Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Seoul: Korea Republic head coach Paulo Bento believes his players' ability to take on multiple positions will carry the team a long way in their FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Asian Qualifiers Round 2 campaign next month.
Bento unveiled his 26-man roster on Monday and will use the friendly against Georgia on September 5 as a tune-up before they play Turkmenistan in their opening Qualifiers' tie five days later.
Korea Republic will also face Lebanon, DPR Korea and Sri Lanka in Group H, as they seek to qualify for their 10th consecutive FIFA World Cup.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
West Bank: Palestine will be powered by their foreign-based stars for their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Asian Qualifiers campaign.
Head coach Noureddin Ould Ali has called up 28 players for his preliminary squad including Yaser Hamed Mayor of Spanish club Club Portugalete, Nazmi Albadawi - who is on loan at North Carolina FC from MLS franchise FC Cincinnati and Tamer Seyam of Moroccan club Hassania Agadir.
Also called up are Islam Batran of Jordan’s Al Jazeera Club, Mahmoud Wadi of Egypt’s Al Masry SC, Saleh Chihadeh of Swiss Super League outfit FC Thun and Oday Dabbagh of Kuwait’s Al Salmiya.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Dhaka: Bangladesh kicked off their preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Asian Qualifiers Round 2 on Saturday.
Head coach Jamie Day has called up 26 players for the nine-day training camp ahead of their Group E campaign which will see Bangladesh facing Qatar, Oman, India and Afghanistan.
The Abahani Limited Dhaka players, however, will report for the camp after the second leg of their 2019 AFC Cup Inter-Zone Semi-final against DPR Korea's 4.25 SC on Wednesday. Abahani won the first leg 4-3.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Tashkent: Uzbekistan will take a mixture of youth and experience to Palestine for their opening FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Asian Qualifiers fixture next month, after head coach Hector Cuper named a 24-man squad on Thursday.
The White Wolves – ranked 84th in the world and 10th in Asia – will meet the Palestinians at Al Ram Stadium on September 5 in the first step of their bid to reach a maiden senior World Cup.
Veterans such as captain Odil Ahmedov (pictured above), 31, and defender Anzur Ismailov ,34, will be joined by the likes of 18-year-old Lokomotiv midfielder Oston Urunov, with 21-year-old Aziz Ganiev the youngest of a host of players in their early 20s.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia may not have yet made a major impact at global level, but the nation’s passion for football off the field is world class.
Kuala Lumpur’s cavernous near-90,000 capacity Bukit Jalil National Stadium is one of football’s great sights, with its relentless noise and colour matching up well to most venues around the world.
Malaysia’s home venue was filled to the brim on three occasions within a matter of weeks late last year to support Harimau Malaya (Malayan Tigers) during the AFF Cup.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Manama: United Arab Emirates head coach Bert van Marwijk has announced his 27-player preliminary squad list ahead of their Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023, which includes talismanic midfielder Omar Abdulrahman.
Abdulrahman has been out of national team action after suffering a knee injury last October that saw him miss out on the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, where UAE ended their campaign in the semi-finals.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Korea Republic’s Kim Se-in will make Asian football history by becoming the first female match commissioner to take charge of the Asian Qualifiers Round 2 game between Guam and Maldives after FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirmed her appointment.
Kim will be joined by three other female match commissioners in the Asian Qualifiers - Nguyen Thanh Ha of Vietnam, Lau Cheuk Chi of Hong Kong and AFC Executive Committee member Kanya Keomany of Laos – who were confirmed by FIFA after being nominated by the AFC.
The appointment of the female match commissioners for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Joint Qualifiers underlines the AFC’s steadfast commitment to promote women in Asian football.