Sepahan

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has offered "heartfelt gratitude" to Iranian authorities for allowing tens of thousands of female fans to attend a top-flight soccer match between Sepahan and Persepolis this week.

As the AFC Champions League group stage reaches its business end, we take a closer look at which teams could advance and which are already out.

With the 2023-24 AFC Champions League group stage at its halfway mark, who's on course for the last 16? And who's in danger of missing out?

Some big names announced their arrival in the AFC Champions League while there was joy for a number of ASEAN hopefuls on match day 2.

Al-Ittihad's Asian Champions League match with Iran's Sepahan was called off on Monday after the Saudi team refused to leave their dressing-room due to a statue of an assassinated Iranian general being placed at the entrance to the pitch.

From mixed results for Saudi Arabia's giants to slow starts by Southeast Asia's hopefuls, here's what we learned from the opening action of the 2023-24 AFC Champions League.

Shabab Al Ahli, Al Rayyan and Al Faisaly are the three latest teams to advance into the Round of 16 in AFC Champions League 2022.

Al Shabab and Al Duhail have joined Al Hilal in the AFC Champions League 2022 Round of 16 ahead of the final match day.

With Al Hilal dominant so far, we look at the main talking points at the halfway mark of the AFC Champions League 2022 West Zone group stage.

The Asian Football Confederation has announced that Saudi Arabia will host all the West Asia action in the group stage of AFC Champions League 2022.