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Asia’s top clubs, led by Al Hilal and Al Sadd, clash in Jeddah as the ACL Elite Finals 2025 promise drama, history, and a new champion.
Thailand and China will host the AFC U20 and U17 Women’s Asian Cups, aiming to boost youth football development across Asia.
AFC kicks off its first Empowering Women in Football Program, advancing diversity and leadership in the Asian football ecosystem.
Palestine stuns Iraq, Kyrgyzstan shocks Qatar, and giants slip in tense Asian Qualifiers—drama unfolds across the continent.
Japan qualify as Asia's World Cup race heats up—big wins, surprise draws, and crucial clashes ahead on Matchday 8.
Buriram edged JDT 1-0 in a VAR-marred clash, sealing a quarter-final spot as Obregón's stoppage-time goal was controversially disallowed.
Akram Afif wins Best Footballer in Asia 2024, ending a decade of East Asian dominance in a tight race with Son Heung-min.
AFC U20 Asian Cup 2025 kicks off in China as 16 teams battle for glory and FIFA U-20 World Cup spots. Full schedule and key matchups!
AFC Champions League Two Knockout Stage kicks off Feb 11-13 with thrilling clashes, VAR debut, and clubs chasing continental glory.
The stage is set for the AFC U17 Asian Cup 2025 in Saudi Arabia, with 16 teams vying for glory and World Cup berths.
Dutch legend Patrick Kluivert appointed Indonesia national team coach with ambitious World Cup qualification target for 2026 campaign.
Vietnam clinched their 3rd ASEAN Championship title with a dramatic 3-2 win over Thailand in Bangkok, sealing a 5-3 aggregate victory.
AFC U20 Asian Cup Qualifiers: 45 teams vie for China 2025 spots. Defending champs Uzbekistan face tough competition. Kicks off Sept 21.
The U20 World Cup in Indonesia is under threat, as the host nation refuse to let Israel take part. Uri Levy with the full story behind the political tension that may affect the South-East Asian country.
Bergson da Silva arrived in Johor Darul Ta’zim with style. His start of the season in Malaysian football is living up to the Southern Tigers’ expectations and beyond. His career path is surprising, and if he can keep his form, he might become a new fascinating Asian football star.
AFC Champions League and AFC Cup will take place in centralised venues. The AFC has released a series of decisions regarding the international and club competitions in 2021, among them U16, U19 AFC Championships, and the continent’s most important club competitions.
Throughout the years, the AFC Champions League, Asian football’s main stage, has produced us high-scoring matches that thrilled millions of fans. Which one of them was the best?
The Australian A-League has decided to backtrack from their previous decision to speed-up the league, and an announcement tomorrow of the imminent shut-down is expected. Only one match took place today. On the other side of the globe, Nicaraguan football is going strong, producing a goal-fest in the Managua derby.
Australia announced today that there are over a 1000 coronavirus detected cases. It didn't cause anyone to revert the decision play major sports events in the country. Of course, under the current circumstances, all matches are played behind closed doors.
Although still battling fiercely with the coronavirus pandemic, Singapore leads the way for Asian football with a slow and steady return to routine. Although still playing behind closed doors, they try and get creative.
As more leagues across the globe halt their operations, Australia has chose to take a different approach: Speed up and condense the schedule, so the league will finish before the coronavirus will pause all sport activities in the country.
Saint-Pierroise from Réunion is creating upsets at the Coupe de France. The team that travels thousands of kilometers for every match is now one of the last 32 left in the tournament, and hoping for more success.
Timor-Leste made a decent World Cup qualifiers run four years ago until their opponents found the reason behind that. After they got punished by the AFC and FIFA, now it was their former rivals’ chance to exact revenge.
It was an impressive tournament and they deserved this title. With Almoez Ali and Akram Afif, Qatar became the 2019 Asian Cup winners, winning their first ever continental trophy.
Qatar can’t stop and tonight they defeated Iraq, all the way to the Asian Cup quarter final. At the next stage they will face South Korea, that found a tough opponent in Bahrain.
South Korea was supposed to defeat Bahrain easily. Eventually, they found themselves playing an extra time before winning the match. Will Paulo Bento and his team know what they need to do in order to defeat Qatar?
The UAE was saved from an elimination after Ahmed Khalil scored in extra time. Saudi Arabia end their Asian Cup campaign aftar a defeat against Japan.
Japan and Australia qualified to the next stage, but they will need to rise their playing level if they want to be title contenders. Kyrgyzstan played well and almost shocked the host nation, UAE.
Firas Ben Arbi and Marcus Meloni secure Sharjah’s 2-1 win over Lion City Sailors in a dramatic AFC Champions League Two final.