
Dubai: Saudi Arabia legend Sami Al Jaber has urged footballers from Gulf countries to step up professionally to be at par with their European counterpart.
Abu Dhabi: AFC, in association with the UAE Football Association, Pro League Committee, and Abu Dhabi Sports Council with supports from FIFPro, conducted the first ever Professional Player Seminar in Abu Dhabi under its football development programme KICK OFF.
Dubai: Italian World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro has stressed on the need of disciplined life-style as a key to success for the professional athletes.
Kuala Lumpur: The AFC Vision Asia Committee has approved the application of Chinese Taipei to join the confederation’s development programme Kick Off.
Kuala Lumpur: The AFC Vision Asia Committee, which met on Tuesday under the chairmanship of AFC Vice-President HRH Tengku Abdullah Ibni Sultah Ahmad Shah of Malaysia, decided to name AFC’s new development programme as ‘Kick Off’.
Kuala Lumpur: The AFC’s new development programme will be ‘launched’ with a planning workshop on 12-13 September 2012 for Bangladesh, one of the 11 pilot member associations in the programme.
Kuala Lumpur: Eleven countries have been made pilot member associations who will take part in a new development programme of the AFC.
Kuala Lumpur: The AFC Vision Asia Committee met at AFC House with HRH Prince Abdullah Ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah of Malaysia in the chair and took the important decision of giving a new focus to the development programme.