
Kuala Lumpur: AFC General Secretary Alex Soosay urged the participants of the 4th AFC Conference on Science and Football Medicine to share their knowledge and experience in their respective countries.
Kuala Lumpur: Delegates at the 4th AFC Conference 2011 on Science and Football Medicine have praised the continental football body for the well-organised and informative gathering of scientists and physicians concluded here on Sunday.
Kuala Lumpur: The works of Japan’s Akiko Honda and Spaniard Dr Eduardo Mauri were adjudged the best in the Poster Presentation and Free Paper Presentation categories respectively in the 4th AFC Conference on Science and Football Medicine on Sunday.
Kuala Lumpur: The successful FIFA Football for Health programme is expected to kick off in Asia in the second half of this year, FIFA Chief Medical Officer Prof. Jiri Dvorak has revealed.
Kuala Lumpur: AFC Grassroots Development Officer Dr. Shamil Kamil has called on member associations to adopt the AFC Basic Skills Tests tailor-made for Asian players.
Kuala Lumpur: A new research has revealed that coaches and players follow optimal strategies in taking or saving penalties.
Kuala Lumpur: Dr. Mehdi Karami from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in Iran has called on national football associations to consider wrist sonography as a cheap alternative method for age determination in adolescent football players.
Kuala Lumpur: AFC General Secretary Alex Soosay honoured scientific committee members and guest speakers of the 4th AFC Conference 2011 on Science and Football Medicine during the event's official dinner here in the Malaysian capital on Saturday.
Kuala Lumpur: Data shows that the same frequency of games can be maintained in a football competition whether they are talking place in hot or temperate countries, a senior physiologist from Aspetar – Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital has said on Friday.
Kuala Lumpur: St. Marianna University School of Medicine Professor Emeritus Haruhito Aoki has suggested that adolescent players routinely training on artificial turf for prolonged periods should be carefully monitored even if the turf conforms to new standards.