India: East Bengal, Diamond Harbour score upsets
East Bengal FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant 2-1 and Diamond Harbour FC stunned Jamshedpur FC 2-0 in the quarter-finals of the Durand Cup 2025. 

The Kolkata derby between 16-time Cup champions Bengal and 2024 finalists Mohun Bagan, who have won a record 17 times, saw Dimitrios Diamantakos strike a brace in the 38th and 52nd minutes. Anirudh Thapa pulled one back for Mohun Bagan in the 68th minute but it wasn't enough to prevent the defeat.

Second-tier I-League side Diamond Harbour, meanwhile, stunned ISL club Jamshedpur with two goals from Sairuatkima in the third and 41st minutes.

Reigning champions NorthEast United FC marched into the last four with a 4-0 win over Bodoland FC, with Alaaeddine Ajaraie bagging a brace in the 29th and 61st minutes to emerge the tournament’s leading scorer with seven goals.

Another I-League side, Shillong Lajong FC, came back from a goal down to beat Indian Navy 2-1 to secure their second consecutive semi-final appearance.  

United and Lajong will play on Tuesday while Bengal and Diamond Harbour meet the following day. The final is scheduled for Saturday.

Bhutan: City stay second 
Thimphu City scored four times in the space of 20 minutes in the second half to beat Ugyen Academy 6-2 and consolidate their second place in the Bhutan Premier League.

City are on 27 points after 12 matches, three behind leaders Paro FC who have two games in hand.  

Transport United remained in third after a 5-2 win over Tensung, who had earlier gone down 3-1 to RTC. BFF Academy defeated Samtse 3-1.

Kyrgyz Republic: Muras pull ahead
A top-of-the-table clash saw Kyrgyz Republic Premier League leaders Muras United defeat FC Alay 2-1 to extend their lead to three points. 

The defeat saw Alay drop one rung to third after defending champions FC Abdysh-Ata beat Bishkek City 3-2 to leap from fourth into second place.

United lead the standings on 38 points after 16 matches while Abdysh-Ata and Alay are both three points behind after 17 matches. 

Ilbirs Bishkek FC, who are third from the bottom and on a 11-match winless streak, pulled off a 2-0 win over fifth-placed Dordoi Bishkek. 

Other matches saw FC Bars Issyk-Kul lose 1-0 to Neftchi Kochkor-Ata and Oshmu-Aldier come from two goals down to defeat Kyrgyzaltyn 4-2. Talant beat Asiagoal Bishkek 4-3  while Ozgon carved out a 1-0 win over Alga Bishkek.

Uzbekistan: Nasaf stumble in title bid
Titleholders FC Nasaf fell to their first defeat in the Uzbekistan Super League this season after going down 1-0 to second-placed Neftchi Fergana. 

Fergana scored through a Jamshid Iskanderov penalty in the 28th minute, four minutes after being reduced to 10 men when defender Farrukh Sayfiev was sent off.   

Nasaf, however, came back in their following match to beat bottom club FC Shurtan 2-0. They are now on 40 points after 19 matches and just one clear of Fergana, who later beat Navbahor Namangan 1-0.

Dinamo Samarkand moved one step up to third on 37 points with a 1-1 stalemate with Pakhtakor and a 1-0 result over FC AGMK, who drew 1-1 with Qizilqum Zarafshon.

In other earlier matches, Pakhtakor beat Sogdiana 2-0 while Namangan defeated Adijian 1-0. Kokand 1912 beat FC Shurtan 2-1 and then won 2-0 against FC Surkhon, who beat Bunyodkor 3-1 in their previous match. Bunyodkor later defeated Buxoro 2-1.

Buxoro and Khorezm Urgench played out a 1-1 draw while FC Mash'al beat Adijian 1-0.

Tajikistan: Istiklol close gap
FC Istiklol outplayed Kulob Istaravshan 6-0 to move into second place in the Tajik League behind CSKA Dushanbe.

The defending champions, who scored four goals in the second half, are on 27 points from 13 matches. Leaders Dushanbe are three points clear with a match in hand.

FC Arkadag were on a roll as they defeated Nebitchi Balkanabat 8-1 and then handed Altyn Asyr a 5-2 loss to stay well on course for a third consecutive Yokary Liga title.

Arkadag, who have 12 matches left, have won all 18 of their games and are 23 points ahead of second-placed FC Ahal, who have played three matches less.

Arkadag are also in the semi-finals of this year’s Turkmenistan Cup, which they have also won twice in succession. 

Altyn Asyr played out a goalless draw with FK Merw in their following match, with the latter going on to lose 2-1 to FC Ashgabat.

Bottom club Kopetdag Ashgabat secured only their second win since the start of the league by defeating Sagadam 2-1. Sagadam bounced back to draw 1-1 with Nebitchi Balkanabat in their following match to end the week in third place on 29 points from 17 matches.