Asia

The Asian Football Confederation Emergency Medicine and Anti-Doping Regional Course came to a close on Friday, following a highly successful four-day programme. In line with AFC’s Vision and Mission – which focuses on the success of Asian teams on the world’s biggest stages and strengthen the level of fan engagement …

The Indian U-19 National Team will face hosts Saudi Arabia in their opening encounter of Group D of the AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers at the Prince Mohammad bin Fahad Stadium in Dammam, Saudi Arabia tomorrow, November 4. The kick-off for which is slated at 9:35pm IST. Riding on the “positive …

As part of efforts to give the Continent’s passionate fans the opportunity to be part of the biggest single sporting event in Asia, the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the UAE’s Local Organising Committee (LOC) have launched an online slogan campaign, with the support of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). …

iSportconnect has confirmed that Alistair Kirkwood, Managing Director at NFL UK, has been added to the lineup for the Dubai Summit on November 29. Kirkwood has been with the NFL for over 15 years in various capacities and took up his current position in 2006, having also previously served as …

Soccerex has announced the first selection of attendees for the Soccerex Asian Forum that will be held in Doha, Qatar, on December 4/5, 2017. In just over a month, the football business community will get together at the Soccerex Asian Forum — Doha, on December 4/5 — for two days …

FIFA has reached an agreement with China Central Television (CCTV) to grant CCTV the exclusive media rights in China for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups™ as well as all of its other major international competitions until 2022, including the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019™. With this agreement, CCTV …

ASEAN delegates and medical practitioners graced the launch of The Asian Football Confederation Emergency Medicine and Anti-Doping Regional Course at St. Luke’s Medical Center Global City in the Philippines on Tuesday. The sixth edition of the regional course will run from October 31 until November 3 2017 and will touch …

The India Under-19 national team went down fighting against the Qatar U-19 side as they managed to grab a 1-0 win over the colts at the Al Arabi Stadium in Doha today, October 28. In the first half, both teams traded a series of corners before Qatar grabbed the early …

HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, President of the Jordan Football Association (JFA), welcomed to Jordan today President of the Spanish LaLiga Javier Tebas and accompanied him to the Zaatari refugee camp in Northern Jordan. Prince Ali and Tebas attended one of the football workshops organized by the Asian Football …

A joint social responsibility programme between the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and China Football Association (CFA) kicked off with a two-day launch event of football and educational activities on Tuesday and Wednesday in Guangzhou. The pilot project for the cooperation is organised with the with the International Federation of Red …