South Asia Wrap: Bashundhara Kings extend streak; Mumbai City power into playoffs

Mon, 16 Jan, 2023

South Asia Wrap: Bashundhara Kings extend streak; Mumbai City power into playoffs

Dhaka: Defending champions Bashundhara Kings made it five wins out of five after edging Police 1-0 in the Bangladesh Premier League.

Mumbai City continued their impressive run in the Indian Super League, defeating ATK Mohun Bagan to confirm their spot in the playoffs.
 
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Thailand's Polking happy with draw, Vietnam's Park remains optimistic

Sat, 14 Jan, 2023

Thailand's Polking happy with draw, Vietnam's Park remains optimistic

Hanoi: Head coach Mano Polking believes Thailand played a near perfect game against Vietnam following their 2-2 draw in the first leg of their 2022 AFF Cup final on Friday.

Vietnam's Nguyen Tien Linh opened the scoring but Thailand fought back to score twice through Poramet Arjvirai and Sarach Yooyen before Vu Van Tanh replied late in the game to force the draw.

Bahrain, Qatar book last four berths

Sat, 14 Jan, 2023

Bahrain, Qatar book last four berths

Basra: Bahrain and Qatar advanced to the 2023 Gulf Cup semi-finals after playing to 1-1 draws against Kuwait and United Arab Emirates respectively on Friday.

Defending champions Bahrain ended their Group B campaign on seven points while Qatar advanced ahead of Kuwait on goal difference thanks to Tameem Al Abdullah's late equaliser against UAE.
 
Bahrain will play Oman on Monday while Qatar will take on hosts Iraq in the other last four tie. 

Vietnam, Thailand battle to an exciting stalemate

Fri, 13 Jan, 2023

Vietnam, Thailand battle to an exciting stalemate

Hanoi: Vietnam and Thailand played to a thrilling 2-2 draw in the first leg of the 2022 AFF Cup final on Friday.

Thailand’s Poramet Arjvirai cancelled out Nguyen Tien Linh’s opener with Sarach Yooyen adding the second goal for the defending champions, only for Vu Van Tanh to equalise with two minutes left of regulation time.

Alexandre Polking’s Thailand, armed with two away goals, will be confident of winning a seventh title when they host the return leg at the Thammasat Stadium on Monday.

Al Hilal set for Wydad Casablanca challenge

Fri, 13 Jan, 2023

Al Hilal set for Wydad Casablanca challenge

Rabat: Al Hilal SFC will meet CAF champions Wydad Casablanca in the second round of the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022 following the draw at the Mohammed VI Football Academy on Friday.

Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal are Asia’s only representative in the 19th edition of the global showpiece which pits the champions from the six Continental confederations and the top club from the host nation. The tournament will run from February 1-11.