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Saudi Arabia is currently favored to host the soccer tournament in 2034.

In refusing to host Israel at the upcoming U-20 World Cup, political leaders in Bali have not just cost the country its hosting rights. They have also incurred lasting reputational damage. 

Indonesians are in an uproar after rejection of the Israeli team cost their country its chance to host a global football tournament.

The performances of the Japanese and South Korean men’s national teams at the 2022 FIFA World Cup have embodied the stories we love to hear and watch. 

The world soccer governing body has pledged to help Jakarta improve safety and infrastructure in the run-up to next year's Under-20 FIFA World Cup.

Post-COVID sports may resemble the October 2019 FIFA World Cup Qualifier between the men’s national teams from North and South Korea.

China's team may not have made it, but its companies are well represented at the World Cup.

Hoping to become football stars, young West Africans are coming to Southeast Asia in droves. Some will never make it home.

A Kazakh family is at the center of a scandal that unveiled murky deals in the global world of football.

If human rights abuses can’t persuade FIFA, the heat might do the job.

Is FIFA finally ready to yank the World Cup away from its controversial 2022 host nation?

Ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the world should heed lessons from the past.

Lawyers and soccer associations are still sorting out the implications of a World Cup in Qatar’s summer heat.

Thailand’s Worawi Makudi wants to head the Asian Football Confederation. Will his past get in the way?

Indonesia’s pro football leagues must shape up or risk suspension from international competition.

Southeast Asia has a passion for football but few indigenous stars. Teerasil Dangda could help change that.

Years of mismanagement and corruption has forced the world soccer body to crack down on Indonesia.

FIFA has declared that the country is not safe to host official international games.

Some are concerned that Qatar’s 2022 World Cup held in the summer with high temperatures could be a problem.

John Duerden notes a mixed victory for Mohamed Bin Hammam, whose lifetime ban was overturned.

In a bid for the FIFA presidency, corruption and bribery charges are leveled, reports John Duerden.

Football’s governing body had argued that wearing the hijab was a safety problem. It’s had a change of heart.

Football is a rare unifying force for Lebanon. Thanks to South Korea, the World Cup finals could be as well.

It would be nice if football was separate from politics. In Asia as in elsewhere, though, that’s not the case.