October 13 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will confirm a raft of new appointments at its Extraordinary Congress which will be held virtually next Wednesday. The AFC held its annual congress in Manama in February.
October 13 – Saudi Arabia’s influence throughout world football seems to be growing daily. Its tourist authority Visit Saudi having announced it is the main sponsors of CAF’s new African Football League, has followed up with a major partnership with the AFC.
October 12 – The AFC has launched another fan engagement initiative with the Asian Cup Qatar 2023 now less than three months away.
October 11 – Asia kicks off its ‘Road to 2026’ World Cup qualifiers tomorrow with the AFC’s Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1, which sees 20 nations in action.
October 11 – China has ordered the arrest of a former top sports official as Beijing maintains a crackdown on corruption.
October 11 – The Qatar Foundation and Volkswagen Middle East have agreed a partnership with the aim of supporting capacity-building programmes, specifically for women and girls in football around the region.
October 10 – Palestine has withdrawn from a friendly tournament in Malaysia because of the war between Israel and Hamas, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) said on Tuesday.
October 10 – Ticket sales for the Asian Cup in Qatar went on sale today with match tickets starting at 25QAR (€6.5).
October 6 – The Asian continents kicks off its qualifying round for the AFC Futsal Asian Cup Thailand 2024 Qualifiers this weekend.
October 5 – The AFC marked 100 days to go to the Asian Cup 2022 kick off in Qatar on January 12 with the unveiling of the tournament’s official slogan – Hayya Asia.
October 4 – Neymar scored his first goal since his high-profile €90 million move to Al-Hilal on Tuesday as the Saudi Arabian club beat Nassaji Mazandaran 3-0 in Tehran in the Asian Champions League.
October 3 – The newly found football friendship between Iran and Saudi Arabia suffered its first set back Monday after the AFC called off the Champions League fixture between Sepahan and Al-Ittihad at the Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium in Isfahan at the last minutes and with 60,000 fans in the stadium.
October 2 – Rarely courting publicity in the international arena, North Korea’s footballers have been thrust into the spotlight for manhandling the referee after crashing out of the Asian Games with a 2-1 quarterfinal defeat to Japan.
October 2 – Pakistan have turned to globetrotting coach Stephen Constantine to help the team win their first-ever World Cup qualifier.
September 28 – The AFC Development Committee has approved seven member association applications for its Enhance Programme that provides services to support and help MAs develop their operations.