Difficulties and challenges await coach Anthony Hudson and the Thailand national team at the 2026 ASEAN Cup.

Coach Kim Sang Sik currently holds a comprehensively upgraded squad, featuring high-quality naturalized players and overseas Vietnamese combined with a generation of exceptionally mature young talents. All of this promises to create a new look and an explosive playing style for the Vietnam national team at the 2026 ASEAN Cup.

The organizing committee of the 20th Asian Games (ASIAD 2026) will hold the draw ceremony for team sports on July 23 at the Hilton Nagoya Hotel (Japan), marking one of the important milestones in the preparation for the Games, which will take place from September 19 to October 4, 2026.

Chelsea winger Alejandro Garnacho has confirmed his move to Aston Villa, initially on a season-long loan with a mandatory buyout clause. According to David Ornstein of The Athletic, Garnacho has passed his medical and is in Birmingham completing the final formalities of the transfer. This means the 22-year-old Argentina international's career at Stamford Bridge ends after just one year.

At 11:30 AM today, July 23 (Vietnam time), the organizing committee of the 2026 Asian Games will conduct the group draw for men's football in Nagoya, Japan. As a top seed, the Vietnam U23 team is expected to get a favorable draw on their journey to advance deep into the Asian Games.

U23 Vietnam and the Vietnam women's national team will discover their opponents when the football draw ceremony takes place at noon today, July 23.

Arsenal has confirmed that William Saliba will be out for an extended period due to a back injury sustained at the 2026 World Cup. Although surgery is not required, the absence of the French center-back is a significant blow to manager Mikel Arteta ahead of the new season.

Kylian Mbappe closes the 2025/26 season with an unprecedented achievement in nearly 60 years, winning the top scorer of the World Cup, Champions League, and La Liga, recreating the legendary Eusébio's feat from 1966.

Preview: Cambodia vs Singapore (7:00 PM, July 24). Prediction, expected lineups, expert analysis for the Cambodia vs Singapore match in the opening round of Group A, ASEAN Cup 2026.

Prediction for Timor Leste vs Vietnam (20:30, July 24). Result forecast, expected lineup, and expert analysis of the match between Timor Leste and Vietnam in the opening round of Group A of the ASEAN Cup 2026.