The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s remarkable strides in ensuring its Member Associations (MAs) and Regional Associations (RAs) continue to uphold the highest standards of good governance was further emphasised by the AFC Associations Committee at its third meeting held virtually today. Chairperson Hachem Haidar noted the vast challenges faced by …
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Al Hilal SFC’s record breaking victory in the AFC Champions League 2021 Final has propelled Saudi Arabia to the top of the latest AFC Club Competitions Ranking. With the results of clubs participating in the four previous sporting seasons, Saudi Arabia lead the rankings on 100 points as South Korea …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s Member Associations (MAs) and Regional Associations (RAs) will be in a stronger position to develop football across the Continent with the new AFC Enhance Member Association Programme and AFC Enhance Regional Association Programme, which were ratified by the AFC Executive Committee at its eighth meeting …
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FC Bayern Munich has extended the partnership with the Japan Football Association (JFA) by three years. The agreement, already running for three years, includes the exchange of top talents with the FC Bayern Campus, cooperation in training coaches, friendly matches between FC Bayern youth teams and the Japan Football Association …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) tested the lower-cost video assistant referee (VAR Light) concept at the AFC Women’s Club Championship 2021 Pilot Tournament (West) in Jordan from November 7 to 13. As part of its efforts to adopt more technological advances in the sport, the AFC examined the new concept, …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) organised the third Coach Education Special Online Session with participants learning from the comprehensive analysis of selected Euro 2020 matches. AFC Technical Director Andy Roxburgh opened the session, that was attended by more than 100 participants from 43 Member Associations, by emphasising the importance of …
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FIFA have announced the much-anticipated, 64-fixture match schedule for the ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand in 2023. The opening match and opening ceremony for the first-ever co-hosted women’s tournament will take place on July 20, 2023 at New …
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Registration for the highly anticipated 7th AFC Medical Conference Qatar 2022 with the theme – ‘Football and Sports Medicine – Celebrating Diversity’ – is now officially open for participants. Those interested can register here to be part of the conference that will welcome renowned medical speakers from the AFC, FIFA, …
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QatarEnergy has teamed up with FIFA as an official Partner for the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup – Qatar, which will be held in the State of Qatar from November 30 until December 18. “The FIFA Arab Cup is a unique opportunity for QatarEnergy to grow their relationship with sport and …
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Eagerly anticipated reforms designed to elevate AFC’s club competitions to the next level are set to be introduced in the near future. While addressing the AFC Executive Committee on November 21, 2021, AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said: “I am pleased to note that the AFC competitions …
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