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Afghanistan Football Federation’s (AFF) dedication to the development of grassroots football in the country has earned it the AFC Grassroots Charter Bronze Membership. The Grassroots Charter is a development tool for Member Associations (MA) to raise the quality of their grassroots programmes. It identifies 20 performance categories such as grassroots …

The ‘dream’ of India hosting and playing in the 2020 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup is less than a year away and next on the journey is the U-17 Women’s Football Tournament 2019 – set to take place in Mumbai – the ‘City of Dreams’ from December 13-19, 2019 where …

The Indian Women’s Team won its third consecutive gold medal at the South Asian Games after triumphing 2-0 over Nepal in the summit clash of the 2019 edition, in Pokhara, Nepal, on Monday, December 9. Bala Devi was the star of the show again as she netted a brace to …

AFC Cup defending champions Al Ahed from Lebanon will discover their opponents in the group stage draw for the 2020 AFC Cup, which will take place at the AFC House in the Malaysian capital at 1400hrs (local time) on Tuesday, December 10. The seven-time Lebanese Premier League champions, who finished …

India is all set to host the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup next year and with the preparations and build-up in full swing the Mumbai Football Arena will play host to the U17 Women’s Football Tournament 2019 – a first-of-its-kind international tournament for girls that will see India take on …

The Khalifa International Stadium, the home of Qatar’s national team, will host three additional matches during the FIFA Club World Cup 2019 after the official opening of Education City Stadium was postponed until early 2020. In addition to the double-header of games on December 17 – the fifth-place play-off and …

The Chinese Football Association (CFA), with the support of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), staged the annual CFA Dream China Social Responsibilities Initiatives programme in Changsha and harnessed the ‘power of heroes’ to inspire young players. The three-day programme was the culmination of a month long event which involved over …

2019’s iSportconnect Dubai Summit took place on Thursday, December 5 at the Dubai Sports Council, bring together key figures from the world of sport for a fantastic day of networking and learning. Host of the day’s events, Ben Nichols, said of the event, “The fourth iSportConnect Dubai Summit proved to …

The Indian Women’s Football Team completed yet another dominant display at the 13th South Asian Games 2019, as they trounced Sri Lanka by a massive margin of 6-0 at the Pokhara Stadium in Pokhara, Nepal on Thursday, December 5. Sandhiya Ranganathan scored a first-half brace, while Ratanbala Devi scored one …

The Indian women’s football team began their South Asian Games 2019 campaign with a comfortable 5-0 win over the Maldives on Tuesday, December 3. Bala Devi grabbed a brace and Dangmei Grace, Manisha and Jabamani Tudu all scored a goal apiece to hand the team three points at the Pokhara …