EXPLORE THE ASIAN GAME
Football through an Asian lens.
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TOURNAMENTS & COMPETITIONS
The tournaments, championships and competitions shaping football across Asia — from national teams to the continental club game.
ANALYSIS
Planning for the future: Uzbekistan reap the rewards of youth focus
Professional, composed, effective. Some of the superlatives used to describe an unerringly comprised, potentially historic victory for Uzbekistan…
FEATURE
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 long Indonesia…
FEATURE
Abdysh-Ata brewing an upset in historic AFC Cup campaign
History will be made on Wednesday when Abdysh-Ata become the first club from Kyrgyzstan to make it to…
ANALYSIS
Crespo plots revenge on Al Hilal
As arguably the biggest dog in Asia, there is certainly no shame in losing to Al Hilal. Given…
OPINION
PODCAST VIEW: AFC Champions League semi-finals to go down to the wire
The AFC Champions League is down to the final four, with three former champions still in the mix…
ANALYSIS
Asia’s ‘next-gen’ ready to shine in familiar surrounds
The race to Paris is on! The biennial U23 AFC Asian Cup kicks off in Qatar this coming…