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About Paul Williams
Paul Williams is an Adelaide-based football writer who has reported on the comings and goings of Asian football for the past decade. Having covered the past two Asian Cups, he writes regularly about the J.League for Optus Sport in Australia, while he also regularly contributes to Arab News. Further, he has previously been published by outlets such as FOX Sports Asia, Al Jazeera English, FourFourTwo, and appeared on numerous TV and radio shows to discuss Asian football.
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FEATURES

How one US investor is changing Saudi football

November 6, 2025 Paul Williams

The first thing you notice about Ben Harburg, a man with enormous wealth at his disposal as the Managing Partner at MSA Capital, a global investment firm with over $2 billion in assets, is how […]

AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Strugglers, rotations and drought breakers: What we learned from ACL Elite

October 23, 2025 Paul Williams

Approaching the half way mark of the League Stage, the shape of this year’s AFC Champions League Elite is slowly starting to take effect. There are some familiar patterns emerging: Saudi clubs continue to dominate […]

ANALYSIS

What we learned from the Fourth Round of Asian Qualifiers

October 15, 2025 Paul Williams

With Qatar and Saudi Arabia advancing from the Fourth Round of Asian Qualifiers, Asia’s set of eight teams is now complete for next year’s FIFA World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Of course, […]

TAG

Chow ready to put Chengdu on the map

September 17, 2025 Paul Williams

“Hey Asia! Guess who’s coming?” That was the message from the Chengdu Rongcheng fans emblazoned across their full-stadium Tifo display ahead of their AFC Champions League Elite preliminary playoff against Thailand’s Bangkok United. Three second-half […]

ROAD TO 2026

Uzbekistan finally banish past demons to herald a bright new era

June 13, 2025 Paul Williams

After so much heartbreak, and after so many near misses, Uzbekistan are going to the FIFA World Cup. It’s a sentence that just feels good to write down, and even better to say. Uzbekistan are […]

INDONESIA

Has Indonesia’s roll of the dice paid off?

June 13, 2025 Paul Williams

Erick Thohir rolled the dice at the start of 2025, abruptly sacking Shin Tae-yong and replacing him with the inexperienced Patrick Kluivert. It was a bold call by the president of the PSSI so close […]

AUSTRALIA

Australia writing their own history under Popovic

June 12, 2025 Paul Williams

History is written by the victors, and so when Australians look back on this qualifying campaign, they’ll do so looking through green and gold tinted glasses. And with good reason; Australia has qualified automatically for […]

ROAD TO 2026

The hard conversation Renard needs to have with his best player

June 12, 2025 Paul Williams

As they lick their wounds and look ahead to October’s do-or-die Fourth Round, which they will likely host, Saudi Arabia will look back and lament a number of missed opportunities that stifled their campaign before […]

ROAD TO 2026

The hard truth Palestine must face amid heartbreak

June 12, 2025 Paul Williams

As debate rages as to whether the referee was right to award a controversial penalty to Oman in the last minute of the game, there is a much more uncomfortable truth Palestine must confront. This […]

AUSTRALIA

Behich magic delivers golden win for Australia

June 6, 2025 Paul Williams

Tony Popovic’s face said it all. Perth Stadium was going wild, a flare was ripped among the Australian fans and the players were still smothering Aziz Behich near the corner flag after his stunning 90th […]

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