Peter Stebbings's profile photo

Peter Stebbings

Hong Kong

Head of Asia-Pacific Sports at Agence France-Presse (AFP)

Head of Asia-Pacific sports for Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Hong Kong. Previously London, Washington, Paris, Shanghai. Exiled Barnet fan

Featured in: Favicon afp.com Favicon msn.com Favicon businessinsider.com Favicon yahoo.com (+15) Favicon smh.com.au Favicon chicagotribune.com Favicon france24.com Favicon infobae.com Favicon ctvnews.ca Favicon ibtimes.com

Articles

  • Vacaciones no pagadas: el amateur Auckland City en el lujoso Mundial de Clubes

    1 week ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Peter Stebbings

    Peter STEBBINGS14 de junio de 2025, 8:00 a.m.·3  min de lecturaEl flamante nuevo Mundial de Clubes reunirá desde el sábado en Estados Unidos a algunos de los clubes más prestigiosos del planeta como Real Madrid, PSG, River Plate, Boca Juniors o Flamengo... y luego estará el Auckland City, un equipo amateur cuyos jugadores son estudiantes, profesores o agentes inmobiliarios. Los 'Navy Blues' entrarán en la competición contra el Bayern Múnich de Harry Kane el lunes en Cincinnati (Ohio).

  • Auckland City's amateurs take unpaid leave for Club World Cup adventure

    2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Peter Stebbings

    The revamped Club World Cup starting on Saturday brings together some of the most celebrated teams and players in global football. And Auckland City. In a tournament boasting $1 billion in prize money and featuring superstar multi-millionaire players including Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, the New Zealand side are a striking anomaly.

  • Australia on brink of World Cup as Indonesia end China hopes

    3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Peter Stebbings

    Coach Tony Popovic said "we've done something special" after his Australia side moved to the brink of next year's World Cup on Thursday while Indonesia ended China's qualifying hopes. Defender Aziz Behich was the home hero in front of over 57,000 in Perth, rifling into the corner in the 90th minute to give Australia a 1-0 win over already qualified Japan.

  • South Korea on cusp, Uzbeks eye historic World Cup spot

    3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Peter Stebbings

    European club trophy winners Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in will hope to fire South Korea to the World Cup in the coming days with four remaining automatic spots from Asia up for grabs. Japan and Iran have already sealed their berths at the tournament next year in the United States, Canada and Mexico. AdvertisementSouth Korea are guaranteed to join them on Thursday if they avoid defeat against Iraq in Basra.

  • Fernandes starts as Man Utd fight back to win in Hong Kong

    4 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Peter Stebbings

    Captain Bruno Fernandes started Manchester United's match against Hong Kong on Friday despite mounting speculation over his future as they came from behind to win 3-1, with teenage substitute Chido Obi scoring twice. Beaten and booed off in Malaysia on Wednesday, Ruben Amorim's side were underwhelming in the first half of their second post-season friendly as they brought the curtain down on a dismal campaign.

Contact details

Emails

[email protected]

Socials & Sites

Try JournoFinder For Free

Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.

Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →

X (formerly Twitter)

Followers
1K
Tweets
4K
DMs Open
No
Peter Stebbings
Peter Stebbings @pstebbings
10 Jun 25

RT @Andrew_McKirdy: Their raucous fans are the self-styled bad boys of Japanese football and the team's red shirts, white shorts and black…

Peter Stebbings
Peter Stebbings @pstebbings
3 Jun 25

RT @Andrew_McKirdy: Zico was instrumental in Japan's development as a football nation and has warned that players are moving to Europe too…

Peter Stebbings
Peter Stebbings @pstebbings
4 May 25

Story for ⁦@AFP⁩ about how Ronnie O’Sullivan’s conqueror defied his parents to stand on the cusp of Chinese sporting history #snooker #Zhao https://t.co/kc8HzfglK4