ANALYSIS

Deeper examination of the trends, tactics and issues defining the Asian game.

WE League Season Review: Japan raises its WoSo game but falls short in cultivating a fanbase to suit

The inaugural season of Japan’s first professional women’s football league has drawn to a close after…

This coming week greets the culmination of Asian Cup 2023 qualification with the final round of…

The biennial AFC U23 Championship, newly rebranded as the U23 AFC Asian Cup, is set to…

Makoto Hasebe, European champion. It has a nice ring to it and is just reward for…

The exhausting, sometimes exhilarating, occasionally drawn out AFC Champions League group stage in the West concluded…

After an historic and intriguing start to the west zone of AFC Champions League over the…

The forthcoming AFC Champions League season is set to kick off this Thursday in Saudi Arabia,…

Four years is a long time in football. Drawing to a close another cycle of qualification…

Almost four years on from their infamous 5-0 defeat to Russia that opened the World Cup…

One win for the United Arab Emirates over the next week will likely guarantee their Road…

If this weekend’s curtain raiser was anything to go by, Uzbek football looks to have started…

The J.League returns for its landmark 30th season as things, hopefully, start to get back to…