January 16 – After a four-break due to the covid-forced cancellation of the 2021 championship, elite national team beach soccer is returning to Asia with the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup Thailand 2023.
January 16 – Thailand and Vietnam will decide who is crowned the new Asean champion tonight with the second leg of the final marking the last match of long-standing coach Park Hang-seo reign of the Golden Stars.
January 13 – Saudi Arabia, who have launched a bid to host the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026, have taken a further step forward with the women’s game in the country, with Dammam hosting the Kingdom’s first-ever women’s 11-a-side international tournament.
January 12 – The AFC has held the draw for the 26-team first round of Asian qualifiers for the Women’s 2024 Olympic tournament.
January 11 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has cut short its broadcast deal with Eleven Sports Network following a restructure of Eleven’s business in the region.
January 11 – Defending champions Thailand will face Vietnam in the final of the Asean Championship after the Thais defeated Malaysia 3-0 to overturn a first-leg defeat.
January 1 – Under the title Vision 2047, India has launched a new roadmap to develop the domestic game with six four-year strategic plans and with the aim of making India an Asian powerhouse.
January 9 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has unveiled a three-round competition structure to qualify two women’s teams for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
January 6 – The 25th Arabian Gulf Cup kicks off today in Iraq, the first time the eight-team competition has been played since 2019 and the first time it has been hosted in Iraq since 1979.
January 4 – Former Japan international Keisuke Honda will no longer serve as general manager of Cambodia’s national team after the Southeast Asian Games in May, the country’s football federation has announced.
January 2 – Cristiano Ronaldo will be officially unveiled to Al Nassr fans at their home stadium, Msrool Park, in Riyadh tomorrow (Jan 3).
January 2 – Following a deeply disappointing World Cup campaign, Qatar and their long-standing coach Felix Sanchez have parted ways.
By Paul Nicholson
December 28 – The Asian Football Confederation is undertaking a major revision of its men’s club competitions as it injects a more competitive foundation into its flagship Champions League and AFC Cup, both likely to be renamed as part of the new three-tier structure.
December 14 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today graduated its first batch of students from the inaugural AFC Football Management Diploma (FMD) online programme.
December 13 – Qatar will be the centralised host for the Asian Football Confederation’s West region Champions League 2022 final knock-out rounds in February of next year.