Kumamoto Renaissance Football Club will be playing on a new football field funded by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as a result of the devastating earthquake in Kyushu Region in Southern Japan in April 2016. Kumamoto Renaissance, playing in the first division of the Regional Women’s League in Japan, lost …
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the arbitration procedure between the Laotian club Lao Toyota Football Club and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The appeal filed on December 22, 2017 by Lao Toyota FC against the decision issued on December 13, 2017 by the …
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The Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided, on January 18, 2018, to appoint a normalisation committee for the Kuwait Football Association (KFA) in accordance with article 8 paragraph 2 of the FIFA Statutes. Following the lifting of the suspension of the KFA on December 5, 2017 as a consequence …
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2016 AFC Cup finalists Bengaluru FC have named a 30-man squad for the upcoming Preliminary and Play-Off Stages of the 2018 AFC Cup on Saturday. The squad which departed for Delhi earlier in the day, will travel to Thimphu in Bhutan on Sunday where they face Transport United on January …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has introduced the AFCAS Online System to ease its Member Associations’ application process for the organisation of International Matches/Competitions. Following FIFA’s Circular (No. 1593) on 26 July 2017 to all its Members, reiterating the application process,The AFC launched the AFCAS Online System (AFC-IM Online) on …
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The AFC Futsal Referees and AFC Futsal Instructors Seminars kicked-off in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, January 10. The seminars will see participation from 43 referees and 15 instructors – with the aim to prepare them for the 2018 AFC Futsal Competitions. The seminar is divided into …
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iSportconnect has announced that the first Summit of 2018 will take place in the Chinese capital Beijing on March 26-27. The two-day event will bring together an elite group of C-level executives working at premier sports rights holders and brands in the world’s major cities, representing a unique opportunity for …
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Cruyff Football CEO and former Dutch international, Wim Jonk will be speaking alongside Gerard Houllier, Red Bull’s Global Head of Football to discuss the synergies between football development and education at Soccerex China 2018 on April 17/18 in Zhuhai. Wim’s participation is part of a new partnership between Soccerex and …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) yesterday, January 10 presented the AFC Referees Special Award to Uzbekistan’s Bakhtiyor Namazov at the AFC Futsal Referees and Instructors Seminar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 43-year-old capped off another remarkable year for Asian refereeing in 2017 when he became the first AFC referee to …
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The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), under the AFC President’s Initiative, launched a mini artificial turf at the Nilphamari District Stadium on Sunday, January 7. The mini pitch was inaugurated by Asaduzzaman Noor, Minister for Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh together with Kazi Salahuddin, President of BFF and SAFF. Also present at …
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