The elections of the Asian members for the new FIFA Council will be held during the AFC Extraordinary Congress tomorrow, September 27 in Goa, India. Further world football governing body FIFA has advised the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) that, based on the report of the Investigatory Chamber of the FIFA …
Read More »AFC strategy to combat age-cheating bears fruit at 2016 AFC U-16 Championship in India!
Conclusive scientific testing carried out on players competing at the Asian Football Confederation organised 2016 AFC U-16 Championship in India has found no age-cheating at the tournament. The AFC carries out age-testing using MRI scan technology and testing takes place both during qualifying and at the final tournament. AFC Medical …
Read More »Watching a UAE Arabian Gulf League match in Dubai!
I am currently on work in Dubai and last Thursday, September 22, I got the chance to watch my first-ever local football league match in the United Arab Emirates, a top tier 2016/17 UAE Arabian Gulf League game between hosts Al Nasr and current league champions Al Ahli at the …
Read More »Bordoloi Trophy: East Bengal open with 6-0 win over Bongobi Ogrogami!
Kolkata giants East Bengal Club trounced Bongobi Ogrogami from Bangladesh 6-0 in their opening Group B fixture of 64th Bordoloi Trophy at the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati tonight. This result was East Bengal’s highest victory margin against a foreign team in the Bordoloi Trophy with the previous highest margin was …
Read More »Oman’s Al Suwaiq FC joins Joma Sport!
Al Suwaiq FC, a football team from the Gulf nation of Oman, has signed with Joma and will wear the equipment of the Spanish sports brand in the coming seasons. Al Suwaiq FC was runners-up of the Oman League last season, and has won it three times. Besides the Omani …
Read More »VIDEO – AFC Cup: Tampines Rovers 0-0 Bengaluru FC – Match Highlights!
Bengaluru FC added a special page in their short but successful history after a 0-0 (1-0 on aggregate) draw against Tampines Rovers at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Wednesday night was enough to send them to the semifinal of the 2016 AFC Cup. The game that had way more than …
Read More »Bengaluru FC earn goalless draw at Tampines Rovers, script historic AFC Cup semifinal spot!
Bengaluru FC added a special page in their short but successful history after a 0-0 (1-0 on aggregate) draw against Tampines Rovers at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Wednesday night was enough to send them to the semifinal of the AFC Cup. The game that had way more than its …
Read More »AFC U-16 Championship: India go down 0-3 to Iran, out of tournament!
A 10-man India Under-16 lost 0-3 to a superior Iran to bow out of the AFC U-16 Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Fatorda on Wednesday, September 21 evening. Courtesy the result, India finished on one point from three outings while Iran topped Group A with 7 points from …
Read More »AFC U-16 Championship – LIVESTREAM: INDIA vs Iran!
Above the link to the LIVESTREAM of the Group A match between India Under-16 vs Iran Under-16 in the AFC U-16 Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao, Goa!
Read More »AFC U-16 Championship: India U-16 boys need to beat Iran to progress!
The situation is so similar to 2012. The India Under-16s then coached by Colm Toal and playing in the AFC U-16 Championship in Tehran had to then win their last Group League match against China to keep alive their chances to make it to the quarterfinals, a match which eventually …
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