The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) commitment to ensure football remains the most popular sport in the continent has been further strengthened as an unprecedented 38 Member Associations (MA) pledged to celebrate the AFC Grassroots Football Day 2017 on Monday, May 15. Celebrating a new participation record for the fifth successive year …
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Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has stressed that all Member Associations must be allowed to run the game in their countries, confirming his belief that Member Associations have a vital role in developing the game throughout Asia. Shaikh Salman confirmed that the AFC is continuing to …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has strengthened its partnership with the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) after AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani signed a second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Confederations in Manama, Bahrain on Tuesday. …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Member Associations have on Monday elected Mahfuza Kiron (Bangladesh), Zhang Jian (China), Chung Mong Gyu (South Korea) and Mariano V. Araneta Jr. (Philippines) for the four places allocated to Asia on the FIFA Council at the AFC Congress 2017 in Manama, Bahrain. With three male …
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The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) broadcast and commercial rights strategy was agreed on Sunday, May 7 by the AFC Executive Committee meeting in Manama, Bahrain and these valuable properties will go to market later this year. The AFC’s broadcast and commercial rights for the AFC’s successful and exciting national and …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s commitment to inspire and empower communities through football was further underlined on Friday, April 21 as the AFC Social Responsibility (SR) Committee concluded its fourth meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Setting the tone for the meeting, Chairman Ahmed Eid S. Al Harbi (Saudi Arabia) welcomed members …
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The AFC Referees Committee met on Thursday, April 20 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and approved the establishment of a new AFC Referee Academy. The AFC Referee Academy is scheduled to open later this year and it will be based at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. …
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The hugely successful Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President’s initiatives, which have aided the development of many of AFC Member Associations (MA), should be extended, the AFC Development Committee agreed on Friday, April 14. Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, the AFC Development Committee, chaired by HE Mohamed Khalfan MS Al Romaithi, recommended …
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The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) commitment to enhance the capability of its Member Associations (MA) reached another significant milestone on Thursday with the conclusion of the first-ever Football Administration Certificate (FAC) programme in Kuala Lumpur. During the last nine months, a total of 18 participants from eight MAs in the …
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The first development course for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Project Future Referees 2016 batch got underway on Thursday, April 13 in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. The main objective of the course is to evaluate the ability of the Project Future referees to handle real matches and assess their …
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