“If Jorn gets a good offer and wants to challenge himself, I am happy to see him at a place where he has more freedom to do that,” Chan said. “I feel there are a lot of restrictions on him. Norwegian Andersen is deliberating over his future as Hong Kong head coach. Photo: Reuters “He …
“I really do not know if I will stay, or not,” Andersen told the Post. “Interesting offers are coming in … I said no to many jobs before the Asian Cup. Now, I am more open to seeing what will happen.” Since his appointment in December 2021, Andersen has led Hong Kong to Asian Cup …
The Indian football team on Thursday dropped 15 places to 117th in the FIFA rankings, the worst in seven years, after the recent debacle in the AFC Asian Cup, where it lost all its three group matches. This was India’s worst ranking after it was placed at 129th spot in January 2017 chart. The historical …
Qatar retained their Asian Cup title at Lusail Stadium on Saturday, beating Jordan 3-1 in a game where Akram Afif scored a hat-trick from the penalty spot. Chinese referee Ma Ning, who became the first official from the Mainland to take charge of the continental showpiece, awarded the penalties from which Afif scored in the …
Palestine were playing in the knockout rounds for the first time and, against the backdrop of the Israel-Gaza war, took a surprise first-half lead. Fresh from beating Hong Kong 3-0 for their first win in the competition’s history, Palestine made a bright start and Oday Dabbagh fired them ahead on 37 minutes. Palestine’s Oday Dabbagh, …
Goalkeeper Rustam Yatimov made the decisive save from Caio Canedo with the UAE’s second penalty of the shootout, and his outfield teammates did the rest. Tajikistan’s charismatic Croatian coach Petar Segrt called his team “the black horses of the tournament” and said “nobody knows how far we can go”. Tajikistan’s players celebrate with goalkeeper Rustam …
Those 500 travelling fans, members of Yue’s family among them, noisily hailed the progress of their side, leaving a number of players overcome with emotion. Yue Tze-nam (far left) and his Hong Kong teammates come to terms with their defeat on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua Yue’s voice was still unsteady when he stopped to talk two …
The question now will turn to whether Hong Kong can keep hold of Andersen for the long term after their first appearance in these finals since 1968. The Norwegian has created a daring, dashing team who have generated a buzz around Hong Kong football. Everton Camargo crashes a penalty on to the crossbar in stoppage …
But even as the possibility of a humiliating early flight home loomed, head coach Jankovic said he had no regrets. Serb Jankovic held up his hands over China’s failings in Qatar but insisted he was proud of his players. Photo: AFP “I have been in China almost six years, prepared one generation for Chinese football …
China are on the brink of an embarrassing AFC Asian Cup finals group stage exit following a 1-0 defeat by much-changed, and already qualified, hosts Qatar last night. A match devoid of quality and urgency was lit up by a glorious deciding strike from Hasan Al-Haydos midway through the second half. The Qatar captain was …