In yet another COVID-19 related snag, the Oman Football Association (OFA) has been forced to pull out of the AFC Cup in compliance with rules aimed to curb the spread of the virus. Oman is in the midst of a…
After months of waiting, fans of Palestinian football now know when the national team and Hilal Al-Quds will return to the continental theater. Palestine’s World Cup qualifier against Singapore was set for March 28th of this year while Hilal Al-Quds…
Another AFC Cup match day, another heartbreaker for the defending WBPL Champion. After throwing away a 1-0 lead to Al-Ahed in their first game, Hilal Al-Quds conceded first to Al-Jeish who did not look back after Mohammed Al-Wakid’s 37th minute…
On a pitch resembling something between a cow pasture and a potato field, WBPL champions Hilal Al-Quds raced to an early lead against Al-Ahed but were left ruing missed chances. The current holders of the competition struck twice in the…
Hilal Al-Quds are through to the group stages of the AFC Cup for the second consecutive year, marking the fifth time a Palestinian club has made it that far in the Asian continent’s Europa League equivalent. Palestinian side have always…
It was a slow and an often boring affair, but the three time WBPL champions got the job done at home against Omani opposition for the second year in a row. Mahmoud Awesat scored the opener after just 12 minutes…
Heroic effort comes to an end Hilal Al-Quds succumbed to a 2-0 loss to Wehdat on Tuesday evening sealing their exit from the 2019 AFC Cup. The capital side could have topped Group A with a win and advanced to…
The Asian Football Confederation did Hilal Al-Quds no favors. Nor did Asia’s governing body uphold its own decisions in regards to neutral grounds. Al-Nejmeh and Al-Jaish dictated the terms of conduct and that is what Palestine’s reigning champions had to…
Football Palestine has learned that the AFC has chosen to move both home and away matches between Hilal Al-Quds and Al-Nejmeh of Lebanon to a neutral location. The Lebanese side had refused to travel to Palestine to face the Palestinian…
Hilal Al-Quds’s comeback attempt fell short on Monday night despite a laudable effort from the capital city side. Mohammed Yameen had cancelled out Al-Suwaiq’s advantage from the first leg with a powerful header to put Hilal ahead after 20 minutes…
