iSportconnect, the largest global private network of sport business executives, brought the sports industry together at the inaugural Dubai Summit on November 29, 2017. The event, which was hosted in association with PwC, Dubai Sports Council and Nielsen Sports, took place in the picturesque surroundings of the Address Boulevard Hotel …
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Omar Khrbin and Samantha Kerr have been named as the top players in Asia at the glittering AFC Annual Awards held in Bangkok tonight, November 29. After a historic 2017 which saw five AFC teams qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, the Asian Football Confederation celebrated the …
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Albert Roca coached Bengaluru FC will face Bhutanese team Transport United FC in a two-legged 2018 AFC Cup South Asian Zone Preliminary Round Qualifier, the first of which will be held at the scenic Changlimithan Stadium in Thimphu on January 23, 2018. The return leg at Bengaluru’s Sree Kanteerava Stadium …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Executive Committee decided to maintain the current home and away format as per normal practice and to follow the competition regulations in the AFC Champions League 2018 for matches between clubs from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Following the recommendation from the …
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino praised the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa on the progress of Asian football and the Continent’s contribution to the world game. Attending the AFC Executive Committee meeting in Bangkok, the FIFA President said, “I feel it is …
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The Organising Committee for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup UAE 2019 today launched the vision and mission for the competition which will run between January 5 and February 1, 2019. The Committee, meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, agreed that the vision for the tournament, which will be extended to 24 …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Competitions Committee has requested that the Member Associations affected by travel bans approach their Governments to allow football teams to be exempt from such restrictions. The AFC regulations state that visas should be issued and safety and security should be guaranteed by the host nation …
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The first regional AFC workshop in Central Asia, with participants from the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, concluded today in Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic. The aim of the workshop was to learn to use different marketing and communications strategies and tools to make football a profitable …
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19 participants are attending the AFC Futsal Level 1 Coaching Course which began in Klang, Malaysia on Tuesday, November 21. The six-day course is co-organised by the Selangor Football Association and Real Sports Arena, which includes the participation of three former Malaysian national players. It is be the 26th AFC …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has introduced a new AFC integrity mobile application, which will enable fans, players and officials to report possible suspicious activities or provide information concerning match-fixing or corruption to the AFC Integrity Unit. As part of efforts to expand the fight against match-fixing, the new mobile …
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