Gabriel Tan
General Editor at ESPN
General Editor, ESPN. Thoughts are all mine. Asian football takes up most of my time.
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1 week ago |
espn.com | Gabriel Tan
Considering the FIFA Club World Cup is a gathering of some of the best teams from all across the globe, it is only natural that there is plenty of diversity at the tournament. There are 32 teams from six different confederations, all with their own footballing cultures and styles, locking horns and vying to become the first club champions of the world in the competition's new format. But upon closer inspection, there is also plenty of representation within continents, countries, and even clubs.
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1 week ago |
espn.com | Gabriel Tan
Just when it looked like Asian football might have a FIFA Club World Cup to forget, after Urawa Red Diamonds and Ulsan HD both fell to opening defeats on Tuesday, up stepped Al Hilal.
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1 week ago |
espn.in | Gabriel Tan
The expansion of the FIFA Club World Cup to a 32-team tournament was always going to mean a higher level of competition for any Asian side looking to emulate previous historic achievement by their continental counterparts. The real magnitude of the task at hand was illustrated on Tuesday as the Asian Football Confederation's representatives took to the field for the first time in the United States -- with both suffering damaging defeats.
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2 weeks ago |
espn.com | Joey Lynch |Gabriel Tan
The third phase of Asian qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is in the books and with their conclusion, traditional powers Japan, South Korea, Iran, and Australia have been joined by debutants Uzbekistan and Jordan in punching their tickets to North America.
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2 weeks ago |
espn.co.uk | Gabriel Tan
OSAKA, Japan -- Ultimately, Tuesday's game at Panasonic Stadium Suita was a dead rubber. Japan have already booked their place at next year's FIFA World Cup, while Indonesia are still in with a chance after they advanced to the next stage of the Asian qualifiers. If Indonesia are to pull off one of the most-remarkable World Cup qualification stories ever, they will be able to lay claim to being one of Asia's best teams.
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