The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has been nominated for the AFC Member Association (Developing) Award of the Year 2016 along with Vietnam and Malaysia, the results for which will be announced at the 2016 AFC Awards Night in Abu Dhabi, UAE tomorrow, December 1. The prestigious award is given …
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Representatives of Asia’s top leagues gathered around the AFC Champions League final to provide their input into the future shape of the competitions across the continent. As a part of the AFC’s Vision and Mission objectives, leagues from the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Uzbekistan attended the second workshop held in …
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In a historic development for Indian Refereeing, Woman Assistant Referee Uvena Fernandes was awarded the AFC Referees Special Award at a glittering function in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, November 20, 2016. Uvena received the Award from Hani Balan, Deputy Chairman, AFC Referees Committee for her outstanding supervision the final of …
Read More »The lifeblood of the beautiful game – grassroots football – was placed under the spotlight on Monday, November 14 at the second Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Grassroots Panel Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The panel, which comprises grassroots specialists from across the continent, worked on the finer details of the …
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Recently the Chinese Football Association appointed former Italy manager Marcello Lippi as their new China head coach after their bumpy start into the 2018 FIFA World Cup – Asian Round 3 qualifiers. After success with Italy and Guangzhou Evergrande, Lippi knows that he is taking on a tough assignment in …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced the full list of nominees for this year’s AFC Annual Awards gala to be held in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, on December 1, 2016. The AFC will announce more awards at a later time and information on these will be made available in …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) media team has picked its Top 10 goals of the 2016 AFC Cup, which includes goals from Indian participants Bengaluru FC and Mohun Bagan featuring Sunil Chhetri, Eugeneson Lyngdoh and Bikramjit Singh.
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced the names of the three nominees for this year’s AFC Player of the Year Award in the women’s and men’s categories. This year’s annual celebration of the stars of Asian football will take place at a glittering gala event in Abu Dhabi in …
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The first Indian Woman Assistant Referee ever to officiate in a FIFA World Cup, Uvena Fernandes, will be awarded with the AFC Referees Special Award 2016 in recognition of her officiating in the final match of the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan between Japan and North Korea. …
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The Deputy Chairman of the AFC Disciplinary Committee has provisionally suspended four Laos players for sixty days for various violations of the AFC Disciplinary Code and AFC Code of Ethics related to suspected match manipulation. The players were registered at the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup and participated in the first …
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