Asian Football Confederation (AFC)

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The Asean Football Federation is considering a proposal by sports business entrepreneur Seamus O'Brien to relaunch a Southeast Asian club championship
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The Asian Football Confederation will run a pilot edition of a Women's Club Championship this November, involving the domestic champions from Australia, China, Japan and South Korea
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Satellite operator Arabsat has branded comments made by a group of major rights-holders as “irresponsible” and “disgraceful” about its alleged role in the Saudi Arabian pirate channel beoutQ dispute. Ara
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Uzbekistan and Bahrain have been appointed the respective hosts of the Asian Football Confederation Under-19 and Under-16 Championships, both taking place in 2020
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Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, president of the Asian Football Confederation, last week met with Fifa president Gianni Infantino to discuss topics including greater cooperation between the global…
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The Asian Football Confederation and the Chinese Football Association have established a joint evaluation team to review and evaluate the application materials submitted by 20 cities, including Beijing,…
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The Asian Football Confederation has named Andrew Rogers, a sports marketing executive who counts Team Marketing and Fifa among his former employers, as commercial director
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Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia have officially bid to host the Fifa U20 World Cup in 2021. In total, three of the five bids for the U20 World Cup are from Asia
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All India Football Federation president Praful Patel has promised I-League clubs he will approach the Asian Football Confederation to allow them to co-exist with the Indian Super League for the next two…
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Fifa's women's football survey, released yesterday, gives a snapshot of the position of the women's game worldwide
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today (Tuesday) confirmed that China will host the Asian Cup in 2023, stating that the award will provide the opportunity to “unlock the potential” that exists for…
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China appears poised to land hosting rights to the 2023 Asian Cup after the Korean Football Association (KFA) withdrew its bid for the national team football tournament in favour of focusing on its proposed…
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Governance

Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has been re-elected as president of the Asian Football Confederation, with Fifa counterpart Gianni Infantino using the AFC Congress in Kuala Lumpur as a means to further…
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Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa is set to be re-elected as president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) after his final challenger for the role withdrew his candidacy
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Zambian football official Kalusha Bwalya has said he will appeal against a two-year ban imposed on him by Fifa, stating he is innocent of charges brought by world football’s governing body.
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In this week's China sports industry round-up: AFC tenders commercial rights; China sends record numbers to Winter Olympics; and Alibaba starts activating Olympic sponsorship

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The Asian Football Confederation has elected to maintain the current home and away format for its Champions League club competition amid the ongoing diplomatic crisis in the Gulf region, but will change the process by which it will assign its next set of commercial rights.

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Leading women’s football official Moya Dodd has today (Monday) failed to retain a place amongst the senior decision-makers at Fifa after losing out in elections staged by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).