PODCAST
Introducing… From Dreams to Goals
With the AFC Women’s Asian Cup less than 12 months away, The Asian Game is excited to announce a new addition to The Asian Game Podcast Network, one that shines a light on the emerging […]
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PODCAST
TAG Extra: Nadeshiko Japan assistant coach Leah Blayney
In a special bonus episode, on the eve of the SheBelieves Cup, our resident women’s football expert, Alex Bishop, catches up with new Nadeshiko Japan assistant coach, Leah Blayney. Together they discuss her coaching journey in […]
WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP
Japan and South Korea: a tale of two sides in transition
The international window often provides an opportune moment to reshuffle the deck and venture new ideas. Certainly this was the case for Japan and South Korea who met for a pair of exhibition matches hosted […]
AUSTRALIA
Matildas mania to boost Women’s Asian Cup as Asia enters a new era
The FIFA Women’s World Cup was almost a year ago, but walking the streets of Adelaide last week you wouldn’t know it – you’d swear it was still in full swing. Green and gold banners […]
2023 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP
OPINION: Women’s World Cup success makes AFC’s choice an easy one
AFC president Shaikh Salman has been conspicuous by his absence over the past month, invisible at a World Cup hosted in the Confederation of which he is the president, but surely even he wasn’t able […]
ANALYSIS
Stars ready to shine as EAFF E-1 Women’s Championship prepares for kick off
The EAFF E-1 Football Championship women’s tournament kicks off on Tuesday 19 July at the Kashima Soccer Stadium with host nation Japan entertaining their rivals South Korea. This competition often serves as a stage for […]
PODCAST
TAG Podcast: Episode 77
It’s another bumper podcast this week as we look back on what has made news over the first month of the season, including: India’s withdrawal from the Women’s Asian Cup ‘Japanese Bhoys’ move to Celtic […]
OPINION
OPINION: India’s withdrawal highlights challenges of playing through COVID
Brave is the person who stages an international tournament in the middle of the worst global pandemic in a century. With players, staff and officials flying in from all different parts of the world, amid […]
ANALYSIS
2022 Women’s Asian Cup: Our experts’ verdict on all 12 teams
The 20th edition of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup begins this week in India – hosting the tournament for the first time since 1979 – featuring an expanded tournament of 12 teams vying not just […]
INTERVIEWS
Matildas clash ‘just another game’: Stajcic
New Philippines coach Alen Stajcic would have every reason to be out for revenge when his Philippines side face Australia on Match Day Two of the upcoming AFC Women’s Asian Cup, such was the way […]