August 25 – The countdown to the FIFA Arab Cup at the end of last week passed the 100 days to go mark as preparations continued for the December 1 kick off in Qatar. The final will be played December 18.
August 25 – The AFC has marked the 50th anniversary of its Women’s Asian Cup with the announcement of single-match ticket sales for the 2026 edition in Australia.
August 18 – AFC Champions League Elite champions Al Ahli Saudi FC will open their title defence on September 15 against the UAE’s Shabab Al Ahli.
August 14 – The League Stage draw for the AFC Champions League Elite 2025/26 will be held tomorrow (Friday) at the InterContinental Kuala Lumpur.
August 14 – Australian organisers of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 have opened volunteer registrations for the finals tournament that kicks off in 200 days on March 1.
August 11 – The AFC has drawn the qualifying groups for its men’s and women’s U17 Asian Cups. The women’s groups will be played in centralised locations in October and the men’s groups, also in centralised locations, in November.
August 6 – With FIFA having turned the U17 men’s and women’s competition into annual events, confederations have had to match their own U17 competition schedules to provide qualified participants.
August 1 – A record 32 nations will begin qualification for the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup Thailand 2026 next Wednesday, August 6.
July 30 – Hosts Australia will open the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup at the 60,000 capacity Perth Stadium on 1 March 2026 against the Philippines. The final will be played in Sydney on March 21.
July 30 – The official brand identity of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026 was unveiled at the Finals group draw held in Sydney Town Hall yesterday.
July 21 – With a 2-1 win over Jordan in the final round of AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026 group A qualifying, Iran secured the 12th and final slot for next year’s finals.
July 18: Qatar, host of World Cup 2022, and Saudi Arabia, host of World Cup 2034, have been placed in separate groups for the final Asian qualifying round for World Cup 2026.
July 3 – The AFC has expanded its partnership with Visa which has become the Official Global Supporter of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026, the first time Visa has partnered with the blue riband women’s national team event.
June 22 – The qualifiers for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026 kicked off Monday with India, hosts of the 2022 finals, putting 13 unanswered goals past Mongolia, while Iraq drew 0-0 with Timor-Leste in Group B, which is being hosted in Thailand.
June 13 – Singapore has secured hosting rights for the latest leg of the Soccer7sSeries, a commercially driven seven-a-side tournament aimed at blending legacy football names with emerging talent, as the city-state ramps up its sporting portfolio for its 60th independence anniversary celebrations.
