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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) partnership took a huge step forward by activating the second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in Manama, Bahrain on May 9, 2017. Outlining the alliance, AFC referee Ahmed Eisa Mohamed Darwish of the …

The Soccerex Global Convention 2017 was held from September 4 to 6 in Manchester for a final time and now it will shift from next year to Doha, Qatar. Soccerex had held its first-ever event in Manchester in 1996 with annual events in London in 1997, Paris in 1998, Los …

The India U-16 national team have wrapped up the exposure trip to Qatar in style, having registered a humongous 5-0 win over Al Duhail SC at the Duhail Ground in Doha on Friday, September 15 night. The Bibiano Fernandes-coached team are looking in perfect shape before they fly to Nepal …

iSportconnect has announced that they will be staging their second-ever iSportconnect Summit in Dubai on November 29, 2017. Brett Gosper, CEO of World Rugby, and Adolfo Bara, General Manager Marketing & Sales at LaLiga, have been confirmed as guest speakers. The Summit represents a breakthrough opportunity for up to 150 …

Bengaluru FC kept their calm to hold on to a three-goal lead from the first leg to seal a 3-0 aggregate win after a goalless draw against 4.25 SC, at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Wednesday. The result secures a place for the Blues in the Inter-Zone final …

Bengaluru FC will be hoping to finish off the job at hand when they take on North Korean side 4.25 SC in the second leg of the 2017 AFC Cup Inter-Zonal semifinal at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Wednesday. Taking a three-goal lead into the game, thanks to …

Al Sadd U-16s scored from the penalty spot to clinch a last-gasp 2-2 stalemate against the valiant Indian U-16 side who went ahead twice, thanks to Thoiba (36′) and Harpreet (91′) but the hosts showed true character to come back from behind to steal a draw from the Indians’ grasp …

The format for the upcoming SAFF U-18 Championship had to be changed by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) due to Sri Lanka’s decision not to send a team. The SAFF U-18 Championship would be played as per the original dates from September 18 to 27 in Thimphu, Bhutan with …

20 football and seven futsal referees convened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the AFC Elite Referees Selection Course on Thursday, September 7. The four-day programme acts as the final step of a one year path, which aims to evaluate and select referees for the AFC Elite Panel. The programme began …

The AFC Coach Education Panel Meeting convened for their fifth meeting in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, September 7. AFC Technical Director Andy Roxburgh, who led the meeting said, “Our aim is to develop the game and to improve standards of coaching, and consequently football. Coaches are …