Timor Leste
DILI (16 July 2017) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Disciplinary and Ethics Committee have banned Orlando Marques Henriques from taking part in any kind of football-related activity for life for violating Article 69 and Article 62 of the AFC Disciplinary Code (2014 Edition). The former Timor-Leste Technical Director was found guilty of agreeing to…
DILI (30 June 207) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have noted the conclusions in the recently published FIFA report into the bidding processes for the FIFA World Cups of 2018 and 2022. In this regard, the AFC are now looking forward to the continued preparation work to deliver a FIFA World Cup in 2022…
DILI (26 June 2017) – The first AFC Women’s Coaching Tutors Course taking place in Shanghai, China PR, this and next week, highlights the importance of coaching for women’s football development. The 25 participants are leading coaches from 22 AFC Member Associations, with two participants from the continent’s biggest countries China PR and India, and a representative of the Oceania Football Confederation, the Papua New Guinea Football…
DILI (23 June 2017) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have written to their Member Associations reiterating that all stakeholders involved in Asian football must respect the principle of political neutrality. The letter sent by the AFC stressed that the principle is a cornerstone of both the AFC and of the international sports movement, and is reflected in Article 3.2 of the AFC Statutes, which states:…
DILI (13 June 2017) – South Korea’s football association Tuesday said it wanted talks with China and Japan about a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup along with North Korea, an initiative aimed at easing tensions in the region. The South’s new President Moon Jae-In first proposed the ambitious idea to FIFA chief…
DILI (21 May 2017) – The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) Club Licensing Task Force agreed to commission a benchmarking report into the ‘Asian club football landscape’ at their meeting at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. At the Task Force meeting, chaired by Shoji Fujimura of Japan, it was decided the report would analyse financial…