Category: FOOTBALL

  • PFF calls managers meeting ahead of 9th PPFL

    PFF calls managers meeting ahead of 9th PPFL

    Lahore – Pakistan, July 9, 2012: 9th PPFL, The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has called team managers of the 16 A-Division football teams taking part in the 9th Pakistan Premier Football League-2012 (PPFL) which will commence after Ramzan-ul- Mubarak. The managers will figure in a meet which will be held to discuss various technical matters…

  • Young Football Volunteers to promote

    Young Football Volunteers to promote

    Ukraine – UN Development Programme Sub-Office in Crimea has launched the project “Yong Football Volunteers: Sport and Volunteering for MDG”, 2012 – 2015. The project is implemented in partnership with the State Service for Youth and Sports (SSYS), Football Federation of Ukraine, UN Volunteers Programme, and UN Office on Sport for Development and Peace. The…

  • AFC Futsal Club Championship 2012 Kuwait

    AFC Futsal Club Championship 2012 Kuwait

    Kuwait City, July 07, 2012: Sanaye Giti Pasand were crowned AFC Futsal Club Championship 2012 champions with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Uzbekistan’s Ardus at the Yarmouk Indoor Stadium on Friday, becoming the second Iranian club to clinch the coveted title after Sepahan won the inaugural championship in 2010. A deflected goal off Artur Yunusov…

  • Statement regarding safe headscarf in football

    Statement regarding safe headscarf in football

    Geneva, July 06, 2012: Headscarf, I welcome and strongly support the recent decision made by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) to allow female players to wear safe headscarves during FIFA-regulated matches and competitions. I would like to commend the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and FIFA’s Vice-President, HRH…

  • The Appeal of BESIKTAS JK dismissed by CAS

    The Appeal of BESIKTAS JK dismissed by CAS

    Lausanne 6 July 2012 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rendered its decision in the procedure involving the Turkish club Besiktas JK and UEFA. The CAS has confirmed the sanctions imposed by the UEFA Appeals Body on 30 May 2012: – Besiktas JK is excluded from the next two UEFA club competitions…

  • Azerbaijan to play Colombia in the opening

    Azerbaijan to play Colombia in the opening

    Baku – Azerbaijan, July 06, 2012: Preparations for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Azerbaijan 2012 entered a decisive phase with the Official Draw having been held at the International Mugam Centre in Baku on Friday 6 July. This draw ended a nervous wait for the 16 qualified nations as they discovered the identity of…

  • IFAB makes three unanimous historic decisions

    IFAB makes three unanimous historic decisions

    Zurich – Switzerland, July 05, 2012: The International Football Association Board (IFAB) convened at the Home of FIFA in Zurich today, 5 July 2012, for a Special Meeting under the chairmanship of FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter. The first item on the agenda was goal-line technology (GLT). Following the conclusion of a nine-month test process…

  • One day seminar on Football Activity

    One day seminar on Football Activity

    Quetta – Pakistan, July 05, 2012: Baluchistan, Since 2004 Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), under the dynamic leadership of Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat, had been carrying out all football activities centrally based upon PFF Annual Calendar. Resultantly, PFF was able to carry out 30 times more activities in last 8 Years as compared to the…

  • CHF 20 million donation for amateur sport

    CHF 20 million donation for amateur sport

    Zurich – Switzerland, July 4, 2012: million donation, The City of Zurich has announced six projects that will benefit from a donation provided by FIFA. At its meeting on 29-30 March 2012, the FIFA Executive Committee confirmed that it would make CHF 20 million available to the City of Zurich. “FIFA has been based in…

  • Matches Results of AFC Futsal Club Championship

    Matches Results of AFC Futsal Club Championship

    AFC Futsal Club, Group A: Sanaye Giti Pasand 8-0 Thai Son Nam FC (VIE) Iranian champions Sanaye Giti Pasand showed their intent in the tournament after demolishing Vietnamese debutant Thai Son Nam 8-0 in their first match of the AFC Club Futsal Championship on Sunday. Yarmouk SC (KUW) 3-4 Al Rayyan SC (QAT) Qatar’s Al…