DILI (27 Sept 2016) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Member Associations voted overwhelmingly today to postpone the AFC Extraordinary Congress 2016 held in Goa, India. The AFC Member Associations voted 42-1 in favour of not continuing with an agenda which included the election of three additional members to the FIFA Council. In concluding the…
DILI (26 Sept 2016) – Conclusive scientific testing carried out on players competing at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-16 Championship India 2016 has found no age-cheating at the tournament. The AFC carries out age-testing using MRI scan technology and testing takes place both during qualifying and at the final tournament. AFC Medical Committee Chairman…
DILI (26 Sept 2016) – World football body FIFA has banned a senior Qatari official from running in elections for a seat on its new-look council over an investigation. Scandal-plagued FIFA’s ethics committee last month recommended a two-and-a-half-year ban from the game for Saoud Al-Mohannadi, vice-president of the Qatar Football Association, for refusing to cooperate…
HANOI (25 Sept 2016) – It was a case of coming so close but yet so far for Vietnam when they fell to a 5-0 loss to Iran in the quarter-finals of the AFC U-16 Championship India 2016. In the match that was played at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Iran’s Allahyar Sayyad bagged a…
HANOI (24 Sept 2016) – Revenge is sweet they say and Australia picked up the crown in the AFF Vietcombank Under-19 Championship when they thumped Thailand 5-1 in the final that was played this evening at the Hang Day Stadium. The score was the reverse Thailand had notched against the Australians in a Group B…
HANOI (24 Sept 2016) – Vietnam took third place in the AFF Vietcombank Under-19 Championship when they beat Timor Leste 4-0 in the classification match this afternoon at the Hang Day Stadium. Having missed out on the main prize did not deter Vietnam one bit as they were determined to put up a much better…