Tag Archives: Asian Football Confederation

Is Lee Kang-In the last?…Military service benefits or Olympic focus, Football Association at crossroads

With Asian soccer’s power leveling, the South Korean men’s U23 national team is at a crossroads. They have to choose between the current strategy of using the Asian Games to qualify for the Olympic Games and military service, or using all other tournaments as a springboard to the Olympics, as Japan has done. If the …

Football’s bond…’National gatekeeper’ Kim Seung-kyu and ‘goalie’ Kim Jin-kyung tie the knot for 100 years in June

South Korean goalkeeper Kim Seung-kyu (Al Shabab) is tying the knot with model and actress Kim Jin-kyung. “Kim Jin-kyung is getting married to Kim Seung-kyu in June,” Kim’s agency Sublime told MHN Sports on Monday. Kim Jin-kyung rose to fame in 2012 when she won the runner-up spot on “Challenge Supermodel Korea 3. Since then, …

“I’m going to Paris”…’One win away’ Shin Tae-yong wants to make history for Innie soccer after 68 years

Indonesia’s U-23 national soccer team head coach Shin Tae Yong Shin has expressed his confidence in the team’s quarterfinal clash with Uzbekistan. The national team will take on Uzbekistan at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024 quarterfinals at the Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on Monday at 11:00 p.m. …