Asian Football Confederation

KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 have confirmed that the upcoming edition of Asia’s flagship national team competition will be held from January 12 to February 10, 2024.

The quadrennial continental championship was awarded to China in 2019 but the world’s most populous country relinquished the rights this year as it pursued a now rescinded zero-COVID policy.

Oct 30, 2018 16:10
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Tuesday signed a commercial contract with sports marketing agency DDMC Fortis that it describes as the “most significant” in its history and which secures the financial future of the game in Asia for a decade.
Oct 29, 2018 13:10
CHENNAI: In a what is a big milestone for Indian football, opening up opportunities for research in the game, injury prevention and the lifting of standards, Sri Ramachandra’s Centre for Sports Science (CSS) here has been chosen as a Centre of Excellence by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). CSS is the first facility in the country and the sub-continent to receive the AFC honour, The Hindu reports.
Apr 05, 2018 16:04
NEW DELHI: A report prepared by a two-member committee appointed by FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has recommended that should The All India Football Federation (AIFF) and its commercial partners Football Sports Development Ltd fail to merge the the two top tier football leagues in the country - Indian Super league (ISL) and the I-League - from 2019-20, Indian clubs will be barred from Asian competitions.
Dec 30, 2017 16:12
AS THE CLOCK winds down on what has been a momentous year for Indian sport, some observations. The abiding legacy of 2017 in football will remain India successfully staging the U-17 World Cup at six venues from October 6 to 28. 
Dec 20, 2017 09:12
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Tuesday confirmed that the tender for sale of the commercial rights for the two cycles between 2021 and 2028 will be published on February 1, 2018. After a re-scheduling, approved by the AFC executive committee in Bangkok in November, it has been decided that the rights tender will be issued to both agencies and broadcasters.