Category: FOOTBALL
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United States, Canada and Mexico Declare Intention to Submit Unified Bid to Host 2026 FIFA World Cup
New York, April 10, 2017: CONCACAF member nations the United States, Canada and Mexico today declared their intention to submit formally a unified bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The historic unified bid, which would represent the first time that three nations would jointly host a FIFA competition, was announced by U.S. Soccer…
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AFC Village legacy programme launched
Kuala Lumpur, Apr 3, 2017: Village legacy, The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today launched a long-term legacy programme for one of its key social responsibility initiatives, the AFC Village. The AFC Village is an award-winning housing project in Tacloban, the Philippines, giving new homes to families who were left homeless by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013,…
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FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017: Match schedule and Official Slogan unveiled
Zurich, Mar 27, 2017: Following a week-long inspection tour of the six venues chosen for the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017, and with less than 200 days to go until the footballing talents of the future compete on the pitch, FIFA and the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) have released the official match schedule and…
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Diego Maradona and Pablo Aimar to participate in FIFA U-20 World Cup draw
Zurich, March 8, 2017: Diego Maradona Pablo Aimar, FIFA can today announce that two Argentinian football legends, Diego Maradona and Pablo Aimar, will participate in the draw for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017, to be held at the Suwon Artrium on 15 March 2017. Maradona and Aimar are no strangers to the…
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Qatar Innovation Community Will Benefit 2022 FIFA World Cup
By Paul Hughes, Qatar, Mar 8, 2017: The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC), Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and Ooredoo, along with 15 national stakeholders, have joined forces to launch Qatar Innovation Community (QIC) in an effort to accelerate innovation across Qatar and create solutions for…
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AFC hosts first Development Stakeholder Workshop
Kuala Lumpur, Mar 1, 2017: The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) efforts to enhance the capabilities of its Member Associations were further underlined yesterday at the AFC Development Stakeholder Workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The aim of the workshop, the first of its kind conducted by the AFC, was to stimulate strategic discussions on best practices…
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Official Mascot unveiled for FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017
Zurich, Feb 10, 2017: FIFA U17 World Cup India, With 238 days to go until the start of the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017, the Official Mascot of the tournament was revealed today at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. In a ceremony attended by India’s Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Vijay Goel, and…
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AFC organizes first-ever development workshops for Afghanistan
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 6, 2017: Football development in Afghanistan has been given a significant boost as key stakeholders of the country’s football family took part in workshops organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) under the League Development Programme (LDP) over three days. The AFC is the first football governing body to organise such workshops…
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Eight candidates contest four AFC places on FIFA Council
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 2, 2017: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has received the candidatures of eight candidates for the four places available to the AFC on the FIFA Council. At least one of those four places must be filled by a woman. The candidates who have submitted their candidatures to contest the election at the…
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Dates and Draw Confirmed for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Miami, Jan 31, 2017: The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) revealed today details of the home-and-away play-in matches for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup between Haiti (5th-place team at the CFU Caribbean Cup) and Nicaragua (5th-place team at the Copa Centroamericana). The matches have been set for the FIFA Match…