Chan Yuen-ting To Become First Female Head Coach In AFC Champions League

Eastern coach Chan Yuen-ting has the opportunity to become the first female coach in the AFC Champions League after her club was "surprisingly reinstated in the competition on Monday amid a farcical battle among three teams for eligibility," according to Chan Kin-wa of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. At a Hong Kong FA board meeting on Monday, members "agreed that Eastern and Kitchee would represent the city in the 2017 tournament, only seven days after applications were put forward by the association on behalf of Kitchee and a third club, Southern." The decision was prompted by a new ruling by the Asian Football Confederation in which "future Member Association rankings will depend solely on performances in AFC club competitions." Eastern must still wait until the AFC confirms the lineup for the 2017 Champions League on Nov. 24 (SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 11/21).