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NEW DELHI: Even as the Committee of Administrators running Indian football wastes precious time airing its angst on perceived machinations being enacted by former AIFF president Praful Patel, the Centre, through the Sports Ministry, has filed an application with the Supreme Court seeking modification of the top court’s order dated August 3 so that the election process could be concluded before the deadline set by FIFA-AFC. 

Mar 30, 2019 11:03
DOHA: The Qatar Football Association (QFA) has announced its support for Bahrain’s HE Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa for yet another term as AFC President at the General Assembly of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in Kuala Lumpur on 6 April.
Mar 27, 2019 16:03
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will further ensure that passionate football fans in the continent get even closer to the action as its website, the-AFC.com launched Monday its latest live score feature, which will serve as a one-stop hub of the latest results in the leagues across all 47 of the AFC Member Associations.
Mar 13, 2019 06:03
DOHA: In response to the extraordinary announcement by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Tuesday that it will live-stream matches featuring Saudi Arabian clubs in the AFC Asian Champions League for free into Saudi Arabia on the AFC’s own digital channels, Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports announced it would launch a major international legal dispute against the football's Asian governing body for material breach of its mu
Mar 12, 2019 13:03
KUALA LUMPUR: The Disciplinary and Ethics Committee of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has sanctioned the United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAE FA) with a fine of $150,000 following some unsavoury incidents that occurred during their AFC Asian Cup 2019 semi-final match against Qatar on 29 January at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Mar 06, 2019 14:03
ZURICH: The global governing body of football, FIFA announced after its Organizing Committee meeting in the city on Monday that Asia will be the first continent to kick off the 2022 World Cup qualifying tournament in June this year. The Asian Football Confederation will be responsible in hosting the matches.
Mar 01, 2019 18:03
KUALA LUMPUR: All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel will be among eight candidates in the running to become one of the six FIFA council members from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) when the regional body holds its elections on April 6.
Feb 21, 2019 14:02
NEW DELHI: Few days after spearheading the I-League clubs’ demands for discussing the future of the premier football competition through a hard-hitting letter to All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Praful Patel, former champions Mohun Bagan have now reached out to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for its assistance in resolving this issue.
Feb 20, 2019 18:02
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is increasing its determination to fight intellectual property (IP) theft by appointing experts to continue to protect AFC’s broadcast and commercial partners rights.
Jan 09, 2019 18:01
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Wednesday condemned broadcasts of games stolen from Qatari rights holder BeIN Sports by Saudi-backed pirate entity ‘beoutQ’.  Unlike a previous AFC statement Saturday about a "cease and desist" notice, Wednesday's statement specifically named Saudi Arabia and "the pirate entity named 'beoutQ' that continues to illegally broadcast the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019".
Nov 05, 2018 15:11
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has notified its member associations that, in line with Article 32.1 of the AFC Statutes, the election for the members of the AFC executive committee (for a four-year term, 2019 – 2023) will be held at the 29th AFC Congress in here on April 6, 2019.