August 12 – Football streaming platform OneFootball has made two more acquisitions with the live streaming rights to package of AFC rights, as well as completing a new deal to broadcast Portugal’s Primeira Liga.
August 11 – Following the withdrawal of North Korea from the AFC U23 Asian Cup , the qualifying competition has been redrawn to maintain the balance of the number of teams across all groups in the East Zone.
August 5 – Despite the devastating impact of the pandemic on football across Asia and the AFC’s geographical footprint, its marketing committee reports that its brand has strengthened and its expanding reach has been a positive outcome in a difficult period.
August 4 – The knockout draw for the AFC Cup 2021 took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia earlier today (Wednesday).
August 2 – Dick Advocaat has come out of retirement and has been tasked with leading Iraq to next year’s World Cup.
August 1 – South Korea will host the quarter-final and semi-final single-leg centralised matches of the AFC Champions League 2021 (East) October 17 – 20 in Jeonju.
July 30 – Jordan will host the upcoming AFC Women’s Club Championship – Pilot Tournament, the first time a Continental women’s club competition will take place in West Asia.
July 28 – The Asian Football Confederation will hold its 7th AFC Medical Conference in Qatar from March 8 to 10 next year.
July 21 – The AFC and the local organiser for the Women’s Asian Cup in India next year have unveiled the tournament logo for the finals that will take place January 20 to February 6.
July 20 – With the covid-19 pandemic still struggling to be controlled in parts of Asia, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has taken the decision to cancel its prestigious awards for a second year running.
July 9 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has staged the draw for the U-23 Asian Cup 2022 qualifiers, reaffirming the ruling body’s commitment to the youth game after the Covid-19 pandemic has forced tweaks and cancellations across the board in other competitions.
July 7 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said it has been forced into more revamping of its AFC Cup club competition cancelling all its ASEAN Zone matches in Groups G, H and I “due to the challenges imposed by the global pandemic in finding a suitable host to stage the centralised matches.”
July 6 – The AFC has been forced to reorganise its competition calendar with the biggest casualties being the cancellations of the U17 Women’s Asian Cup Indonesia 2022 and the U20 Women’s Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022 because of the risk to players, officials and public health caused by the coronavirus.
July 6 – The 2022 Women’s Asian Cup will be hosted in two instead of four hosts cities to minimize the risk of Covid-19 infections, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed.
July 5 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has switched the format of the Asian Champions League knockout phase to single leg ties because of the coronavirus pandemic.