BRISBANE (22 July 2021) – The secret ballot was held at the 138th Session in Tokyo, two days before the Opening Ceremony for the Olympic Games, under strict COVID-19 restrictions. The Session heard presentations by Brisbane 2032, including by video link-up from Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, as well as a final report from Kristin Kloster, Chair…
DILI (21 July 2021) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Executive Committee have decided to revise the timeline of the bidding process for the selection of the host for the AFC Asian Cup 2027. Given the ever-evolving nature and the prevailing challenges caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the AFC Executive Committee acknowledged the travel…
BANGKOK (21 July 2021) – Rakphol Sainetngam, the head coach of the Thailand Futsal team, is set to introduce ‘Thai style’ Futsal at the Continental Futsal Championship which kicks off this Sunday. The Continental Futsal Championship 2021 will be held on 25-30 July 2021 at the Show DC Hall 1, Show DC Shopping Center in…
KUALA LUMPUR (21 July 2021) – With six months to go to the Continent’s most prestigious women’s national team football competition, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022™ Local Organising Committee (LOC) have launched the tournament logo of the upcoming edition, which will be held from 20 January to…
PHNOM PENH (20 July 2021) – When it rains, it certainly pours for Angkor Tiger when they fell to their second defeat in two matches in the 2021 Metfone Cambodian League (MCL) following their 2-1 loss to Nagaworld earlier today. Angkor Tiger, who had conceded their first defeat of the season last week when they…
JAKARTA (19 July 2021) – With their first playoff match against Chinese Taipei coming up in less than two months, the Indonesian national side will check into centralized training camp on 1 August 2021. This even though national coach Shin Tae-yong is still away in South Korea for medical reasons. Tae-yong is expected to return…