Hangzhou to host International Football Club Soccer 9s
The city of Hangzhou in China will play host to the International Football Club (IFC) 11th Soccer 9s tournament next week (April 20). The annual competition, featuring veteran footballers, will be held in Tonglu County after Kuala Lumpur hosted last year's edition in conjunction with IFC's 50th anniversary. Hangzhou hosted the tournament in 2011, the club's first tournament abroad. Other cities that have hosted the tournament since are Pattaya (2012), Phnom Penh (2014 & 2016) and Krabi (2017). IFC president Kiranjit Singh said that it was not an easy feat for a Malaysian-based veteran football club to host a tournament overseas as he thanked the organising committee for their good work. “This is not the first time we are bringing he tournament away from Kuala Lumpur and doing it for the sixth time in our history of the eleven-year tournament is indeed a feat to be proud off,” said Kiranjit. “We are also thankful to the Malaysian-based teams ...