The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has received the necessary bid documents from the five Member Associations, which had expressed an interest in hosting the 2027 AFC Asian Cup, ahead of the stipulated deadline. The All India Football Federation (AIFF), the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI), the …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has received today, August 26 the Qatar Football Association’s (QFA) bid to host the 2027 AFC Asian Cup after the country’s Ambassador to Malaysia Fahad bin Mohammed Kafood visited the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur to officially submit the necessary bidding documentation. Qatar, the reigning …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today, August 26 announced that Sport1 GmbH will be their new media partner, broadcasting the AFC Champions League for the 2021 and 2022 seasons in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. As an established dedicated sports broadcaster, with a large distribution in the region, Sport1 will …
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The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) commitment to ensure Asian refereeing continues to set new benchmarks was further underlined after it confirmed the implementation of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system from the Quarterfinal stage of the 2020 AFC Champions League – the first time that VAR will be introduced in …
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Experienced English-Australian Trevor James Morgan has been appointed head coach of Philippines side United City FC. Best known in India for his time as head coach with East Bengal Club and as assistant with Kerala Blasters and FC Pune City, Trevor Morgan replaces Serbian Risto Vidakovic, who recently left the …
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The wait for the return of International football continues with the rescheduling of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup joint qualifiers by FIFA and AFC. However, the announcement has not dampened the spirits of the Blue Tigers. Goalkeeper Gurpreet Sigh Sandhu sounded out the mood for …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has offered its condolences to the family, friends and teammates of former China starlet Kairan “Max” Wang who passed away at the age of just 15. After moving to the Netherlands just over five years ago, Wang played for Dutch club DHC Delft before securing …
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I have had the honour of playing some memorable matches wearing the Indian jersey. However, if I have to choose my favourite one – it has to be the final of the AFC Challenge Cup in 2008 – where we defeated Tajikistan 4-1 in New Delhi – that too on …
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The Indian football team will not see any action this year with the Asian qualifying matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup getting postponed to 2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Asian Football Confederation postponed all men’s qualifiers scheduled in October and November for the 2022 World Cup and …
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In light of the current COVID-19 situation in many countries, FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have jointly decided that the upcoming qualifying matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar and 2023 AFC Asian Cup – China, originally scheduled to take place during the international match windows …
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