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DILI (15 May 2016) – A record-breaking 37 Member Associations (MA) have pledged to celebrate the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Grassroots Football Day on Sunday, May 15, setting a new benchmark up from the 31 MAs who participated last year. In total more than 60,000 football enthusiasts of all ages and abilities from across the…
DILI (29 April 2016) – Asian beach soccer received a boost with a development seminar which took place recently in Port Dickson, Malaysia aimed at empowering coaching instructors to take the game to a higher level. Eleven participants from Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Japan, Iran, Oman and China took part in the three-day seminar instructed by…
DILI (23 April 2016) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will introduce new Under-15 regional development tournaments as part of its efforts to develop a more systematic pathway for Asia’s future generation following a recommendation by the AFC Technical Committee during its second meeting in Kuala Lumpur today. The suggestion for the new regional tournaments…
DILI (21 April 2016) – Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Member Association representatives and women’s football experts from FIFA, UEFA, CAF and CONCACAF gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, over two days to discuss the way forward for women’s football development in Asia. The high-level seminar attracted delegates working in women’s football from 39 Member Associations, with…
DILI (14 April 2016) – New General Secretaries (GS) from Member Associations (MA) across Asia have been given an extensive introduction to various international aspects of their role at the AFC GS Induction Programme. Fifteen GSs representing all five zones making up the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) took part in the two-day programme in Kuala…
DILI (12 April 2016) – Argentina and Barcelona star Lionel Messi remains the world’s highest paid footballer with an annual income of 74 million euros ($84.3 million, £59.3 million), according to a report set to appear in Tuesday’s edition of France Football magazine. Messi’s earnings in 2015 rose by nine million euros compared to the…