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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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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 […]

AUSTRALIA

Australian eyes firmly on the prize ahead of Japan showdown

June 5, 2025 Paul Williams

When Australia last played Japan, just weeks into the Tony Popovic era, they walked away with a hard-earned 1-1 draw after a pair of own goals at Saitama Stadium. It was a precious point for […]

AUSTRALIA

The A-League’s alarming ‘Melbourne Problem’

May 30, 2025 Paul Williams

Cast your mind back to the last time Melbourne Victory played an A-League Grand Final at AAMI Park. The season was 2014/15 and the game was between two of the league’s biggest rivals, Melbourne Victory […]

FEATURES

Sailors eye Asian glory after changing the game in Singapore

May 16, 2025 Paul Williams

Not since 1994 has a Singaporean side played in a game of such magnitude. Back then it was a pseudo national team, Singapore FA, playing in the Malaysia Cup that stirred the passions of the […]

AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Al Ahli emerge from the shadows on a famous Jeddah night

April 30, 2025 Paul Williams

Not since 2016 have Al Ahli experienced a night like this. On that occasion it was a drought-breaking title triumph, their first in 32 years; on this it was passage through to a first continental […]

AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Kawasaki the last hope for the East amidst a sea change in Asia

April 28, 2025 Paul Williams

Asian football has changed, that much we know. Kawasaki Frontale’s AFC Champions League Elite semi-final against Al Nassr on Wednesday will tell us by how much it has changed. The opening days of what is […]

AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Al Hilal put Gwangju to the sword in statement win

April 26, 2025 Paul Williams

They might’ve been in Jeddah rather than their usual abode in Riyadh, but the Blue Wave still gathered in their thousands, as they usually do, behind the goal at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium. […]

ROAD TO 2026

What we learned as Asian Qualifiers near thrilling conclusion

March 27, 2025 Paul Williams

Qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2026 will come down to the wire in June. After eight thrilling matchdays across this vast continent, only Japan and Iran have secured their spot at football’s global showpiece […]

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