PODCAST
The Asian Game – Episode 63
On our penultimate episode of 2020 we remember the life of Diego Maradona as John McAuley, from The National, joins us to reflect on his time coaching in the UAE and to also discuss the […]
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PODCAST
The Asian Game – Episode 60
International relations is the theme this week as we look at how the recent ‘peace’ deal between the UAE, Bahrain and Israel will impact football with Professor Simon Chadwick and Uri Levy. Plus we talk […]
ANALYSIS
Home comforts – is history repeating?
Remember when Omar Abdulrahman burst onto the scene at London 2012, dazzling football pundits the world over and winning an army of admirers in the process? There was such hope that Abdulrahman would become a […]
PODCAST
State of the Game: Women’s Football
In the third of our State of the Game series of feature podcasts we explore the state of the women’s game in Asia and ask whether Asian football is keeping up with the rate of […]
INTERVIEWS
Arabian Gulf League charts post-COVID-19 path forward
Just over a week ago we witnessed the much anticipated kick-off of the 2020 K League season. While all matches were played behind closed doors, the significance of it lies in the fact that South […]
FEATURES
Right or wrong? Naturalisations spark debate in UAE
For long, the UAE resisted. Then, in January 2020, the UAE Football Association declared that two South American players had become eligible to play for the country’s national team. And not just any two South […]
PODCAST
The Asian Game – Episode 54
On a bumper show, we preview the start of the K League season, which is garnering significant international attention, with K League United’s Ryan Walters, plus we hear from Ulsan Hyundai defender Jason Davidson. Brazilian […]
ANALYSIS
Coaches under pressure as qualifying heats up
The slow burner that is World Cup qualification draws to a close for the calendar year this week, as we hit the halfway stage of the Round 2 group stage. For many thus far it’s […]
FEATURES
‘Lights of Rome’: Remembering UAE’s golden generation
Thirty years to the day that Emirati football history was created, Ali Khaled looks back on that historic day in Singapore. It would be wrong to say the dream was dying. There had been no […]