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BALI (30 May 2025) – The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) has today announced Indonesia as host and the country’s largest bank, Bank Mandiri, as title partner for the upcoming edition of Southeast Asia’s premier international youth tournament, now titled the ASEAN U-23 Mandiri Cup™ 2025. The fifth edition of the biennial tournament, which is a…
MELBOURNE (30 May 2025) – Interim Head Coach Tom Sermanni emphasised the importance of every game as the AFC Asian Cup 2026™ continues to draw closer. Sermanni was speaking to the media alongside CommBank Matildas defender Charli Grant at the official Pre-Match Press Conference in Melbourne on Thursday. The team is preparing to take on…
CHERAS (29 May 2025) – Malaysia held Cape Verde to a 1-1 draw in the friendly that was played tonight at the KLFA Stadium in Cheras. In the battle between the 131-ranked Malaysians and the 72nd Cape Verdeans, it was the visitors who went ahead early in the eighth minute through Sidny Lopes Cabral. But…
VIENTIANE (29 May 2025) – The teams aspiring to vie for the title discovered their AFC U23 Asian Cup™ Saudi Arabia 2026 Qualifiers opponents following the official draw at the AFC House today. The 44 sides were drawn into 11 groups for the Qualifiers, which will be contested on 1-9 September 2025. The 11 group…
BUKIT JALIL (28 May 2025) – Myanmar captain Maung Maung Lwin’s second-half strike was enough to give the ASEAN All-Stars a 1-0 win over Manchester United and lift the Maybank Challenge Cup at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil. A flurry of chances from both teams kept the score tied at the half as the…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (27 May 2025) – The AFC Technical Committee reinforced its focus towards further elevating the technical foundations of Asian football by approving a host of key strategic decisions at its third meeting. Led by Chairperson Kohzo Tashima, the Committee took the opportunity to congratulate the winners of the recently concluded Continental deciders,…