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Manchester City have more financial muscle than any other club in world football – according to the Soccerex Football Finance 100 for 2018. This ground-breaking new annual report by Soccerex, which has produced many ‘eye-catching’ results, uses a bespoke methodology to evaluate and rank the top 100 clubs across the …

The Bahrain Football Association (BFA) concluded its first-ever AFC Professional Football Coaching Diploma Course, held in the capital city of Manama, Bahrain. The 24 participants from Bahrain, Oman and Syria went through four modules from February to December 2017. The Pro Diploma course is for coaches who hold the ‘A’ …

As 2017 slowly comes to a close, I, Arunava Chaudhuri (arunfoot) take a look back at the year gone by in Indian football in a series of write-ups on what all happened across the calendar year 2017 including the highlights, the good and the bad, and finally the outlook into …

A media workshop co-organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Chinese Football Association (CFA) enlightened professional players in the city of Haikou, China PR on Wednesday, December 20. Aimed at educating players on the use of social media, the workshop focused on utilising media channels to assist them …

India finished as runners-up after going down 0-1 against hosts Bangladesh in the final of the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In a closely contested game Shamsun Nahar’s individual brilliance is what that took the game away from the young Indian girls. Her strike in the 41st minute …

Superstar players of French Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain met with thousands of Qatari football fans during the club’s 2017 Winter Tour in Qatar earlier this week. The squad, boasting some of the top players in the world including Neymar Jr, Edinson Cavani, Kylian Mbappe, Dani Alves, Marco Verratti, Julian …

The India U15 side suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hands of hosts Bangladesh in their final group encounter of the ongoing SAFF U15 Women’s Championship in Dhaka today (December 21). After registering comfortable victories against Bhutan and Nepal in the first two matches, the eves met their match against …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today confirmed that the tender for sale of the commercial rights for the two cycles between 2021 and 2028 will be published on February 1, 2018. After a re-scheduling, approved by the AFC Executive Committee in Bangkok in November, it has been decided that …

The India U15 Women’s side scored five goals in each half as they thumped Nepal 10-0 in a totally one-sided group encounter of the ongoing SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship being held at Dhaka, Bangladesh. Hattricks by Priyanka Devi and Sunita Munda was complimented by a brace from Lynda Kom, with …