DILI (31 Jan 2018) – The stature and global appeal of the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) club competitions was further underlined today with German cleaning equipment manufacturer Kärcher announced as the new official sponsor of both the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup. Dato’ Windsor John, the AFC General Secretary, said: “Kärcher are a…
BANGKOK (1 Feb 2018) – Muangthong United of Thailand and Ceres Negros FC of the Philippines – fell in the AFC Champions’s League qualifiers this week. Muangthong came undone 3-0 to Kashiwa Reysol of Japan while Ceres conceded a 2-0 loss to China’s Tianjin Quanjian. Kashiwa’s Cristiano converted a Junya Ito cut-back in the 51st…
PHNOM PENH (30 Jan 2018) – A glittering awards ceremony was held this week to celebrate the achievements of teams, players and officials as well as others involved who have made the Metfone C-League and the Hun Sen Cup in 2017 a resounding success. Moving away from the tradition of giving out awards and prizes…
HANOI (29 Jan 2018) – The Vietnam Under-23 team was feted to a heroes’ welcome as accolades were piled on them for their achievement in coming in as runners-up at the AFC Under-23 Championship in China last week. Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was on hand to welcome the squad in Hanoi where he…
BRISBANE (28 Jan 2018) – Brisbane Roar skipper Matt McKay says Saturday’s win over Central Coast illustrates the strong mentality of a team he believes can finish inside the top six. Four days on from their forgettable AFC Champions League display against Ceres-Negros, Roar prevailed 2-1 in Gosford to seal back-to-back Hyundai A-League victories for the first time…
HANOI (27 Jan 2018) – A late strike from substitute Andrey Sidorov in the final minute of extra-time gave Uzbekistan a 2-1 win over Vietnam for them to lift the AFC U23 Championship China 2018 title. In decidedly wintry conditions at the Changzhou Olympic Sports Center, it was Uzbekistan who controlled the early proceedings, and…