Category: FOOTBALL

  • AFC Futsal Club Championship 2013 Japan

    Malaysia, July 01, 2013: Media accreditation for the AFC Futsal Club Championship 2013 Japan is now open. The accreditation window will close on August 20, 2013. The 8-team competition will be played from August 27 to September 1, 2013, in Nagoya, Japan. Media wishing to cover this event must apply for accreditation online via their…

  • NTC can help realize Cambodia’s goals

    NTC can help realize Cambodia’s goals

    Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia, June 18, 2013: Football development in Cambodia has the potential to improve dramatically in the coming years AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said at the inauguration of the National Training Centre on Tuesday. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the FIFA Goal Project-funded facility Shaikh Salman remarked: “I…

  • AFC President praises Jordan’s historic achievement

    AFC President praises Jordan’s historic achievement

    Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia, June 10, 2013: AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has extended his congratulations to the Jordan women’s national team following their qualification to the finals of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup for the first time in their history. Jordan claimed the final ticket to the 2014 AFC Women’s Asian…

  • Tahiti to play UAE on their first match

    Tahiti to play UAE on their first match

    The Maison de la Culture (Te Fare Tauhiti Nui) in Papeete, June 07, 2013: The Official Draw for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2013, which will be played in Papeete, the capital of the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, between 18 and 28 September 2013, took place today at the Maison de la Culture…

  • Leading Soccer Referee Howard Webb MBE backs Squash 2020 Olympic Bid

    Leading Soccer Referee Howard Webb MBE backs Squash 2020 Olympic Bid

    London, June 07, 2013: Leading internationally-recognized soccer referee Howard Webb MBE today added his voice to the campaign to get Squash into the Olympic Games. His support follows on from the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision last week to shortlist Squash as a potential sport to join the Olympic Programme for the 2020 Olympic Games.…

  • AFC Chief congratulates Japan football team

    AFC Chief congratulates Japan football team

    Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia June 06, 2013: JAPAN FOOTBALL, AFC President Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has congratulated the Japan national team on their qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. Japan drew 1-1 with Australia in Saitama in their penultimate game of the final round Tuesday to book their place in the 2014…

  • Nayyar Hasnain elected as the Member Disciplinary Committee

    Nayyar Hasnain elected as the Member Disciplinary Committee

    Lahore – Pakistan, June 04, 2013: It’s a singular honor and pride for not only PFF and its football family but the entire nation that Pakistan Football Federation official Syed Nayyar Hasnain is elected as the member of FIFA Disciplinary Committee at recently concluded 63rd FIFA Congress at Mauritius on 30th May and 31st May,…

  • The CAS Dismisses the Appeals

    The CAS Dismisses the Appeals

    Lausanne, June 03, 2013: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in relation to the appeals filed by FC Nantes (France), Ismael Bangoura (Guinea) and Al Nasr Sports Club (Dubaï) against the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber’s decision of 16 November 2012 (notified on 1 February 2013) in which the French club…

  • Del Bosque and Renard give a press conference

    Del Bosque and Renard give a press conference

    Cairo, May 13, 2013: FIFA coach of the year 2012 Vicente Del Bosque, coach of Spain winners of EURO 2012 and FIFA World Cup 2010 held a press conference at the conclusion of the CAF Symposium for the analysis of 2012 and 2013 Orange CAF Africa Cup of Nations in Cairo. The conference was also…

  • FIFA SG to visit Natal, Brasília and Rio de Janeiro

    FIFA SG to visit Natal, Brasília and Rio de Janeiro

    Zurich – Switzerland, May 11, 2013: In his last visit to Brazil before the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013, FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke will travel to Natal on Monday morning (13 May). Together with Ronaldo and Bebeto, members of the Local Organising Committee Board of Administration, and Luís Fernandes, Deputy Sports Minister, he will…