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Farewell Iron Man
Go ahead and mention Dickson Nwakaeme’s name to any Malaysian football fan, it is likely that the first image to emerge in his or her mind would be that iconic photograph of his duel with […]
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Filipino football’s fight for relevancy
It may be very difficult to imagine it now, but there was actually a time when Filipinos came out in numbers to watch a domestic league football match in Manila. Rival sets of fans would […]
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Nabeel Anwar’s unlikely road to the big stage
This story begins in the Chinese city of Wuhan nine months ago. No, it’s not what you think; this is not about the coronavirus. Or is it? On the 27th of October last year, Nabeel […]
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Vale Ahmed Radhi
“I still remember the moment when the old Kurdish peddler came into the house, accompanied by my father, to pick up our TV,” wrote Iraqi journalist Mizer Kamal. “I cried and begged my mother to […]
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Muang Loei United: Fighting for promotion in a post-COVID world
The COVID-19 crisis has hit clubs hard, especially those lower down the football pyramid. Muang Loei United in particular have been impacted by two major post-COVID decisions from the Thai FA and face unique challenges […]
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The ‘Lion King’ continues to roar
“I was in Korea but I did not watch a single World Cup game. Instead, I drank a lot of alcohol in an attempt to numb the pain.” Lee Dong-gook’s career, and life, could have […]
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Australia still waking to its Asian future
“Asia is expecting us to be a contributing member to the Asian Football Confederation and we will be.” Those were the words of then Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy the day after that historic […]
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Right or wrong? Naturalisations spark debate in UAE
For long, the UAE resisted. Then, in January 2020, the UAE Football Association declared that two South American players had become eligible to play for the country’s national team. And not just any two South […]
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Iran FF left in the dark on Skočić appointment
Portuguese manager, Carlos Queiroz, gone. Belgian Marc Wilmots, sacked within six months. With the Iran national team on the verge of early elimination from Group C of FIFA World Cup qualifying, Iranian sport officials were […]
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Football returns to Turkmenistan
This Sunday, the Turkmen Yokary Liga will resume as the fifth active domestic league in world football, the third in Asia, but interestingly the first to have returned to play following a Coronavirus suspension, which […]