The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today launched an exciting and dynamic range of brand-new logomarks and visual identities for its major national team tournaments – the AFC Asian Qualifiers, AFC Asian Cup, AFC Women’s Asian Cup, AFC U23 Asian Cup, and the hugely popular annual club competitions – the AFC …
Read More »
The FIFA Referees Committee has announced the match officials who will be in charge at the forthcoming 2020 FIFA Club World Cup – Qatar. Seven referees and twelve assistant referees have been selected for the tournament and together with them, FIFA has also selected seven video match officials (VMOs) to …
Read More »
Parallel Sports caught-up with AIFF general secretary Kushal Das to find out where Team India could play their upcoming joint 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in March 2021. Kushal Das informed that he thinks given the ongoing pandemic that the remaining qualification matches would be played at …
Read More »
Football Australia and the newly formed Australian Professional Leagues (APL) today announced that terms have been agreed to ‘unbundle’ the A-League, Westfield W-League and Y-League (‘Professional Leagues’) from Football Australia. This unbundling of the Professional Leagues from Football Australia means that the Australian football structure will be in line with …
Read More »
The Bureau of the FIFA Council had taken jus before Christmas the following decisions concerning the governance of two member associations. Normalisation committee appointed for the Ivorian Football Association (FIF) The Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided to appoint a normalisation committee for FIF pursuant to art. 8 par. …
Read More »
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has sent his condolences to Football Australia and to the family and loved ones of former FIFA referee and respected administrator Gary Power who passed away at the age of 69 on Tuesday after bravely battling cancer. Power was …
Read More »
The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) held its Executive Committee meeting on Monday, December 28 virtually to plan for the year 2021 and take other decisions. SAFF president Kazi Salahuddin presided over the meeting with SAFF general secretary Anwarul Huq and members in attendance. Amongst the decisions taken was that …
Read More »
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today published the 2027 AFC Asian Cup Bid Books of the four Member Associations that remain in contention to host the AFC’s flagship competition – the All India Football Federation (AIFF), the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI), the Qatar Football …
Read More »
The overwhelming success of the expert planning, comprehensive testing and medical protocols put in place for the AFC Champions League (East) and Final held in Doha, Qatar ensured the health protection of all players, match officials and stakeholders. Working in close co-operation with the Qatar Football Association (QFA), the Qatari …
Read More »
Education City, Ahmad Bin Ali and Khalifa International stadiums will host the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup matches taking place in Qatar from February 1 to 11, 2021. The Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium will stage the opening match between Qatari champions Al Duhail and Auckland City of New Zealand on …
Read More »
Arunava about Football A look at football & the world through my eyes!