Tag Archives: Coronavirus

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC), in close coordination with Qatar medical authorities, continue to conduct regular COVID-19 tests on all participating teams in the AFC Champions League (West). The results of those tests have shown that one (1) player from Qatari side, Al Sadd, has tested positive for COVID-19. Al …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) COVID-19 Sub-Committee for AFC Champions League West decided that Al Wahda, from the United Arab Emirates, shall be considered to have withdrawn from the competition having failed to arrive in Doha, Qatar ahead of their remaining Group A matches. The Sub-Committee decided that the circumstances …

Al Wahda have informed the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) that they are unable to travel to Qatar to compete in the AFC Champions League (West), where they currently occupy second place in Group A, after several members of the club tested positive for COVID-19. The AFC has written to the …

CONCACAF has held recent discussions with its member associations, FIFA and other stakeholders as the confederation continues to plan for the resumption of its competitions across the region. Following those discussions, CONCACAF and FIFA have jointly agreed that the CONCACAF Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar will …

CAF President Ahmad Ahmad arrived today, September 6 in the Egyptian capital Cairo for updates on the activities of the organisation following the COVID-19 pandemic. He was met on arrival by CAF Executive Committee member Hany Abo Rida, Acting CAF General Secretary Abdelmounaim Bah and Director of the Office of …

OFC’s Executive Committee has agreed to cancel the remaining matches in the OFC Champions League 2020 due to the border and travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The competition had reached the quarter-final stage after pool play in February and March before the pandemic took hold. The OFC Champions …

At an Extraordinary Members Assembly of the DFL held today by video conference, the clubs of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 again discussed the conditions for the upcoming 2020-21 season. Topics included the updated medical and hygiene-related occupational health and safety concept developed by the DFL’s and DFB’s ‘Sports Medicine …

Africa’s CAF (Confederation of African Football) has finalised the calendar for the 2020/21 Interclubs season! Engagement window: 1 September – 20 October 2020 Member Associations (MA) are requested to register their representatives on the CAF Content Management System (CMS) guided by the following scenarios; – For MA’s that completed the …

Bundesliga side RB Leipzig plans to allow spectators to attend the first Bundesliga home game of the 2020/21 season against 1.FSV Mainz 05 on September 20. AGREEMENT ALLOWS FOR 8,500 SPECTATORS: A location-specific agreement has been made with the city of Leipzig’s public health department, which will allow an attendance …

The DFB Presidential Board has confirmed in writing that there will be five substitutes allowed per game in DFB competitions for the upcoming 2020/21 season. The rule has been in place since the resumption of the 2019/20 season following the suspension of the season caused by the Coronavirus outbreak. The …