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The Football Association of Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong’s footballers could play China, Chinese Taipei regularly in new league
Asian chiefs planning new Nations League similar to the one in Europe, aimed at raising standards and revenue.
22 Dec 2025 - 1:55PM
Hong Kong Premier League
Eastern look west for Losada replacement after boss leaves with immediate effect
19 Dec 2025 - 3:15PM
Fifa
Fifa overturns three Malaysia matches amid player eligibility scandal
17 Dec 2025 - 4:16PM
Fifa World Cup 2026
Fifa unveils limited number of US$60 World Cup tickets after global backlash
Supporter group says ‘revisions do not go far enough’ and exposes flaws in how prices for the tournament had been set.
17 Dec 2025 - 2:18PM
Football’s global governing body said in a statement that it had created a limited number of “Supporter Entry Tier” tickets fixed at US$60 for all 104 matches. Photo: dpa
Fifa World Cup 2026
Fifa’s neutrality ‘broken’ after Trump role at World Cup draw: German politician
Vice-president of German parliament slams ‘disgusting’ ceremony in which Donald Trump received peace prize, and calls ticket prices ‘insane’.
15 Dec 2025 - 11:48PM
The Football Association of Hong Kong, China
Roberto Losada to quit Eastern days after being named interim Hong Kong boss
Head coach says 2-1 win over Tai Po on Sunday ‘could be my last game’ in charge of Hong Kong Premier League side after 4½ years.
15 Dec 2025 - 3:28PM
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Lionel Messi
Another Lionel Messi farce as angry Indian fans riot, vandalise stadium
Video shows fans, who had paid ‘a month’s salary’ to see touring Argentine superstar, throwing ripped-up seats, other objects onto field.
14 Dec 2025 - 2:31PM
Fans throw chairs after Lionel Messi departs from the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday. Photo: AFP
Fifa World Cup 2026
Silva defends Fifa World Cup expansion, fears Brazil aren’t good enough to win
Gilberto Silva, who has worked as a technical adviser for game’s governing body, ‘wants to be positive’ about 48-team tournament.
13 Dec 2025 - 12:11PM
The Football Association of Hong Kong, China
Civil war to refugee camp to career in Hong Kong for South Sudanese footballer
Valentino Yuel fled a war to settle in Australia, before football took him to Iran, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Libya and finally Hong Kong.
13 Dec 2025 - 8:00AM
The Football Association of Hong Kong, China
Losada named Hong Kong’s interim coach as FA hunts for boss with ‘global vision’
Football association says search continues after Eastern boss takes temporary charge ‘to ensure stability during the transition period’.
12 Dec 2025 - 8:20PM
Fifa
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Can you afford Fifa World Cup tickets? Will US vet social media? Read this first
Fan group calls for ticket sales to be halted as United States’ claim it would offer US$21 seats turns into ‘monumental betrayal’.
12 Dec 2025 - 12:25PM
The Fifa World Cup takes place in North America next June and July. Photo: AFP via Getty Images
The Football Association of Hong Kong, China
Tai Po win hot-tempered AFC Champions League 2 clash but Eastern humiliated 9-0
Deserved victory for Hong Kong champions Tai Po, while Eastern’s goal difference reaches a staggering -28.
12 Dec 2025 - 3:25AM
The Football Association of Hong Kong, China
AFC Champions League 2: Tai Po boss aiming for grand finale, but ‘lots to learn’
Lee Chi-kin aiming for performance to repay loyal fans as local champions wrap up campaign against Cong An Hanoi at Mong Kok Stadium.
11 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM
Son Heung-min
Woman who blackmailed South Korean football star Son Heung-min jailed: reports
The woman in her 20s accused of extorting US$200,000 from the player last year before trying again with an accomplice this year.
8 Dec 2025 - 3:16PM
Fifa
Fifa World Cup draw: who Asian teams will play, how Ronaldo v Messi could happen
Son Heung-min’s South Korea among seven Asian nations who learn their opponents in the draw in Washington.
6 Dec 2025 - 6:23PM
Argentina’s Lionel Messi (right) could face Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo during the 2026 World Cup. Photo: TNS
Fifa
Fifa World Cup draw repeats past as France face Senegal, England play Croatia
Argentina drawn to start against Algeria after a show that lasts almost as long as a football match.
6 Dec 2025 - 11:24AM
Donald Trump
Fifa gives Trump its new peace prize at World Cup draw
The US president, who has campaigned for but not received a Nobel Peace Prize, says he doesn’t need awards, just wants to ‘save lives’.
6 Dec 2025 - 3:57AM
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Fifa World Cup draw: how to watch, who plays where, will Trump win peace prize?
All you need to know ahead of the draw for the tournament in the US, Canada and Mexico – featuring Village People and a president or two.
5 Dec 2025 - 2:29PM
Argentina’s Lionel Messi lifts the World Cup at the last edition in Qatar in 2022. Photo: Reuters
The Football Association of Hong Kong, China
Tai Po players ‘here to help’ as they play first match in Hong Kong since fire
All ticket proceeds donated to Wang Fuk Court support group, while Kitchee raise over HK$700,000 for Tai Po relief efforts.
4 Dec 2025 - 8:43PM
Fifa
Trump looms over Fifa World Cup draw as it starts countdown to 2026 finals
US president expected to play prominent role as Washington stages draw for the tournament, to be held in the US, Canada and Mexico.
4 Dec 2025 - 2:05PM
The Football Association of Hong Kong, China
As Hong Kong end Westwood era, student who ‘has everything’ is tipped for debut
The 21-year-old was peripheral at Kitchee until arrival of coach Inigo Calderon, who says player can be ‘a top, top, top centre-back’.
4 Dec 2025 - 11:51AM
English Premier League
Hillsborough disaster report says 12 UK police officers would have faced charges
Police initially tried to blame Liverpool fans after 97 died in UK’s worst stadium crush, with some officers amending statements.
3 Dec 2025 - 1:16AM
A supporter sits by the damaged fencing at Hillsborough Stadium, in Sheffield, England after the April 15, 1989 tragedy that saw the deaths of 96 football fans and was one of Britain’s worst sporting disasters. Photo: AP
Fifa
Footballers in Malaysia eligibility scandal are ‘victims’, ban unfair, says union
FIFPro says the sanctions by Fifa on the seven players declared to have Malaysian ancestry ‘are grossly disproportionate’.
2 Dec 2025 - 4:27PM
English Premier League
Chinese fans lambast EPL club Brighton over Mitoma’s Imperial Japan soldier post
English Premier League side apologises after social media post showing Japanese winger holding image of WWII soldier while posing with fan.
1 Dec 2025 - 7:37PM
The Football Association of Hong Kong, China
Sham Shui Po edge South China in Division 1 as players, fans back call to play on
With Premier League matches among elite sport fixtures cancelled out of respect for Tai Po fire, football seemed to be a source of solace.
1 Dec 2025 - 8:00AM
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