TOURNAMENTS & COMPETITIONS

The tournaments, championships and competitions shaping football across Asia — from national teams to the continental club game.

ANALYSIS

Muangthong United’s risky ‘rebuild’

Clubs across the world are grappling with player pay cuts to cope with the financial difficulties enforced by…

FEATURE

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…

FEATURE

K League goes global

With the K League set the resume this weekend, not since 2002, when South Korea co-hosted Asia’s first…

OPINION

OPINION: Back to the future for the AFC Champions League

No one really knows what a post COVID-19 world will look like, especially when it comes to sport.…

FEATURE

Iran FF left in the dark on Skočić appointment

Portuguese manager, Carlos Queiroz, gone. Belgian Marc Wilmots, sacked within six months. With the Iran national team on…

ANALYSIS

Thailand takes bold, but risky, step to cement its future

While football leagues across the world struggle with the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Thai League…