Thailand's Buriram United made light of an acrimonious managerial shake-up as they extended their dream run in the AFC Champions League with a 2-1 win over Bunyodkor in the round of 16 on Tuesday. Two headed goals earned a first-leg win for the unfancied Thai outfit and their new manager Scott Cooper, whose predecessor was sacked hours after sealing progression from the group stage following a row with the club chairman.

By Patrick Johnston SINGAPORE (Reuters) - As Southeast Asian money floods into English football while local leagues are left to rot, the proposed ASEAN Super League (ASL) might just offer those investors a viable alternative and put a stop to the financial drain from the region. The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) told Reuters on Tuesday that their new tournament will start in February 2015 and feature eight franchises initially with no promotion or relegation.

Cash-strapped Indonesian football club Persibo was Thursday deciding whether to withdraw from the AFC Cup after a "shameful" performance in Hong Kong when they ran out of players, forcing the match to be abandoned. The game against Sunray Cave JS Sun Hei on Tuesday was called off in the 65th minute with the Indonesians trailing 8-0 after six of their players had gone off the pitch with injuries. The club only had 12 players available for the match, with some having left after the side's major shareholder stopped paying the team and staff in January, and others suspended.

EUIJEONGBU, South Korea, March 29 (Yonhap) -- Former professional basketball coach Kang Dong-hee was indicted by prosecutors on Friday on charges of fixing games, officials said. Prosecutors here in Euijeongbu, north of Seoul, said Kang was among four people indicted for their role in the first match-fixing scandal to hit the Korean Basketball League (KBL). Kang, former head coach of the KBL team Dongbu Promy, was charged with receiving cash from brokers to fix four games during the 2010-2011 KBL season.