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Asia’s finest welcome you to the upcoming 2019 AFC Asian Cup to be played in the United Arab Emirates from January 5 to February 1.
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Abhishek Yadav: India’s aiming for Top 8 Status in Asia by 2026!
AIFF’s Director of National Teams and former Indian Captain Abhishek Yadav, who starred for India in the AFC Asian Cup 2011, feels that the AFC Asian Cup next year will be a “significant platform for our players as we are aiming to make it into Asia’s top 8.” In exclusive …
Read More »AIFF president Praful Patel: Asian Dream needs to become a reality!
Ahead of the Indian National Team’s participation in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup – UAE, All India Football Federation president Praful Patel termed India’s fourth participation in the AFC Asian Cup as a “precursor to India’s goal to achieve a berth in the FIFA World Cup by 2026.” “The Asian …
Read More »AFC assists UAE PLC in commercial sustainability project!
A delegation from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) conducted visits to UAE Pro League clubs throughout last week to oversee the Pro League Committee’s implementation of the commercial sustainability project in the areas of “Academies” and “Marketing and Media”, as part of the AFC President’s development initiatives programme which runs …
Read More »AFC receives nominations for AFC Executive Committee 2019-2023!
On 31 October 2018, in accordance with Article 32.1 of the AFC Statutes (Edition 2018), the Member Associations were notified that the election for members of the AFC Executive Committee (term 2019-2023) would be held at the 29th AFC Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 6, 2019. Member Associations …
Read More »AFC signs MOU with UNODC to strengthen fight against match-fixing!
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today signed an important Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. The MoU will focus on supporting capacity building, training programmes as well as exchanging information and expertise between the two …
Read More »AFC Medical Officers gain valuable insights!
The FIFA Doping Control Officers Accreditation Course (Asia) started in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Monday, December 3. The two-day course will see from 14 medical officers from 11 Member Associations go through a series of theoretical and practical sessions, relevant to the duties and responsibilities of AFC Medical …
Read More »VIDEO: Highlights of the 2018 AFC Annual Awards in Muscat!
After another year of remarkable progress for Asian football, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) celebrated the Continent’s most exceptional achievements in a dazzling 2018 AFC Annual Awards ceremony in Muscat, Oman on Wednesday, November 28. AFC president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said, “We celebrate and applaud all our …
Read More »Asia’s best honoured in spectacular ceremony in Muscat!
After another year of remarkable progress for Asian football, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) celebrated the Continent’s most exceptional achievements in a dazzling 2018 AFC Annual Awards ceremony in Muscat, Oman on Wednesday. Al Sadd’s Abdelkarim Hassan claimed the coveted AFC Player of the Year Award while China’s Wang Shuang …
Read More »AFC ExCo underlines support for Palestine Football Association!
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Executive Committee today pledged their support to the Palestine Football Association (PFA) after recent interference in their football jurisdiction by Israeli military forces and proposed the urgent set-up of a task force to address the situation. At the meeting in Muscat, the capital of Oman …
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