The gap between Asia's best teams and the rest has been laid bare by the region's disappointing World Cup as just two AFC sides reached the knockout rounds. A record nine countries from the Asian ...

Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, will not be at the World Cup (Adekunle Ajayi/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The men’s World Cup is bigger than ever. Next summer’s tournament in the United States, ...

For a brief moment, it felt like this would be a good summer for Asia. The 2026 World Cup began with South Korea's electrifying victory over the Czech Republic. Then, over the next four days, teams ...

The expansion of the FIFA World Cup to a 48-team tournament in 2026 means there is a record nine nations representing the Asian Football Confederation on football's biggest stage this summer. Eight ...

In the early 2000s Sepp Blatter, the then-head of football’s governing body FIFA, spoke of where he saw the sport going. “In Asia you have more than half the world’s population,” he said. “The future ...

India are all set to take on Hong Kong in their final AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifying game at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi on March 31, 2026. It is a dead-rubber contest for India, who are ...

Japan will get a chance to avenge their heart-breaking World Cup defeat to Brazil when they take part in a four-team international tournament in Singapore in November, organisers said Thursday.The ...

Rumours swirl over Antonio Puche's future, but officials hint that bigger things lie ahead for successful Spaniard China ...