At the age of 35, Gavin Lee could easily still be mistaken for a footballer. Maybe not even a veteran one, given his youthful looks. And he was once on course to becoming one, having been part of the National Football Academy in the same batch as current Singapore stalwarts Hariss Harun and Izwan Mahbud when they were all among the country's brightest prospects in their mid-teens.

Iraq stunned the UAE in a dramatic 2026 World Cup playoff comeback, with Mohanad Ali’s equaliser and Amir Al‑Ammari’s late penalty sending the Lions of Mesopotamia through on a 3-2 aggregate.

THE Philippines defeated Maldives, 2-0, in the penultimate match of the AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers at the National Football Stadium in Male, Maldives on Tuesday. Jefferson Tabinas and Sandro Reyes scored the goals in the 24th and 37th minute for the PMNT to move to 13 points after a 4-1-0 win-draw-loss record.

Singapore have qualified for the Asian Cup on merit for the first time ever after a remarkable comeback win over Hong Kong.

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KUWAIT CITY, Nov 17: Ali Sabah Al-Salem Stadium will host Yemen against Bhutan today at 5:30 p.m., in the fifth round of Group B for the Asian qualifiers for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia. In the same group, Lebanon will face Brunei at Brunei’s home ground.

The Syrian national football team is set to face Pakistan on Tuesday in the fifth round of the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, with the match scheduled to take

Bangladesh have set their sights on reaching the finals of the 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup as the qualifying rounds kick off across seven venues on November 22, with the boys in red and green placed in a challenging Group A in China.