Category: FOOTBALL

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 12, 2018: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will offer outstanding management candidates from their Member Associations a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study at the world-renowned and unique FIFA Master Programme thanks to a new scholarship scheme. As part of the AFC’s commitment to upskill staff from Asian countries, the AFC has joined forces…

By Nadeesha Rathnayake, Porto, Portugal, Nov 02, 2018: A general lack of effective oversight and due diligence and weak regulatory framework on football club ownership and investment are the overall conclusions of the first phase of a global study jointly undertaken by the International Association of Lawyers (UIA) in partnership with the ICSS INSIGHT and…

Caribbean member associations gather in Barbados for FIFA Connect Workshop

Zurich, Oct 16, 2018: FIFA’s Technical Study Group (TSG) has published its 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia report, which includes comprehensive statistics on the tournament and each individual match, team profiles and exclusive video footage to support the analysis. The TSG at Russia 2018 headed by Carlos Alberto Parreira, who joined by Marco van Basten…

Zurich, Oct 09, 2018: Today FIFA launched its first-ever global strategy for women’s football which charts the course for how FIFA will work with confederations and Member Associations (MAs), clubs and players, the media, fans and other stakeholders to realise the full potential that exists within the women’s game. FIFA strongly believes that women’s football…

Kuala Lumpur, Sept 27, 2018: The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) determination to embrace technological advances for the development of football in Asia has underlined with the introduction of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system at some stage in the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 – which is just 100 days away. Video Assistant Referee Video Assistant…

By Tom Lloyd, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept 21, 2018: The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) today welcomed the positive UEFA EURO 2024 Evaluation Report published by UEFA on Turkey’s bid for UEFA EURO 2024. The UEFA administration released its assessment of Turkey’s UEFA EURO 2024 candidature, following a thorough technical analysis of the bid dossier submitted to…

Kuala Lumpur, Sept 16, 2018: Community ambassadors of all nationalities from across Asia came together at Zayed Sports City Stadium for a rousing evening of speeches, workshops and celebration, in the lead up to the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 (Playmakers). Over 60 ambassadors or “Playmakers” representing 19 of the 24 competing nations were welcomed…

Kuala Lumpur, Sept 1, 2018: The biggest team of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Volunteer launched with thousands of fans signing up as volunteers for the biggest-ever AFC Asian Cup in history. With just over four months to Asia’s most prestigious football tournament, 5,000 opportunities launched across a number of exciting and critical roles,…