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AFC reschedules Saudi 2027 Asian Cup

ALKHOBAR: Saudi Arabia will still host the Asian Cup, but not when it planned to. The Asian Football Confederation announced on Tuesday that the tournament will now open on Dec. 23, nearly a year after its original Jan. 7 start, and run until Jan. 21, 2028, with the new dates still to be presented to FIFA for approval. The tournament had been scheduled to run from Jan. 7 to Feb. 5, 2027, across Riyadh, Jeddah and Alkhobar. The AFC’s press release read: “Exceptional circumstances have been create