Gabriel Tan

1 week ago | espn.in | Gabriel Tan

SINGAPORE -- Just a day after tickets were made available for purchase, Lion City Sailors have announced that their upcoming AFC Champions League Two final against Sharjah on May 18 has been sold out. This will mean that a historic first continental decider to be played on Singaporean soil will be witnessed by approximately 10,000 -- a figure significantly higher than the average Singapore Premier League match that highlights just how monumental an event it will be.

1 week ago | espn.in | Gabriel Tan

SINGAPORE -- Lion City Sailors have confirmed that preparations are now underway to get Bishan Stadium deemed suitable as the venue for the AFC Champions League Two final. Following their remarkable run through to the decider of Asian football's second-tier club competition, the Sailors earned hosting rights as the finalists from the East region. This is in line with the tournament's policy of alternating each season's final hosts between East and West.

1 week ago | espn.com | Gabriel Tan

To call them a motley crew would perhaps be quite disingenuous. Yet, it wouldn't be too harsh to suggest there is something quite unconventional about the current Kawasaki Frontale outfit. And still, this is a side that is now one game away from winning the AFC Champions League Elite -- with a final against Al Ahli to come on Saturday after they pulled off a remarkable 3-2 upset over another star-studded Saudi Pro League outfit in Al Nassr.

1 week ago | espn.in | Gabriel Tan

To call them a motley crew would perhaps be quite disingenuous. Yet, it wouldn't be too harsh to suggest there is something quite unconventional about the current Kawasaki Frontale outfit. And still, this is a side that is now one game away from winning the AFC Champions League Elite -- with a final against Al Ahli to come on Saturday after they pulled off a remarkable 3-2 upset over another star-studded Saudi Pro League outfit in Al Nassr.

2 weeks ago | espn.in | Gabriel Tan

It couldn't have happened. Surely it shouldn't have happened. But it did. Despite being huge favourites to march on to the AFC Champions League Elite final, Al Nassr's quest to move one step closer to being crowned champions of Asia for the first time came to an end on Wednesday -- with a shock 3-2 semifinal loss to Kawasaki Frontale.