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PUMA introduces the Manchester City Chinese New Year Collection!

Global sports company PUMA and Manchester City have today unveiled a special Chinese New Year Collection to celebrate the year of the Rabbit. The 2023 collection features a stunning limited-edition jersey, jacket, track pants and t-shirts that combine club heritage with references to Chinese culture that reach all the way …

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Paris Saint-Germain head to Qatar for Winter Tour plus Riyadh friendly!

Paris Saint-Germain will travel to Doha and Riyadh on January 18/19. This tour will be an opportunity for the Parisians to meet their Qatari and MENA supporters, train in the iconic Khalifa Stadium and take part in a series of activations organized with the Club’s partners present in Qatar, such …

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Match officials appointed for 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia & New Zealand!

Today, the FIFA Referees Committee announced the names of the match officials selected for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia & New Zealand. A total of 33 referees, 55 assistant referees and 19 video match officials (VMOs) will form FIFA Team One and have been chosen in close …

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Stage set for Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024 Asian Qualifiers Round 1 draw!

The race to represent Asia at the 2024 Paris Olympics will kick off with the official draw ceremony of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament 2024 Asian Qualifiers Round 1 at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) House on January 12, 2023 at 3pm. Since the inaugural edition, Asia’s best performances have …

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India’s AIFF & Singapore’s FAS earn Pro License memberships under AFC Coaching Convention!

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) and the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) became the latest Member Associations (MAs) to be conferred with Pro License memberships under the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s Coaching Convention in October and September 2022 respectively. Besides a range of practical activities, the AFC assessors conducted …

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#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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