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EDITORIAL
Stories that look beyond the scoreline.
Reporting, analysis, interviews and ideas that explore Asian football through the people, places and forces shaping the game.
THE LEAD
ANALYSIS
The Nations League is coming: The AFC’s plan to reshape Asian football
Three tiers, promotion and relegation, a biennial finals series and new pathways to the Asian Cup…
EXPLORE EDITORIAL
Four ways into the stories, ideas and conversations shaping Asian football.
FEATURES
Long-form stories exploring the people, places and forces shaping Asian football.
ANALYSIS
Context, insight and explanation that looks beyond the result to understand why it matters.
OPINION
Arguments, perspectives and ideas from writers with something meaningful to say about the Asian game.
INTERVIEWS
Conversations with the players, coaches and figures whose experiences help explain the game from within.
FROM THE LENS
Stories that reflect how we see Asian football.
TAG
A new lens for a new era
When The Asian Game launched in 2017, it was built on a simple belief: Asian football deserved to…
ANALYSIS
More football, or better football? Asia’s international game at a crossroads
From Southeast Asia to the Gulf, regional tournaments remain deeply embedded in Asian football culture. But…
FEATURE
When South America came calling: India’s enduring ties with Brazil and Uruguay
Brazil and Uruguay arrive in Kolkata for a historic international window, but the connections run far…
LATEST EDITORIAL
The latest reporting, analysis and conversations from across Asian football.
ANALYSIS
AFC Asian Cup Draw: who’s hot and who’s not
The path to the upcoming AFC Asian Cup 2023 has been far from a smooth one, but after riding the waves of…
OPINION
OPINION: AFC to rob the ACL of its soul
Have you ever seen a Tifo quite like it? The fans of Urawa Red Diamonds are known across the continent, in fact…
ANALYSIS
Urawa and Al Hilal ready to battle for ultimate Asian supremacy
The AFC Champions League final is always a marquee fixture on the calendar, but it takes on a bit more meaning when…
ANALYSIS
Resurgent Reds on the right track
More than a year after the tournament began and almost 18 months after they qualified, Urawa Red Diamonds will finally, once again,…
OPINION
OUR VERDICT: Clash of the titans in ACL Final
After 417 long days the wait is finally over. Having endured neutral venues and biosecure bubbles, disjointed timings, interminable delays and even…
ANALYSIS
Al Hilal out to continue dominance of Asia
Following a quite surreal competition that has stretched more than 12 months in its entirety, played extensively in sparsely attended neutral venues,…
THE ASIAN LENS
The game is bigger than the ninety minutes.
Asian football is shaped by history, identity, ambition, culture, politics and place. Our journalism exists to understand those forces — and tell the stories that emerge from them.