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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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AUSTRALIA

Matildas mania to boost Women’s Asian Cup as Asia enters a new era

June 3, 2024 Paul Williams

The FIFA Women’s World Cup was almost a year ago, but walking the streets of Adelaide last week you wouldn’t know it – you’d swear it was still in full swing. Green and gold banners […]

CHINA

China begin to believe again under Milicic

June 1, 2024 Paul Williams

The last time China walked off a pitch in Adelaide, they did so with their heads slumped low, almost too embarrassed to look up and look people in the eye. The players, the ones that […]

AFC ASIAN CUP

Are we witnessing the awakening of Asia’s sleeping giant?

April 22, 2024 Paul Williams

The premise of this article has been written periodically for the past few decades, that’s how long Indonesia has been talked about as the sleeping giant of Asian football. The nation, an archipelago consisting of […]

AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Crespo plots revenge on Al Hilal

April 16, 2024 Paul Williams

As arguably the biggest dog in Asia, there is certainly no shame in losing to Al Hilal. Given they’ve lost just one of their past 15 matches on the continent, it’s a reality that faces […]

FEATURES

SPECIAL FEATURE: The power ‘destroying’ Korean football

March 22, 2024 Paul Williams

Korea Republic returned to the field this week for the first time since their ignominious exit from the AFC Asian Cup and the messy fallout that has followed, which not only saw Jurgen Klinsmann lose […]

AFC ASIAN CUP

Afif and Al-Taamari in final battle for supremacy

February 9, 2024 Paul Williams

When Qatar and Jordan played in a pre-Asian Cup friendly at the start of January – a game Jordan won 2-1 – no one expected that the next time the two team’s would meet would […]

AFC ASIAN CUP

Style or substance? Australia confronts its identity crisis

February 2, 2024 Paul Williams

Not for the first time Australia finds itself battling a crisis of identity; caught between who it is and who it wants to be. On face value Australia has been close to the best performing […]

AFC ASIAN CUP

China’s failure a symptom of a broken system

January 24, 2024 Paul Williams

Chinese football is in trouble. Big trouble. That might seem like stating the bleeding obvious, like boldly claiming that the sky is blue or the grass is green, but it’s worth repeating nonetheless. When it […]

AFC ASIAN CUP

Saudi Arabia’s struggle poses questions for Mancini

January 22, 2024 Paul Williams

The pained look on Roberto Mancini’s face as he shook hands with his Kyrgyz counterpart, Stefan Tarkovic, said it all. The veteran Italian could barely disguise his frustration, perhaps even contempt, at the way his […]

AFC ASIAN CUP

Qatar still trying to shake World Cup demons

January 17, 2024 Paul Williams

Qatar continue their AFC Asian Cup campaign tonight at the Al Bayt Stadium looking to make it two wins from two and secure their place in the knockout rounds. While the architectural wonder, with it’s […]

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