Katanec steps down from Uzbekistan role

The 61-year-old has led the White Wolves to second place in Group A of the AFC Asian Qualifiers™ – Road to 26 but has left less than two months before Uzbekistan resume the qualifiers against Kyrgyz Republic in Tashkent on March 20.

Toney, who struck the first of his two goals in the 70th minute as Al Ahli took a 2-1 win, garnered almost 90 percent of the votes.

As the English centre-forward advances to the semi-finals, don't forget to cast your vote for the best goal of the East Zone's Matchday Five, with polling to begin on Saturday.

The left winger, whose has since moved to Saudi Pro League side Al Fateh SC, scored for Shanghai Port in the 83rd minute of their clash against Japan's Kawasaki Frontale.

As Vargas moves into the semi-finals, don't forget to cast your vote for the West Zone's best goal of Matchday 5, with polling to begin on Wednesday.

With the 2024/25 season of Asia’s premier club competition set to resume action from February 3 with the penultimate matchday in the League Stage, it’s still not too late for new players to join the game on the-AFC.com and the AFC LIVE app and win prizes, thanks to our newly introduced Redemption Leaderboard.

As a result, players who are yet to join the competition, as well as existing users, will stand even more chances of winning as the brand new leaderboard will only take into account the points earned from the AFC Champions League Elite™ Matchday 7, which kicks off in the first week of February.

So it is as good a time as any to create your dream squads featuring superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo, Alexander Mitrovic and Soufiane Rahimi and compete with friends, family and colleagues during the 2024/25 campaign.

Khusanov, the first player from Uzbekistan to join a Premier League club, has signed a four-and-a-half year deal at the Etihad.

Ryan signed a short-term deal with the Ligue 1 side on Tuesday after leaving Serie A’s AS Roma and Lens will be his 10th European club since leaving Central Coast Mariners to join Club Brugge in Belgium in 2013.

The 34-year-old, who played nine times during the J1 League side’s run to the final in May, has signed with the Australian club until the end of the current season with an option to extend his deal for a further year.

Mitoma’s compatriots Takefusa Kubo, scored in La Liga action while the Bundesliga trio of Ritsu Doan, Shio Fukuda and Shuto Machino also found the back of the net, while the rest of Asia’s finest made their mark in other European leagues.