MYANMAR’S Shan United will host the 2024-2025 AFC Challenge League Group D matches at the Thuwunna Youth Training Centre in Yangon.

The tournament will be divided between the East and West Asian zones, with the West Asian zone featuring four teams in three groups and the East Asian zone having three teams in two groups. Shan United will compete in Group D of the East Asian zone alongside Chinese Taipei’s Taichung Futuro and Laos’ Young Elephant.

Group D matches will be held from 27 October to 2 November, with Shan United playing as the home team. The fixtures are as follows: Shan United (Myanmar) versus Young Elephant (Laos) on 27 October, Taichung Futuro (Chinese Taipei) versus Young Elephant (Laos) on 30 October, and Shan United (Myanmar) versus Taichung Futuro (Chinese Tai-pei) on 2 November.

In the group stage draw, the West Asian zone Group A sees East Bengal (India), Nejmeh (Lebanon), Bashundhara Kings (Bangladesh), and Paro (Bhutan). Group B features Al-Arabi (Kuwait), Arkadag (Turkmenistan), Maldivian side Maziya, and Abdysh-Ata (Kyrgyzstan). Group C comprises Al-Ahli(Bahrain), Al-Futowa (Syria), Al-Seeb (Oman), and Hilal AlQuds (Palestine). Meanwhile, the East Asian zone Group D consists of Shan United (Myanmar), Tainan City (Chinese Taipei), and Young Elephant (Laos), while Group E includes Madura United (Indonesia), Svay Rieng (Cambodia), and Falcon (Mongolia).

The top two teams from each of the two East Asian groups will advance to the next round, and from the West Asian zone, the top team from each of the three groups and one best-performing second-placed team will qualify. The quarter-finals will feature four teams from the East Asian zone and four from the West Asian zone, with a single match to determine who progresses to the finals, which will feature one team from each zone.

The West Asian group matches will take place from 26 October to 1 November, while the East Asian group matches will be held from 27 October to 2 November. The group matches will be conducted simultaneously, with the quarterfinals and finals being single matches. —Ko Nyi Lay/KZL

Source- The Global New Light Of Myanmar

LIVERPOOL are the new leaders of the Premier League after their 2-1 win away

to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, while Manchester United suffered

another defeat on Sunday.

The problems are piling up for Erik Ten Hag at Manchester United after his

side lost 3-0 at home to Tottenham with dreadful performance, not helped by Bru-

no Fernandes' direct red card just before halftime.

Brennan Johnson scored just three minutes into the match after Micky van de Ven's run and things got worse and worse for the home side.

Fernandes was sent off for a bad challenge on James Maddison, and Spurs showed their superiority with further goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke in the second half.

Aston Villa had the chance to go second on Sunday, but they were held to a 2-2away draw to Ipswich Town, who opened the scoring through Liam Delap's near post show after just eight minutes.

Aston Villa responded quickly with Morgan Rogers levelling after 15 minutes

as Ipswich failed to clear, and they took the lead just after the half hour when

Leon Bailey's cross was nodded in by Ollie Watkins.

Ipswich responded well after the break and got their reward in the 72nd minute when Delap netted a brilliant in dividual goal to save a point for his team.

— Xinhua

Source- The Global New Light Of Myanmar