11 Oct

The Midnight Football participants are glad that they have joined the youth benefiting programme by AFC and feel that it is helping them become better persons. Mohd Faris Mohd Rashid, 16, said he had been afraid of not being chosen to join the programme. “I and four classmates from Taman Kosas Secondary School went to apply to join during recruitment. I was hoping for getting selected because I heard a lot of people were also applying. “Plus, I hoped I would have had all my four schoolmates put on the same team as me. But this turned out not to be the case...

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08 Oct

His Royal Highness Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein, president of the Jordan Football Association, announced today he plans to run for FIFA Vice President representing Asia. "Asia is the largest and most diverse continent and football plays a major role in uniting us," said Prince Ali, 34. "My goal is to restore the values of fair play – a key FIFA principle - and build a new equilibrium in which all Asian countries, whether big or small, rich or poor will benefit." "I'm eager to help bring change in representing Asia within FIFA," said Prince Ali, who plans to reveal new ideas aimed...

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08 Oct

Defending Asian Games champions Qatar have been handed a relatively easy group in the men’s football event of the quadrennial event to be held in Guangzhou, China, next month. The Asian Games will officially open on November 12 but the football event will kick off on November 7 and conclude on November 25. Qatar, who defeated Iraq 1-0 in the final of the last edition of the Asian Games held in their own backyard, were placed in Group D alongside Kuwait, India and Singapore in the draw held on Thursday. Hosts China were slotted in Group A along with Malaysia, Kyrgyzstan and...

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15 Sep

Qualifying round -Laos, Cambodia, Timor Leste, Philippines Group A 1) Indonesia 2) Thailand 3) Malaysia 4) Winner of qualifying round Group B 1) Vietnam 2) Singapore 3) Myanmar 4) Runner-up of qualifying round...

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15 Sep

Defending champions Vietnam have been placed in the easier Group B of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 following the official draw ceremony this afternoon at the Sheraton Hotel here in Hanoi.Hosts Vietnam, the winners two years ago at the AFF Suzuki Cup 2008 when they beat Thailand in the final for their first ever ASEAN crown, are in Group B alongside Singapore, Myanmar and the runner-up team from the October qualifying round. But as Vietnam chief coach Henrique Calisto said afterward, it is important to learn from former world champions Italy and not get beyond themselves.“We have to respect ourselves, respect...

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17 Aug

ZIMBABWEAN football was thrown into turmoil last night after the Zimbabwe Football Association admitted the national team “played a fixed match under the auspices of a Malaysian betting syndicate” in December last year. Zimbabwe, playing a second string team, lost to Malaysia 3-0 on December 28, 2009. Suspended ZIFA CEO Henrietta Rushwaya has been summoned to a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday morning after a probe committee led by ZIFA deputy president Ndumiso Gumede accused her of corruption, financial mismanagement and match-fixing in a damning report. In its findings, Gumede’s committee said Rushwaya “facilitated (and) or allowed the Zimbabwe national soccer team to travel...

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06 Jun

IFA’s Referee Committee today assigned Ravshan Irmatov from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as a referee for the opening match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ held in Johannesburg Soccer City at 16:00 between France and Mexico. With an international career dating back to 2003, Ravshan Irmatov is the only Uzbek referee to have officiated in the finals of a FIFA tournament to date. He is currently rated as AFC Referee of the Year and he received this award for the two prior years, 2009 and 2008. He has appeared three times at the FIFA U-17 World Cup (2003, 2007...

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25 Feb

Match Agents Regulations At its meeting on 17 December 2002, the FIFA Executive Committee passed the following regulations in compliance with art. 16 par. 3 of the Regulations Governing the Application of the FIFA Statutes. To simplify matters, the use of the male gender in these regulations applies to both males and females. Preamble These regulations govern the occupation of match agents who arrange matches between teams belonging to different confederations. Any confederation that makes use of its entitlement to issue its own match agents licence (cf. art. 3 par. 2 of these regulations) shall ensure that its regulations are based on the guidelines...

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22 Feb

FORMER Philippines national player and PFF General Secretary Domeka Garamendi will take on the position as FIFA Assistant Development Officer in Kuala Lumpur on March 6. It is learnt a couple of weeks ago, FIFA officials were in Kuala Lumpur for a meeting with the staffs. Domeka is not a stranger to football administration, infact he has been actively involved in PFF and AFF for many years till he settled down in America after his marriage. I am sure this is a dream come through for him, and I wish all the best. I worked with him in many AFF tournaments. While Domeka...

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21 Feb

FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Thursday he would have to face an Asian challenge when he stands for re-election next year. “There will be candidates for the presidency for the FIFA presidency in 2011, from Asia,” he told reporters without giving further details. Blatter, 73, was elected FIFA president in 1998 and has since been re-elected twice. In Thursday’s edition of the English daily newspaper The Guardian, Asian Football Confederation (AFC) head Mohamed Hammam said he would propose the FIFA president should in future have a maximum period in office of eight years. Qatari Hammam said he had support for the idea from other...

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