It was the tournament which largely flew under the Asian football radar, but one Uzbekistan may look back on as a turning point in their women’s national team’s trajectory. While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic ruled nearly all their Asian counterparts out of international action last month, the Central Asian side were in Turkey, competing against
Following a process of close consultation with Asia’s Member Associations, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today confirmed the centralised venues for the Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and AFC Asian Cup China 2023™ matches scheduled to take place from 31 May to June 15, 2021. Saudi Arabia have been selected
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today confirmed the venues for the AFC Champions League 2021 Group Stage after an extensive feedback exercise with its Participating Member Associations, commercial partners and all relevant stakeholders. The West Region matches, which are scheduled to take place between April 14-30, will see Saudi Arabia host Groups A and
FC Pakhtakor won their first silverware under new head coach Pieter Huistra, beating FC Nasaf 1-0 in Saturday’s Uzbekistan Super Cup at the Dinamo Stadium. A Dragan Ćeran strike shortly after half-time secured FC Pakhtakor’s first ever Super Cup title, with the club having missed chances to win in 1999, 2015 and 2016. FC Pakhtakor
On September 21, on the International Day of Peace, the Young Ambassadors for Football for Friendship and members of FC Schalke 04 held a meeting on the topic “Making football drive the planet: Finding grounds for common understanding: searching for the basis for mutual understanding”. The event became a part of the #UN75 global dialogue