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Abahani Limited Dhaka of Bangladesh picked up their first win in Group E of the 2018 AFC Cup on Wednesday, April 11 with a 3-0 victory away to India’s Aizawl FC at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati. It took just two minutes for Abahani Limited Dhaka to open …

It took an unlikely source but Nishu Kumar’s injury-time winner (90+1′) was worth its weight in gold as Bengaluru FC beat Maldivian side New Radiant SC 1-0 to surge to the top of the AFC Cup Group E table as sole leaders at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on …

UnionPay, a global payments network, has announced that it is a premium sponsor of International Champions Cup 2018 in Singapore, a global pre-season tournament featuring three of Europe’s top football clubs and some of the world’s biggest football talents. To be held at the National Stadium in Summer 2018, International …

China has joined hosts France in securing a berth at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup after booking their place in the semifinals of the 2018 AFC Women’s Asian Cup in Jordan. Monday’s 3-0 victory over the Philippines, coupled with Thailand’s subsequent 6-1 win over tournament hosts Jordan, assured the …

The Sree Kanteerava Stadium will play host to its first game since the Indian Super League final when Albert Roca’s Bengaluru FC side welcome New Radiant SC in a 2018 AFC Cup group stage clash on Tuesday. Having won their six previous AFC Cup games on the trot, Roca stressed …

Participants from across Asia benefited in the second edition of the AFC Women’s Futsal Coaching Instructors’ Workshop in Malaysia which concluded on Friday, April 6. The course was opened by Head of AFC Futsal and Beach Soccer Development Ali Targholizadeh, who reiterated AFC’s determination to develop women’s futsal. As the …

November 16, 2005, is a treasured date in Australian football history. On that day, the Socceroos overcame unlikely odds to qualify for 2006’s tournament in Germany. The federation had not appeared in a major international competition in 32 years, and the victory is still viewed as a major turning point …

Cooperation between the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and AIPS Asia was strengthened on Wednesday, April 4 as AIPS Asia journalists started their duties at the 2018 AFC Women’s Asian Cup in Jordan. Under the Memorandum of Understanding between the two organisations, the AFC invited AIPS Asia members to Amman, Jordan, …

A hotly contested battle between two all-female teams composed of players from countries as diverse as Afghanistan, France and Nepal ended 4-2 but the women walked away with a second world record under their belt. The game, on a specially constructed pitch sponsored by HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein …