Tag: Football

  • Second GLT test phase details confirmed

    Second GLT test phase details confirmed

    Zurich-Switzerland, April 27, 2012 On 3 March 2012, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) approved two companies – Hawk-Eye and GoalRef – to take part in the second phase of Goal Line Technology (GLT) testing. Between 10 May 2012 and the beginning of June, EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) will test…

  • National U22 Football Championship-2012 has been kicked off today at Bahawalpur

    National U22 Football Championship-2012 has been kicked off today at Bahawalpur

    Lahore-Pakistan, April 26, 2012: National U-22 Football Champion-2012 has been kicked off today at During Football Stadium, Bahawalpur taking place from 26th April to 6th May, 2012 in which 12 teams are taking part. According to the press release issued here by Pakistan Football Federation, April 26th matches will see Baluchistan taking on PMC Ath…

  • AFC U-16 Championship draws invite

    AFC U-16 Championship draws invite

    Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia, April 25, 2012: The draw for the AFC U-16 Championship 2012 will be held at the IR Iran Football Academy, Tehran, Iran, on May 10, 2012, at 1000 hours local time (draws invite). The 16 finalists have been classified on the basis of the final rankings of the 2010 AFC U-16 Championship 2010…

  • Seminar of Football activity at district province level approved

    Seminar of Football activity at district province level approved

    Lahore-Pakistan April 25, 2012: “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 corresponding eight years…

  • AFC U-19 Championship draw invitation

    AFC U-19 Championship draw invitation

    Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia, April 25, 2012: The draw for the AFC U-19 Championship 2012 will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Dubai, on May 13, 2012, at 1200 hours local time (draw invitation). The 16 finalists have been classified on the basis of the final rankings of the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship and allocated to four…

  • Media Information: Statistical kits for the Olympic Football Tournaments London

    Media Information: Statistical kits for the Olympic Football Tournaments London

    Zurich-Switzerland, April 25, 2012: Football was a demonstration sport at the 1900 and 1904 Olympic Games before being included in the Olympic programme in London in 1908, the very first Men’s Olympic Football Tournament under FIFA auspices. Since then, football has been an Olympic sport at every Games, apart from during the war years when…

  • PFF “D” Certificate Coaching Course for women concluded

    PFF “D” Certificate Coaching Course for women concluded

    Lahore, Pakistan,April 21, 2012: Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) D Certificate Coaching Course for women concluded today morning at Football House, Lahore with Lt. Col. ® Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi TI (M), General Secretary PFF, gracing the closing ceremony as chief guest, Wing Com. Pervaiz Saeed Mir, Director Development & Competition and Lt. Col. ® Farasat…

  • LOC for AFC President’s Cup 2012 has been constituted

    LOC for AFC President’s Cup 2012 has been constituted

    Lahore-Pakistan, April 20, 2012: Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for AFC President’s Cup, 2012 which being held at Punjab Football Stadium, Lahore from 8th May to 12th May, 2012, has been constituted by Pakistan Football Federation under the chairmanship of Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik, Secretary Sports, Government of Punjab to facilitate this event in a professional…

  • 84 Officials appointed for London 2012 Olympic Football Tournaments

    84 Officials appointed for London 2012 Olympic Football Tournaments

    Zurich-Switzerland, April 19, 2012: The FIFA Referees Committee under the chairmanship of Ángel María Villar Llona has confirmed the appointment of 84 officials from 36 countries to officiate at the Olympic Football Tournaments London 2012. For the men’s competition, 16 referees and 32 assistant referees have been selected from FIFA’s six Confederations, whilst for the…

  • Inaugural board meeting kicks off 2010 Legacy Trust

    Inaugural board meeting kicks off 2010 Legacy Trust

    Zurich-Switzerland, April 18, 2012: Following today’s inaugural board meeting at SAFA House in Johannesburg, the 2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust is now in operation. The Legacy Trust, part of FIFA’s pledge to ensure that South Africans will continue to reap the benefits of hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, will support a wide range…