Dhaka to host SAFF Cup in September 2021

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Dhaka to host SAFF Cup in September 2021

Dhaka: The SAFF Cup will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh next September, the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) has announced. 

The decision was reached during the online Executive Committee meeting on Monday with SAFF President Kazi Salahuddin and SAFF General Secretary Anwarul Huq in attendance.

Best Goal of AFC Champions League 2020: Six finalists confirmed

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Best Goal of AFC Champions League 2020: Six finalists confirmed

Kuala Lumpur: Theerathon Bunmathan, Abdulrahman Al Obaid and Mehdi Abdi Qara have completed the cast for the Best Goal of AFC Champions League 2020 final following the conclusion of Semi-final 2 on Wednesday.

Yokohama F. Marinos' Theerathon topped the second semi-final with 45.75 percent of the votes with Al Nassr's Ol Obaid finishing second with 18.67 percent. Persepolis FC's Abdi Qara finished third with 17.98 percent.

Abdi Qara will have two goals in contention in the final after topping Semi-final One with Esteghlal FC's Cheick Diabate and Al Nassr's Abderrazak Hamdallah, the 2020 AFC Champions League top scorer with seven goals, also in the running.

Check out the Semi-final Two nominees and results below. The final kicks off on Friday at 16:00 (UTC+8) so don't forget to vote for your best goal of the 2020 AFC Champions League.

GameChangers: Wang Shuang – From Paris pioneer to hero of Wuhan

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

GameChangers: Wang Shuang – From Paris pioneer to hero of Wuhan

Beijing: From taking on the world in 2019 to being confined to her apartment in 2020, Wang Shuang has experienced ups and downs that even a player blessed with her vision couldn’t have seen coming.

But despite missing their biggest international matches of the year during a two-month lockdown, China PR’s playmaker will still end 2020 as a champion.

In the latest edition of the-AFC.com’s GameChangers series, China’s star midfielder opens up on leading her city to a priceless league title, and what she learned from being the only Chinese player in one of the world’s biggest leagues.

Tractor SC voted Asia's Most Popular Club

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Tractor SC voted Asia's Most Popular Club

Kuala Lumpur: Tractor SC have been voted as Asia's Most Popular Club by fans following a week-long poll by the-AFC.com.

The Islamic Republic of Iran clubside garnered 51.14 percent of the 1,468,693 votes cast to emerge top after months of domestic polls and four regional finals.

The most popular club in our IR Iran poll, as well as our Central and South Asian regional poll, Tabriz-based Tractor had to see off some of the biggest names in Asian club football and the-AFC.com extend our congratulations to them.

Check out the eight clubs who made the final and results below. Thank you for voting.

Year in review: September to December

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Year in review: September to December

Kuala Lumpur: As a difficult and challenging 2020 comes to a close, we review some of the best content from the-AFC.com that has entertained and engaged Asian football fans over the year.

Exclusive interviews, features and coverage of the key moments and matches, join the-AFC.com as we recap September to December, 2020

Check out our first part of the mini-series as we reviewed January to April, 2020.

Revisit what happened on the-AFC.com from May to August, 2020

Year in review: May to August 

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Year in review: May to August 

Kuala Lumpur: As a difficult and challenging 2020 comes to a close, we review some of the best content from the-AFC.com that has entertained and engaged Asian football fans over the year.

Exclusive interviews, features and coverage of the key moments and matches, join the-AFC.com as we recap May to August, 2020

Check out our first part of the mini-series as we reviewed January to April, 2020.

Year in review: January to April

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Year in review: January to April

Kuala Lumpur: As a difficult and challenging 2020 comes to a close, we review some of the best content from the-AFC.com that has entertained and engaged Asian football fans over the year.

Exclusive interviews, features and coverage of the key moments and matches, join the-AFC.com as we recap January to April, 2020