AFC Champions League
AFC to launch Women’s Champions League in 2023
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will launch a women’s Champions League competition from 2023 in a bid to strengthen female football across the continent.
LaLigaSportsTV picks up AFC Champions League rights in Spain
LaLigaSportsTV, the OTT streaming platform of LaLiga, has acquired broadcast rights in Spain and Andorra to Asia’s AFC Champions League from 2021 to 2024.
Jiangsu FC drops out of AFC Champions League
Embattled Chinese Super League football club Jiangsu FC has withdrawn from this year's Asian Football Confederation Champions League
AFC Champions League 2021 group stage hosts announced
The Asian Football Confederation has confirmed the venues for the AFC Champions League 2021 group stages
C More adds AFC rights to football output
Pay-television broadcaster C More has acquired rights in Finland and Sweden to the Asian Football Confederation’s club and national teams competitions across the 2021-24 cycle.
Shandong Luneng expelled from AFC Champions League
Chinese FA Cup winners Shandong Luneng have been expelled from this year’s AFC Champions League after the confederation removed the club’s licence.
AFC club competition groups set for centralised hubs
The group stages of the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup will be played in centralised 'hubs' this year due to due to ongoing Covid-19 travel restrictions
Turkey’s D-Smart secures AFC rights for 2021-24 cycle
The Asian Football Confederation has announced a rights deal with Turkish pay-television broadcaster D-Smart to broadcast AFC competitions in the country from 2021 to 2024
Round-Up: Lanka Premier League pushed back, State of Origin TV flop, China’s colossal esports market, and more
The Lanka Premier League will start five days later from November 27 to December 17 and will only be played at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium in Hambantota
Round-Up: Beijing 2022 offers social support, Tokyo event test, AFC Champions League concerns, and more
The Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee is actively trying to involve more disabled people in benefiting from the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games – China.o
Doha to host AFC Champions League final
Qatar's capital Doha will host this year's Asian Football Confederation Champions League final, on December 19.
The final is usually played over two legs but will be a single match this year
AFC Champions League East Zone games to be played in Doha
The Asian Football Confederation has announced that the outstanding East Zone Asian Champions League matches this season will be played in Doha, Qatar
AFC Champions League holders expelled after Covid-19 outbreak
Reigning champions Al Hilal have been removed from the AFC Champions League after naming a line-up with only nine outfield players due to a Covid-19 outbreak
AFC Champions League coverage in Iran hit amidst standoff
The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has claimed that an AFC Champions League broadcast deal in the country has been terminated by the Asian Football Confederation due to “international s…
AFC Champions League to restart today
The Asian Football Confederation Champions League is to restart later today, after a six-month suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with West Zone matches played in Qatar
AFC Cup cancelled, Champions League also facing problems
The Asian Football Confederation has cancelled the remainder of this year’s AFC Cup, Asia’s second-tier continental club football tournament, due to the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
SIA Media Group deal grants AFC competitions Eastern European exposure
The Asian Football Confederation has continued inroads into increasing its exposure in European markets by agreeing a broadcast rights deal with SIA Media Group covering Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Lithuania,…
Sport1 lands AFC rights in DACH region in first European deal of new cycle
The Asian Football Confederation has sealed the first rights deal in Europe in its new rights cycle, agreeing a two-year contract across Germany, Austria and Switzerland with sports broadcaster Sport1