Asia

All eyes will be on Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday at 4pm (local time) for the official draw ceremony of the 2024 AFC U-17 Women’s Asian Cup – Indonesia Qualifiers Round 1, featuring 29 teams looking to impact the tournament after a four-year pandemic-induced break. The competition kicks off with …

Single match passes to the world’s biggest women’s sporting event are now available to all fans at FIFA.com/tickets. Following a successful Visa pre-sale window that saw fans from precisely 100 countries of residence snap up seats for the first-ever 32-nation 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, all supporters can now secure …

Asia’s future stars will learn of their opponents when the battle lines are determined for the 2024 AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup – Uzbekistan Qualifiers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday at 2pm. Returning to the global stage for the first time since 2019, the age-group tournament is set to …

The FIFA and AFC are happy with India’s success as the hosts of major tournaments like the just concluded FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, and want to focus more on the country as a growing football destination, said AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, who was in Navi …

Indonesia, with a population of over 270 million, are never short of football passion. Big strides have been made in Indonesia over recent years under the guidance of the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) and with the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia kicking off in just over six …

The Asian Football Confederation President Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, along with General Secretary Datuk Windsor John and Deputy General Secretary Vahid Kardany were felicitated by All India Football Federation in Navi Mumbai on Saturday, October 29, 2022. AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey, Vice President NA Haris, Secretary General Dr. …

24 days before the start of the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the congress of “Future Leaders in Football” was declared open on Thursday, October 27 in Qatar’s capital of Doha. The DFB’s workshop is a ‘female edition’, just as the other workshop was that opened in Jordan back …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have opened its landmark AFC Football Management Diploma (FMD) online programme to 30 aspiring Asian football leaders from the AFC’s Member Associations (MAs) and Regional Associations (RAs) as well as Independent Stakeholders. Now in its fourth edition, the FMD is designed to nurture participants’ capabilities …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President today received the President of the Saudi Arabian Football Association (SAFF) President Yasser Almisehal and SAFF General Secretary Ibrahim Al Kassim here in the capital of Malaysia and held fruitful talks. Shaikh Salman began by congratulating the SAFF President on Saudi Arabia’s momentous triumph …

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa today received the Iraqi Football Association (IFA) President Adnan Derjal at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) headquarters here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. President Derjal was joined by his second Vice-President and Iraqi football legend Younis Mahmood Khalaf and the …