With the stars of tomorrow battling it out at the 2016 AFC Under-19 Championship in Bahrain, the continent’s youth football specialists gathered to discuss the football education of Asia’s aspiring and brightest talents at the second AFC Youth Panel meeting in Manama, Bahrain on Saturday, October 29. As envisaged in the …
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The LaLiga president brought the opening day of the World Football Summit in Madrid to a close with a talk on the future of the professional football industry. Spanish football was well represented at the event, with Atletico Madrid CEO, Miguel Angel Gil; D. Alaves president, Alfonso Fernandez; CD Leganes …
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Though it currently is not clear in which division Chandigarh-based professional football team Minerva Academy FC will play this season, the I-League or the Second Division League, they have signed Guam international striker Marcus Lopez for the remainder of the 2016/17 season. “Earning a contract with the club was a …
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As per the decision of the FIFA Emergency Committee (now the Bureau of the FIFA Council) taken on December 18, 2015, a normalisation committee was set up for the Guatemalan Football Association (FEDEFUT), whose tasks were to run the daily business of FEDEFUT, to revise the FEDEFUT statutes in order …
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The World Football Summit (WFS) – a two-day event bringing together around 650 professionals and representatives from companies, football clubs and institutions – got up and running on the morning of Thursday, October 27 in the Spanish capital Madrid. This conference provides a setting for movers and shakers from the …
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The Asian Football Confederation General Secretary Dato’ Windsor John says Bengaluru FC reaching the Final of the AFC Cup is an “indication of the strides Indian Football has taken in recent years.” In an exclusive interview with AIFF Media, Dato’ Windsor spoke at length about the significance of the match …
Read More »When Michael Doherty, Nike’s Creative Director, Global Brand Presentation, and OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation board member, helped initiate the Doernbecher Freestyle program in 2003, he’d been hard pressed to imagine its impact on both local and global communities. The program invites patients from OHSU Doernbecher in Portland to design footwear …
Read More »Former Premier League side Charlton Athletic, who currently play in League One, and Danish sportswear brand hummel have agreed a five-year partnership which will see hummel supply bespoke kits for the clubs first team and academy teams, the award-winning Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) and Charlton women’s team, as well …
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Earlier this month Bengaluru teenager Ishan Pandita had become the first ever Indian footballer to sign a professional contract with a Spanish La Liga club in newly promoted CD Leganes for the 2016/17 season. Now earlier this week, Ishan Pandita on a special invitation by the Spanish league (La Liga) …
Read More »The renowned Swiss watch brand TAG Heuer earlier this week announced that they are the new Official Timekeeper of the Japan football league, the J-league, as a top partner. The J-League chairman, Mitsuru Murai said, “We are very excited about this new partnership with TAG Heuer who will become the …
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