The Chinese national ­under-17 football team concluded their U17 Asian Cup campaign on Wednesday night, with their hopes of ...

With a squad littered with star players from top European sides, Japan's coach Hajime Moriyasu believes that his team is more than capable of challenging for the World Cup title next year.

The legendary Japanese player, still going strong and playing at age 58, marvels at how far football has come in his country.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will put eight teams directly into the 2026 World Cup, with a ninth team going to the inter-confederation playoffs in hopes of making the tournament. Two spots ...

Flying the flag for Japan in this year's FIFA Club World Cup is J1 League heavyweights Urawa Red Diamonds, who make their ...

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said on Thursday it would be "a bad idea" for FIFA to expand the World Cup to 64 nations ...

Have a look at five players who have lit up past U-17 Asian Cups and gone on to become major stars of Asian football.

Čeferin is a FIFA vice president who was part of a March 6 online meeting of the world soccer body’s ruling ... though made no reference to a 64-team World Cup. We’ve got the edge.