Asia

Nepal skipper Kiran Limbu: Playing I-League is the next level for us!

The RoundGlass Punjab FC squad boasts of a number of accomplished names, one of them being 30-year-old goalkeeper Kiran Kumar Limbu, who is the skipper of the Nepal senior national team and has plenty of I-League experience under his belt, which includes lifting the trophy in the 2017-18 season. “In …

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AFC announces Sportradar as official Video & Data Distribution Partner for major AFC Competitions from 2021 to 2028!

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today announced an official partnership with Sportradar for worldwide data and associated media rights for major AFC competitions for the cycles 2021-2024 and 2025-2028. Under the new agreement, Sportradar becomes the Official Video and Data Distribution Partner for major AFC national team and club competitions …

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FIFA to trial concussion substitutes at FIFA Club World Cup!

FIFA has today confirmed that it will trial additional permanent substitutions for cases of actual or suspected concussion at the FIFA Club World Cup, which is due to take place in Qatar from February 1-11, 2021, thus becoming the first international competition to test the procedure. Following FIFA’s input and extensive …

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Dates for 2023 AFC Asian Cup in China confirmed!

The upcoming edition of Asia’s flagship national team competition, the 2023 AFC Asian Cup – China, will take place from June 16 to July 16, 2023, across ten cities after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) confirmed the decision today. The 18th edition of the …

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AFC rebrands major national team and club competitions!

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 …

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Match officials for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup – Qatar appointed!

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 …

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Parallel Sports: AIFF GS Kushal Das thinks India will play away in March 2021!

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 …

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Australian Professional Leagues to be unbundled from Football Australia!

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 …

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Bureau of the FIFA Council passes decisions concerning Côte d’Ivoire & Pakistan!

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. …

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