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Asia

#FootballForAll takes over Amman!

The West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) and Para Football, an international body of football for persons with disabilities, organised the West Asia #FootballForAll Festival with the support of the AFC Dream Asia Foundation in December 2022 in the capital city of Jordan. Along with the events key partners, the Jordan …

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Registration opens for fifth edition of AFC’s FMD!

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has opened registration for the fifth edition of the landmark Football Management Diploma (FMD) programme under the AFC Academic Centre of Excellence (ACE). The programme, which was launched in November 2021, marked the graduation of its inaugural batch in December 2022 where representatives of the …

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Tshering lauds FIFA’s support to women development in Bhutan!

Qualifying for the last four in the 2022 SAFF Women’s Championship; collaborating with FIFA to host workshops; nine teams playing in the national women’s league. Development of the women’s game has indeed picked up pace over the past year in the Kingdom of Bhutan. Particularly, the recent FIFA/BFF (Bhutan Football …

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AFC President pays glowing tribute to instrumental Pele!

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has joined the global sporting family in grieving the loss of one of the beautiful game’s most iconic figures – Edson Arantes do Nascimento – who passed away on Thursday at the age of 82. Affectionately known as Pelé, …

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VfL Bochum continues to expand its development work in Vietnam!

For over a year now, VfL Bochum has been running a football school in Ho Chi Minh City together with its partners Schächter Sports and VJSS. The work here has seen VfL Bochum successfully develop local coaches. Since the start in November 2021, VfL has been steadily expanding its programme …

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K-League youth academies team up with LaLiga grassroots football!

Korean K-League youth football coaches have completed an intensive training camp in Spain with the aim of learning how LaLiga’s renowned youth academies work in order to identify and implement areas for improvement in the Korean youth teams’ set up. This project to promote grassroots football is part of the …

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India needs to utilise hype & interest around 2022 FIFA World Cup for our football!

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is history and for hosts Qatar despite all the pre-tournament criticism it was a huge footballing success. One nation which did not take part but had a huge part to play in the tournaments overall success was India or better to say the fans from …

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