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Football Australia’s success in rebuilding their grassroots game post-COVID has resulted in the renewal of their AFC Grassroots Charter Gold Membership. In endorsing the football body, the AFC Grassroots Panel stated that Football Australia “has been innovative and has understood the need for increased human and financial funding to ‘bounce …

Football Australia is back in the grassroots game in 2022 after the COVID-19 pandemic forced many programmes and competitions to abruptly pause and eventually be cancelled throughout 2020 and in some parts of the country, continuing in 2021. In 2019, Football Australia witnessed continued growth in grassroots participation with over …

India Women’s international forward Dangmei Grace will join Uzbekistan Super League club FC Nasaf in their ongoing season. Gokulam Kerala FC in a social media post wrote, “Our forward Dangmei Grace becomes the second Indian women footballer to sign a professional contract abroad. She will represent FC Nasaf next season.” …

The Bureau of the FIFA Council decided on June 29, 2022 to lift the suspension that was imposed on the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) in April 2021 due to undue third-party interference. The decision was taken after FIFA received confirmation that the normalisation committee of the PFF had regained full …

FIFA+ is to launch on Hisense VIDAA-powered devices from this summer onwards, making thousands of free hours of original, live and archive football available directly to fans in their homes. Hisense, an existing Official Sponsor of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, will make the new platform available on the …

Remaining tickets for the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar will be back on sale next week, giving fans an unmissable chance to secure their place at the greatest football show on Earth. This time, tickets for the first-ever FIFA World Cup to be held in the Middle East will …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has extended the deadline to receive Expressions of Interest (EoI) from the AFC Member Associations (MAs) to host the 2023 AFC Asian Cup from the original date of June 30, 2022, to July 15, 2022. The AFC had issued an EOI invitation to the AFC …

The multi-year deal to stream LaLiga Santander gives Optus Sport an additional 380 matches per season from LaLiga live and on-demand, in full 1080p HD* and will also include live select matches from LaLiga SmartBank, Spanish football’s second tier, including promotion playoffs and a range of other highlights, news and …

A joint FIFA/AFC mission has concluded a three-day visit to India where it held constructive discussions with local stakeholders regarding the situation in the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The meetings concluded that the next steps should be the ratification of the AIFF Statutes in line with the FIFA/AFC principles …

Following the success of the human rights volunteer pilot project at the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup – Qatar, it has been confirmed that the role will be expanded for the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar. The pilot project at the tournament in November and December 2021 involved 12 human …