Malaysia's football rivalry with Singapore may have grown a little stale in recent years, but Thursday's 2022 World Cup qualifier against Indonesia in front of 80,000 fans in Jakarta promises to be extremely spicy.

The last two meetings between Malaysia and Singapore, in March 2019 in Kuala Lumpur and in October 2016 in the Lion City, were low-key affairs with low attendances.

That could not be in greater contrast to the anticipation ahead of Group G's opening game. At the moment in Southeast Asia,...

The draw for the first phase of Asia's qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup finals featuring the continent's lowest-ranked nations was made on Wednesday, even though FIFA has yet to decide how many teams will participate in the tournament.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino continues to promote his plan to expand the tournament from 32 to 48 teams and potentially share the hosting duties originally awarded to Qatar with other nations in the Middle East.

Oman and Kuwait have been approached as potential...