A second-half goal from Holly Furphy sealed a 1-0 win as U23 Australia triumphed over Myanmar to claim the AFF Women’s title.

Myanmar, also known as Burma, stood among the best in Asia from the mid-1960s to the 1970s, which is regarded as the country’s golden age for football.

The manager of English soccer club Leeds United shrugged off criticism of the team's visit to Myanmar on Wednesday, saying the club was there only "for football". The club flew to Myanmar this ...

Cruel defeats are part and parcel of football for all nations and just need to be dealt with. If Myanmar’s potential is fulfilled, there are going to be plenty of feel-good stories in the future.

A team from Guam has never competed in the Asian Football Confederation Women’s Champions League, but that is about to change ...

Shouts reverberate under the concrete overpass as barefoot players jostle for the ball, a sad echo of Myanmar's long-lost footballing glory days which authorities are now hoping to revive. Once an ...

Kuwait’s Olympic (U-23) national football team is set to kick off its campaign in the AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers, which run through ...

Myanmar established its own professional football league last year at the behest of its ruling general after his grandson suggested he buy England's Manchester United, according to a U.S. Embass ...

Yangon (AFP) - Shouts reverberate under the concrete overpass as barefoot players jostle for the ball, a sad echo of Myanmar's long-lost footballing glory days which authorities are now hoping to ...

Cruel defeats are part and parcel of football for all nations and just need to be dealt with. If Myanmar’s potential is fulfilled, there are going to be plenty of feel-good stories in the future.

Once an Asian powerhouse, Myanmar's football fortunes suffered a precipitous decline under the former military junta whose 50-year reign ravaged the economy and sporting infrastructure.