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Long-form stories exploring the people, places and forces shaping Asian football.

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

The premise of this article has been written periodically for the past few decades, that’s how…

History will be made on Wednesday when Abdysh-Ata become the first club from Kyrgyzstan to make…

Korea Republic returned to the field this week for the first time since their ignominious exit…

The year is 2000. A young Qatari journalist named Khalid Jassem, in his 20s, is interviewing…

One of the first times I visited Jordan, I was sat at a barbers’ shop on…

The day of reckoning has arrived for Iran. Five years after the Al-Ain agony and a…

Ahead of the biggest match in Tajikistan’s history, Petar Šegrt didn’t make the same mistake that…

A week ago, Tajikistan had never scored an AFC Asian Cup goal, let alone won a…

Chinese football is in trouble. Big trouble. That might seem like stating the bleeding obvious, like…

Arif Aiman has become a goal and assists king for Johor Darul Ta’zim, or JDT as…

Former Asian Cup winners Iraq arrive in Doha at the start of a new era, driven…

True World Cup magic often happens away from the spotlight. Certainly this has been the case…