A celebration of Wolverhampton’s South Asian community and ground-breakers will take place at a special panel event at Molineux next week as the club marks South Asian Heritage Month. The event, set to take place on Wednesday, August 16, will include speakers from on and off the field, as well …
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The SAFF Ordinary Congress held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dhaka on Saturday, May 6 elected Ali Umar from Football Association of Maldives and Sundar Narsingh Joshi from All Nepal Football Association as the vice presidents of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The duo were elected unopposed by the …
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Arsenal FC were delighted to host Kick It Out’s Raise Your Game conference at Emirates Stadium on Thursday, April 27. With 300 people in attendance, the 2023 edition of Raise Your Game was the sixth time the event has been held at Arsenal FC’s home. The event gives under-represented young …
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Premier League history was made at Southampton on Wednesday, January 4 when Bhupinder Singh Gill became the first Sikh-Punjabi to serve as an assistant referee. Singh Gill, who ran the line in Nottingham Forest’s win at St Mary’s Stadium, now hopes to inspire young and aspiring Black, Asian and Minority …
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For the past thirteen years, Manchester City’s Junior Academy has been working alongside Street Work Soccer Academy to use football to create opportunities for young people from ethnically diverse communities. And to mark South Asian Heritage Month, which ends on August 17, more than 100 young boys and girls from …
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The Premier League has launched the South Asian Action Plan alongside Kick It Out, to help address the underrepresentation of British South Asian players within the Academy system. The new initiative will support one of the key commitments of the League’s ongoing No Room For Racism Action Plan, to enhance …
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The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), in collaboration with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), organised its first-ever Regional Safeguarding Seminar which welcomed safeguarding officers from the South Zone to share their vision and strategy to safeguard the wellbeing of children in football. Themed “Safeguarding 360”, the two-day seminar was designed …
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XtraTime spoke with AIFF general secretary Kushal Das to find out if India was looking to switch to the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) from the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The AIFF isn’t looking for a regional association switch, but rather for tournament exposure for its junior boys and …
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The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) held its Executive Committee meeting on Monday, December 28 virtually to plan for the year 2021 and take other decisions. SAFF president Kazi Salahuddin presided over the meeting with SAFF general secretary Anwarul Huq and members in attendance. Amongst the decisions taken was that …
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Representatives from the AFC’s South Zone Member Associations (MA) met in Kuala Lumpur over two days to update their communications skills at the first AFC Media & Communications workshop targeted to the South region. Finishing yesterday, May 28, the workshop provided the participants an opportunity to learn through practical sessions …
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