Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President, today expressed his deepest sympathy to the friends and family of Gerard Houllier, who passed away in France aged 73. The AFC President said: “Gerard was a great friend of Asian football and regularly attended our technical workshops …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) received the Bid Books to host the 2027 AFC Asian Cup from Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) and Qatar Football Association (QFA) at the AFC House yesterday, December 14. Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Malaysia Mahmoud H.S Qattan and Qatar’s Ambassador to Malaysia Fahad Mohammed Kafoud …
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Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President, today received Saudi Arabia’s Bid Book as part of the next phase of their campaign to host 2027 AFC Asian Cup. Shaikh Salman welcomed the Saudi Arabia Football Federation (SAFF) delegation, led by Yasser Almisehal, SAFF President, who …
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Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President congratulated the Mongolian Football Federation (MFF) on their first-ever online Golden Ball celebration of the Mongolian football season. In the opening address for the event which has been held since 2015, Shaik Salman praised the MFF President and …
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LaLiga and the K-League have carried out in Seoul the signing of the MOU that will unite both competitions until the end of 2023, which represents an important advance in the collaboration between both leagues and it will open up the current relationship to a deeper cooperation in matters such …
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Football’s response to COVID-19, the international match calendar and future competitions were among the topics covered as FIFA President Gianni Infantino spoke via video link to the 30th Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress. “We have shown strength, unity and solidarity, and this was the only way to cope with COVID, …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to System Vendors to receive a formal proposal and quotation for the implementation of the AFC Event Management System. All interested parties are required to confirm their participation in this tender by sending an email to procurement@the-afc.com latest by December …
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After mesmerising fans last year in the SAFF U-15 Championship and the AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers, the Indian U-16 Men’s National Team is back once again for a training camp in Goa having, gone through the precautionary measures that have been put in place to keep them safe from the …
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Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President, congratulated the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association (NMIFA) on becoming the 47th full Member Association of the AFC at the 30th AFC Congress today. The online Congress, which observed a minutes’ silence of respect for Diego Armando Maradona …
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The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) has decided to further push the next edition of the AFF Cup to December 2021. Originally set for November this year, the AFF Cup was then postponed to April-May of next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and now rescheduled to next December as the …
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