The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), in collaboration with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), organised its first-ever Regional Safeguarding Seminar which welcomed safeguarding officers from the South Zone to share their vision and strategy to safeguard the wellbeing of children in football. Themed “Safeguarding 360”, the two-day seminar was designed …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and ZOLL successfully organised a webinar focused on sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) with the theme ‘Keep Your Heart Safe During Sports’ that was attended by 800 participants. Key speakers AFC Chairperson Dato’ Dr. Gurcharan Singh, FIFA medical officer Dr. Jens Kleinefeld, who saved Danish footballer …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) delivered the first-ever AFC Football Management Diploma (FMD) online course as part of the newly established AFC Academic Centre of Excellence (ACE) that was launched in September. Participants from across the Continent joined the latest education programme designed by the AFC’s partners, the Football Business …
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Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed from the United Arab Emirates has been selected to referee the eagerly anticipated AFC Champions League 2021 Final between Al Hilal SFC of Saudi Arabia and South Korea’s FC Pohang Steelers, which will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 23, 2021. No stranger to …
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Goalkeeper Dheeraj Singh’s heroics under the woodwork did wonders for India as the boys had their best-ever finish in the AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qualifiers to date. As their final qualifying match against the Kyrgyz Republic ended in a stalemate at the Fujairah Stadium on Saturday, October 31. Earlier, UAE …
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India U-23s head coach Igor Stimac lauded Indian Arrows project and hosting the FIFA U-17 World Cup in India in 2017 for developing a “new generation of players” who went on to register India’s best-ever finish in the AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qualifiers in UAE on Saturday, October 30. “This …
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Goalkeeper Dheeraj Singh’s heroics under the woodwork did wonders for India as the boys had their best-ever finish in the AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qualifiers to date. As their final qualifying match against the Kyrgyz Republic ended in a stalemate at the Fujairah Stadium on Saturday, October 31. Earlier, UAE …
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As preparations continue for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup – Australia & New Zealand, the first physical refereeing seminar in 20 months has been delivered in Qatar, following almost two years of cancellations and disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In attendance for the seminar in Doha, which blended …
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“We are treating the match against Kyrgyz Republic as any other game,” Head Coach Igor Stimac averred prior to India U-23’s crucial encounter with Kyrgyz Republic in the qualifiers for the AFC U23 Asian Cup. India U23 are currently on 3 points from two matches, and a win against Kyrgyz …
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“Forget this match as fast as possible,” Head Coach Igor Stimac mentioned in the huddle, and paused again post India’s 0-1 loss to UAE in the qualifiers for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup. He then looked at everyone, and reiterated waving his hand. “Just forget it. In 3 days, you …
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