KUALA LUMPUR: AFC has announced that Tokyo will host the final of the AFC Champions League 2010 competition on November 13.

MELBOURNE – Melbourne Victory will ask the FFA (Football Federation of Australia) to bring forward the first-leg of the A-League semi-final to give them an extra day recovery ahead of their AFC Champions League opener against Beijing Guoan should they finish top of the regular season standings.

JAYAPURA – Persipura Jayapura head coach Jacksen Tiago admits that the Black Pearls have to be realistic about their chances of progressing to the knockout stage of this year’s AFC Champions League but also warned their more experienced Group F rivals that an upset is by no means out of the question…

ABU DHABI: New Al Ahli coach Henk Ten Cate said the league was over for the defending champions after a humiliating 5-0 defeat at the hands of fellow AFC Champions League side Al Ain in the UAE League on Monday.

MELBOURNE – Matthew Kemp has been ruled out of Melbourne Victory’s 2010 AFC Champions League campaign after the versatile full-back ruptured his Anterior Cruciate Ligament in Friday’s A-League clash with North Queensland Fury.

ABU DHABI: UAE champions Al Ahli are going Dutch to stop their slide with the appointment of Coach Henk ten Cate.

ABU DHABI – Al Wahda coach Josef Hickersberger was pleased to see his side secure their place in the 2010 AFC Champions League following a 5-2 play-off win over Churchill Brothers on Saturday but highlighted the need to improve defensively ahead of the group stage.

ABU DHABI – Three-time UAE League champions Al Wahda battled back from a goal down to beat Churchill Brothers 5-2 in the AFC Champions League play-offs at Al Nahyan stadium on Saturday to qualify for the group stage of the competition.

SINGAPORE – Singapore Armed Forces coach Richard Bok admitted his relief after his side edged Muangthong United of Thailand 4-3 on penalties to progress to the AFC Champions League group stage for the second successive year.

SINGAPORE - Singapore Armed Forces are through to the AFC Champions League group stage after edging Muangthong United 4-3 on penalties at the Jalan Besar Stadium in Singapore.