The Men in Blue will next face UAE on January 10, at the Zayed Sports City Stadium. UAE are currently placed 81st in the FIFA ladder and are the only team to be ahead of India (97) among the other teams in the group. On January 14, Stephen Constantine’s men will be up against Bahrain at the Sharjah Stadium in Sharjah. Miroslav Soukup’s men are currently ranked 116th in the FIFA rankings....
The four successful candidates at May’s AFC congress in Bahrain will represent Asia on the body along with Bahraini vice president Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, also the head of the AFC, and members from Japan and Malaysia. The four spots include one reserved for women. Australian Moya Dodd, formerly a co-opted member of the old FIFA Executive Committee, will take on Mahfuza Ahkter of Bangladesh, Han Un-gyong of North Korea and Susan R....
Al Hilal will be eager to make amends for their final loss in 2014 while Urawa Red Diamonds will look to win the title for the second time in their history, having won it in 2007. Al Hilal have reached the knockout stages in every year of the competition since 2009 but have reached the final only once in 2014 before this year. This time around, their form has been formidable going into the final....
GROUP A Al Jazira (UAE) v Al Ahli (KSA) UAE’s Al Jazira are at home to Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli on Tuesday. Both teams have secured their spot in the knockout stages of the tournament and only thing that remains is determining the group winner. Al Ahli, three points clear at the top, can clinch top spot if they avoid a defeat while Al Jazira needs to win by two goals or win 1-0....
Than Quang Ninh (VIE) 1-1 Yadanarbon (MYA) [Minh Tuan 45+1’ - Paing 22’] Vietnamese side Than Quang Ninh, making their debut appearance in the AFC Cup group stages, battled fortunes and had to settle for a share of the spoils against Myanmar’s Yadanarbon who were on a high after beating Home United in the opening match of the three-team group. At the My Dinh stadium in Hanoi, it was the home team who started well and applied pressure in the early stages....
Bengaluru FC, who are also the first team to qualify for the playoffs of ISL 4, may have their opening match of the AFC Cup group stage against Aizawl FC postponed due to the excessive cluttering of games. In case you didn’t know… Bengaluru FC are in the midst of a stellar season having made it to the ISL playoffs in some style. However, coach Albert Roca had to reshuffle his squad for the AFC Cup qualification games to keep his lads in shape for both the tournaments....
Defenders: Zohmingliana Ralte, Juanan, Joyner Lourenco, Asheer Akhtar, Rahul Bheke, Collin Abranches, Harmanjot Khabra, Prashanth Kalinga, Nishu Kumar, Subhasish Bose; Midfielders: Erik Paartalu, Dimas Delgado, Lenny Rodrigues, Malsawmzuala, Leon Augustine, Robinson Singh Khumukcham, Bidyananda Singh, Myron Mendes, Boithang Haokip, Alwyn George; Forwards: Sunil Chhetri, Udanta Singh, Daniel Lalhlimpuia, Antoni Dovale, Cletus Paul, Thongkhosiem Haokip.
Bengaluru FC are coming after a 2-1 win over Gokulam Kerala in the Super Cup 2018 pre-quarterfinals and have two more fixtures lined up in the next 10 days apart from Thursday’s game. However, Albert Roca seemed unconcerned about playing in multiple competitions in a short while. “Everyone knows that a successful club is involved in many tournaments and it is the same with Bengaluru FC since I joined,” said Roca....
Three out of four inter-zone semifinalists have already been decided. The Blues will be joined by Turkmenistan’s FC Altyn Asyr and North Korean club April 25. The winner of the ASEAN zone final between Home United and Ceres-Negros will be the fourth team in the round. A brace from defender Nishu Kumar and strikes from Daniel Segovia and skipper Sunil Chhetri helped Bengaluru run riot over Abahani who looked helpless throughout the game....
Home advantage The arrest of three Lebanese referees before East Bengal’s away AFC Cup match against Singapore’s Tampines Rovers might have overshadowed the Kolkata club’s brilliant performance in the 4-2 win, but the result put them in pole position to qualify for the round of 16 as Group H winners. East Bengal have the chance to consolidate their position by winning this reverse fixture at home and if Vietnam’s Sai Gon Xuan Thanh avoid defeat against Malaysia’s Selangor in the other Group H fixture, the Kolkata club would book their place in the knockout stage for the first time since 2004 with two games to spare....
Host Cameroon suffered the crushing heartbreak of a penalty-kick shootout loss to the Pharaohs and settled for third place which required a stunning comeback. It recovered to draw Burkina Faso 3-3 and this time won the ensuing penalty-kick shootout. But the final will be held on Sunday, and it will see two of the biggest stars of the tournament go head-to-head as Liverpool’s Sadio Mane (Senegal) and Mohamed Salah (Egypt) compete for the prestigious crown....
We also had a WWE Hall of Famer turning heel and taking out Paul Wight. The main event saw The Young Bucks teaming up with Gallows and Anderson to take on the Lucha Bros and Jurassic Express. Read on for the full AEW Dynamite Results. Santana and Ortiz vs. FTR kicked off AEW Dynamite Dax Harwood and Santana started things off trading chops. Both members of FTR were soon out on the floor as Santana and Ortiz dived at them....
Well, we turned the microphone on The Interview Queen herself and asked all about Alicia A’s status with AEW, among other things. You can read the full interview here. Will we be seeing more of you in All Elite Wrestling? Meanwhile, The Interview Queen also told me how she came to work with AEW in the first place, detailing that it all stemmed back to her time with Impact Wrestling, and working on her very own YouTube channel at the same time....
Regardless, quite a number of interesting things have happened in the world of All Elite Wrestling lately. Continue reading as we dive right into today’s AEW News Roundup. #5 Toni Storm was meant to be embroiled in a love triangle story with Dolph Ziggler, and Rick Boogs During her appearance on Talk is Jericho, the former WWE Superstar detailed the scrapped story that never happened during her run. Toni Storm continued by noting how the story never went anywhere....
For the second straight week, Rampage was on its 10 PM E.T regular programming after being aired on 11:30 PM E.T on March 18 due to TNT’s NCAA March Madness coverage. According to Nielsen via Showbuzz Daily, Friday’s show drew a record of 456,000 viewers, for a 7.29% increase. This was better than the 425,000 viewers on March 25, which was the show’s worst record in viewership. Based on Wrestlenomics, the key demographic last week also increased by garnering 0....
Ahead of his upcoming AEW world title match this week, Jungle Boy appeared on Busted Open Radio, where he discussed various topics including promos. Jungle Boy explained that promos are now the primary aspect of wrestling he needs to improve on: AEW star Jungle Boy further added that he gets advice from a lot of people, including senior producers, but he mostly neglects them: Jungle Boy made it clear that when the time is right, he’ll be determined to perfect his promos....
The two competitors have been embroiled in a back-and-forth feud for weeks. Jurassic Express and reDRagon have been at each other’s throats in an attempt to win the Tag Team Championship. The two halves of the opposing teams clashed on AEW Dynamite in a hard-fought bout where O’Reilly walked away as the victor. During his appearance on Busted Open Radio, the reDragon member described the wrestling chemistry between himself and Jungle Boy....
Danielson seemed to confront Moxley after the latter’s win over Wheeler Yuta before putting forward an idea. He proposed that the two former WWE Superstars form an alliance and “run this place.” The American Dragon ran down all of the current champions in AEW before suggesting that young stars like Lee Moriarty could benefit from having himself and Moxley as guiding hands. Moriarty responded to the offer on his Twitter account....
