Asia

After the Tajikistan Football Federation announced that they would participate at the Intercontinental Cup in July 2019, the All India Football Federation confirmed the participation of Syria, North Korea, and Tajikistan as the participating teams of the second edition of the Intercontinental Cup from July 7-17. The Blue Tigers come …

The AFC Women’s Assistance Programme completed a four-day assessment of Macau to help strengthen and develop its women’s football. The assessment began on May 3 and was facilitated by AFC Head of Women’s Football Bai Lili who, alongside Macau FA Head of Women’s Football Zhang Hong and technical staff visited …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will introduce the Advance 11 initiative in 2019 to continue its efforts to maximise the potential of its Member Associations (MA). As part of the AFC’s commitment to help its MAs, this new initiative was launched as a platform for MAs to further improve their …

Former I-League champions Minerva Punjab FC will play their two remaining 2019 AFC Cup group stage home matches at the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium in Guwahati. The original plan for Minerva Punjab FC was to play all their three group stage home matches at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha …

Edward Chang, Director of Business Strategy – Competitive Gaming Division at Electronic Arts (EA); Scott Munn, Chief Executive at City Football Group China; and Don Chen, Founder and CEO of Duo Sport Group will be joining Soccerex China, this May 23-24 in Hainan to discuss the ever-expanding esports industry and …

Our India U-19s are set to face hosts Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan in the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers later this year. The draw for the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers concluded at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, May 9 with the 46 teams discovering their …

Last time quarterfinalists India are set to face hosts Uzbekistan, Bahrain and Turkmenistan in the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers later this year. The draw for the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers was held at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur with the 47 teams discovering their opponents. The teams …

The draw for the semifinals of the 2019 King’s Cup was carried out by the Football Association of Thailand (FAT), in which India would take on Curacao, while hosts Thailand on Vietnam. In their first match since their elimination from the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, Team India, who are currently …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today issued an Invitation to Tender (ITT) for its package of football media rights for the 2021-2024 cycle in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The ITT offers the media rights for national team and club competitions, including the pinnacle national team events of the AFC …

The German Football Association (DFB) and the Shanghai Football Association (SFA) have agreed to cooperate. On Thursday, May 2 a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed at the DFB headquarters in Frankfurt am Main. For the DFB, the first vice-president Dr. Rainer Koch and secretary general Dr. med. Friedrich Curtius, …