Michael Church
@michaelrgchurch
Journalist covering football across Asia since 1995. Work for Reuters, SCMP and others. Co-host @TheAsianGame.
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14-01-2009 12:48:07
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Nice piece from Samantha Lewis on football in DPR Korea ahead of their Olympic qualifier against Japan next week:
Deer musk glands, fake fans, and forbidden friends — inside the North Korean women's national team
abc.net.au/news/2024-02-1…
Fascinating details in this The Asian Game piece from Behnam Jafarzadeh about the relationship between Iran and Japan. Insightful stuff.
And that is the 1,000th goal in AFC Asian Cup history - quite apt that it was scored by Hong Kong, China, who also scored the first ever goal in tournament history on 1 September 1956 through Au Chi Yin! Full circle. #AsianCup2023
🏅 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 has nominated for the #ASCMediaAwards in the category of '𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩' for our coverage of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
📱💻🎧📽️ Across social, editorial, audio and video - what a three weeks it was!
COMMENT: What #SaudiArabia can learn from #China in its quest to become a football super power
#SaudiProLeague
Michael Church
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Wishing the only two teams to beat us at the #FIFAWorldCup all the best in the Final 😉
#Socceroos #Qatar2022
Podcast out now! Michael Church from The Asian Game joins the show to review Asia's Group Stage success.
Then simonhill1894 and John Kosmina look ahead to the Subway Socceroos vs Argentina.
From 9pm AEDT on SEN!
Live - bit.ly/3mLqwhu
PODCAST - apple.co/3MPydhK
🌏🏆 #KOR have kicked off their final group stage match against #POR . Can they also seal a spot in the Round of 16?
📽️ Paul Williams & Michael Church are at Education City Stadium for all the action.
🇮🇷 🆚 🇺🇸
It's one of the most anticipated matches of this FIFA World Cup, but 2⃣4⃣ years ago it was something else altogether.
Michael Church was there and recounts that memorable night in Lyon.
theasiangame.net/you-have-to-wi…
📺 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇
📽️ 𝑫𝒐𝒉𝒂 𝑫𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒚 is back again with Scott McIntyre, Michael Church & Paul Williams!
🌆 From Doha's Corniche, we talk about 🇯🇵 サッカー日本代表 🇯🇵's stunning win and look ahead to 🇰🇷 theKFA's opening game against Uruguay.
youtu.be/AZDxAmw0Q34