The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has for the third time postponed Malaysia's AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 qualifiers match with North Korea, which was supposed to have been played in Pyongyang next month.

This after the travel ban imposed today by the Malaysian government on its citizens from travelling to the hermit nation.

In a statement posted on its website, AFC said it was informed of the ban by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM).

"In light of this information, the AFC has postponed the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019, Final Qualifying Round Group B match between DPR (Democratic People's Republic of) Korea and Malaysia, which was scheduled to be played in Pyongyang on Oct 5, 2017...