Stielike had been under pressure following a poor start to the delayed 2020 CSL campaign, with Tianjin picking up just one point from their first five games of the season so far.

The German, who had previously led Korea Republic to the final of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup finals in Australia, had been in charge of Tianjin since September 2017 when he steered the club away from the relegation zone in the final weeks of the season.

Many players have impressed in the AFC Asian Cup throug the years and four of them – Australia's Tim Cahill, Ismail Abdul Latif of Bahrain, Uzbekistan's Alexander Geynrikh and Pak Kwang-ryong of DPR Korea - are featured in today's Bracket Challenge.

Which goal is your favourite? Cast your votes below!

As we approach the end of the AFC Asian Cup Bracket Challenge's Round of 32, today's selections – Japan's Shunsuke Nakamura against Abbas Chahrour of Lebanon and Vietnam's Le Cong Vinh facing Jaka Ihbeisheh of Palestine – feature outstanding goals.

Which goal is your favourite? Cast your votes below!

With the Malaysia Super League set to resume on August 22, we continue our 'most popular' series by focusing on the nation's biggest clubs and ask you to vote for your favourite.

Below we've selected six sides based on their success over the years. Review the candidates and tell us which team you like best at the bottom of the article.

A full 10 months after the completion of the Round of 16, the race for continental glory will finally resume in Europe, with the last eight clubs to battle for the title in a centralised knockout tournament in Spain.

With all four of the quarter-finals featuring a player or coach from an AFC member nation, the-AFC.com examines the contenders ahead of Friday’s kick-off.

Having signed for Kazkakhstan Premier League runners-up outfit FC Kairat in January, Alykulov now finds himself in European competition for the first time, with the club to begin their qualifying campaign against Armenian newcomers FC Noah next Thursday.

Up against Asia’s finest, the Chongqing native proved an irresistible force at the Continental gathering as she garnered goals and plaudits galore en route to helping her country seal a third-place finish.

Not content with her exemplary displays in Jordan, Li Ying went on to star for China at the following year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup where she appeared three times and found the net in a crucial 1-0 group stage win over South Africa – the wonderful volleyed effort earning her the Player of the Match award.

Join the-AFC.com as we go back in time to relive Li’s AFC Women’s Asian Cup goals. Strikes which made her, quite rightly, an AFC hotshot to remember.