Yamashita leads first all-woman referee team in J-League

Sat, 29 Apr, 2023

Yamashita leads first all-woman referee team in J-League

Tokyo: Trailblazing Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita made more history on Saturday as part of the first all-woman team of officials to take charge of a first-division game in the men's J-League.

Yamashita took the whistle for defending champions Yokohama F. Marinos' match against Nagoya Grampus, flanked by assistants Makoto Bozono and Naomi Teshirogi.

Preview: Al Hilal SFC (KSA) v Urawa Red Diamonds (JPN)

Sun, 30 Apr, 2023

Preview: Al Hilal SFC (KSA) v Urawa Red Diamonds (JPN)

Riyadh: Al Hilal SFC head coach Ramon Diaz expects nothing but the best from his side while his counterpart Maciej Skorza promised a brave and determined Urawa Red Diamonds when the two sides clash in the first leg of the AFC Champions League™ 2022 final at the King Fahd International Stadium on Saturday.

At stake is becoming the first team to win the AFC Champions League title for the first time and both coaches said they had full faith in their respective teams in what will be a third final between the two sides in six years.

#ACL2022 Final – 1st Leg: 5 things to look out for

Fri, 28 Apr, 2023

#ACL2022 Final – 1st Leg: 5 things to look out for

Riyadh: The wait is over as Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal SFC and Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds get set to lock horns in the first leg of the AFC Champions League™ 2022 final at King Fahd International Stadium on Saturday. 

The game marks the third time the two sides will have faced off in the showpiece event in the past six editions of the tournament as the continental heavyweights have developed one of Asian football’s great rivalries. 
 
With Urawa winning the first meeting in 2017 and the reigning champions Al Hilal gaining their revenge two years later, the tie is perfectly set up for another blockbuster clash. Ahead of the match in the Saudi capital, the-AFC.com has selected five things to look out for. 

#U17WAC Qualifiers Round 1: Results & Reports

Sat, 29 Apr, 2023

#U17WAC Qualifiers Round 1: Results & Reports

Kuala Lumpur: Australia and India booked their places in Round 2 of the AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup™ Indonesia 2024 Qualifiers with wins over Chinese Taipei and Myanmar respectively on Friday.

Australia’s 3-0 win over Chinese Taipei confirmed them as the Group B winners while India edged Myanmar 2-1 to top Group F with the two joining Vietnam (Group C) and the Philippines (Group G) in advancing from Round 1.

Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong, meanwhile, registered wins to set up winner-takes-all meetings in Groups A, D and E respectively while Nepal breathed life into their Group H campaign with victory over Jordan.