football ultras’ singing and the ten over thousands of mini Barca flags given to the fans for free upon entry, waving in the air. It was nothing impressive when only a few hundred flags moved in the air. But when it’s ten over thousands with singing, it is a sight”

Best of local football feted at FAS Awards Night 2023

“The seventh edition of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) Awards Night marking the end of the 2023 domestic football season, was held at Orchard Hotel this evening. This prestigious annual event, held amidst an atmosphere of excitement and anticipation, aims to honour the brightest talents of the year and honour the achievements of members of the football fraternity”

Singapore’s Kampung Buangkok Futsal Team to Participate in Brunei Futsal League

“History has been created. The local futsal team, Kampung Buangkok Futsal Team has received the blessing and sanction from the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) to participate in the next season of the Brunei Futsal League. The green light was officially given to the 3-year-old futsal team (established in 2020) on 25 August 2023”

Royal ARION Signs Thai Women Footballers for New Season

“Our best World Cup memory has to be our first-ever World Cup victory against Ivory Coast back in Canada 2015! Ivory Coast scored very early in the game but we fought back to win it 3-2 in front of nearly 19,000 spectators at Ottawa. Probably, the next memory I could think of was playing against a strong Sweden in France 2019. We lost that match 5-1 but that was a strong showing by us especially recovering from the infamous 13-0 loss to the United States in our first match”