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37 referees from the 2018 batch kicked off their four-year AFC Referee Academy programme with the Introductory Module I at the AFC House on Thursday, November 8. The aspiring elite referees began their five-day module with back-to-back practical sessions on fitness and technicality, before diving in on theoretical topics such …

The Indian senior national women’s team began its campaign in the first round of the 2020 AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament with a 1-1 draw against Nepal on Thursday, November 8 at the Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon. The first half was an open affair, with India having the edge in …

Japan Football Association (JFA) has been awarded the AFC Grassroots Charter Gold membership for its tremendous work in grassroots football. 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 competitions, structure, long-term …

The Indian women’s national team will be aiming to qualify for the second round of the 2020 AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament for the first time in its history as it gets set to take on Nepal on Thursday, November 8 in their opening encounter in Group C. After arriving …

The journey to the 2020 AFC U23 Championship – Thailand qualifiers has begun following the official draw ceremony at the AFC House on Wednesday, November 7. The Draw divided the 44 participating teams into two zones of WEST (West + South + Central) with 24 teams, and EAST (East + …

The Indian women’s senior national team takes on Nepal in their opening match of the first round of the 2020 AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament on Thursday, November 8 and will be hoping to get off to a strong start aiming to get the three points to start the campaign …

While the rest of the country prepares to celebrate the festival of lights, the Indian women’s team arrived in the Burmese capital of Yangon late on Tuesday, November 6 evening as they get set to compete for a place in the second round of the 2020 AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying …

iSportconnect, the world’s largest global private network of sport business executives, has announced that FOX Networks Group (FNG), HOK and Brighton & Hove Albion FC are to speak at the 2018 Dubai Summit. Sanjay Raina, General Manager & Senior Vice President at FOX Networks Group; John Rhodes, Director of Sports, …

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of India and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) on sports cooperation in New Delhi today. From Indian side the MoU was signed by the Minister of …

The Indian senior national women’s team will be looking to create history as they get set to travel to Yangon, Myanmar for the first round of the 2020 AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying tournament, having never got past the opening hurdle in the previous edition of the qualifiers. Under coach Maymol …