HANGZHOU The national women’s football team opens its 19th Asian Games campaign against Hongkong on Friday hoping to nail a win that could virtually send the World Cup veterans Filipinas to the knockout stage. “There are only 16 teams [countries] participating,” Philippine Football Federation president Atty. Edwin Gastanes told BusinessMirror on Thursday. “After that, it’s the
North Korea defeated Chinese Taipei 2-0 to kick off the Asian Games men s football competition in China on Tuesday, marking the reclusive country s return to the international sporting scene with an easy win.