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Medical practitioners have played a key role at the ongoing 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup – India, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of players, officials, representatives as well as the AFC delegation. The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the world’s landscape, with football also severely impacted. Join AFC Media as …

The 7th AFC Medical Conference Qatar 2022, which was scheduled to be held in Doha, from March 6 to 10, has been postponed until 2023 by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) due to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 Omicron variant. The decision was taken by the AFC in close …

Registration for the highly anticipated 7th AFC Medical Conference Qatar 2022 with the theme – ‘Football and Sports Medicine – Celebrating Diversity’ – is now officially open for participants. Those interested can register here to be part of the conference that will welcome renowned medical speakers from the AFC, FIFA, …

The 7th AFC Medical Conference Qatar 2022 was officially launched today by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Qatar Football Association (QFA) alongside Aspetar at the Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital-Aspetar. The official launch was attended by Chairperson of the AFC Medical Committee Dato’ Dr. Gurcharan Singh, QFA General …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and ZOLL successfully organised a webinar focused on sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) with the theme ‘Keep Your Heart Safe During Sports’ that was attended by 800 participants. Key speakers AFC Chairperson Dato’ Dr. Gurcharan Singh, FIFA medical officer Dr. Jens Kleinefeld, who saved Danish footballer …

Renowned sports medicine and science professionals from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), FIFA, UEFA and Aspetar will form a stellar line-up of speakers at the much-anticipated 7th AFC Medical Conference Qatar 2022 from March 6-10. Dr. Michel D’Hooghe, Chairman of the FIFA Medical Committee, will deliver a keynote address on …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Medical Committee continued its commitment to expand the network of world-class medical centres in Asia by recognising The Kitchee – Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Sports Medicine Clinic as the latest AFC Medical Centre / Clinic of Excellence at its fourth meeting held virtually …

In line with its commitment to accelerating professionalisation in women’s football, FIFA has opened a call for research submissions for a forthcoming journal on sports science and medicine in women’s football. To further drive scientific and medical advances and understanding within the women’s game, FIFA and adidas have teamed up …

Premier League referee Anthony Taylor and former player Fabrice Muamba marked the opening of Premier League Defibrillator Fund applications for grassroots clubs by attending the installation of a defibrillator at Altrincham FC. The Premier League announced in June it will be providing Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to more than 2,000 …

Former Indian footballers hailed All India Football Federation’s initiative to come up with a support system for football players and technical staff who have served Indian National Teams, and may require support related to hospitalisation costs, or grants to their families in case of the footballer’s death – all with …