Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Manama: Bahrain Football Association (BFA) President Ali Bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa on Thursday conveyed his message of comfort to the Bahrain players in light of the COVID-19 outbreak which has affected football communities around the globe.
"I also extend my sincerest thanks to the members of #TeamBahrain, headed by His Royal Highness Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, for all his efforts in ensuring the health and safety of everyone in the Kingdom," said Ali Bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa on the BFA social media channels.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has teamed up with some of the biggest names in Asian football to launch a new public awareness campaign to encourage people from around the world to do their part in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The #BreakTheChain campaign carries the message of solidarity in these challenging times and promotes the guidelines put in place by the World Health Organization (WHO), particularly #StayAtHome, and to practice good personal hygiene, social distancing as well as respecting the rules of self-quarantine.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: In these unprecedented and challenging times, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) extends its wish that all members of the Asian football community remain safe and healthy.
Football will have an important role to play in the weeks and months ahead as the world returns to normality, but now our focus is firmly on protecting the well-being of all those who are involved in our great game.
Each of you, in varying degrees, have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and many of your Governments have taken swift and strong action to prevent its spread and limit its impact on your communities including partial lockdown or restricting movement.
Indeed, in Malaysia, the home of AFC House, the Government has, as you have been informed, imposed a Movement Control Order and, as a precaution, the AFC had starting 17 March 2020 imposed a two week “work from home” initiative to safeguard the staff and their families from further exposure and will be extended if necessary.
In the meantime, business continues as normal to serve the needs of all our Member and Regional Associations as well as our wide range of stakeholders. I have instructed the Administration to process all approved AFAP payments on an urgent basis to ensure salaries of staff and other contractual payments can be made without any delay.
As you know the rapid spread of the Covid-19 virus has led to the AFC, with your agreement, postponing matches and events. The AFC thanks you for your continued support, advice and co-operation.
Again, these changes to our calendar were aimed at ensuring the safety and health of our Members, their officials, their players, their staff and, of course, the millions of fans who engage with football in Asia each year.
Their health is, and always will be, our priority.
And that is why it is important that the AFC and all our Member and Regional Associations work with Governments and Health Agencies to curtail the threat of this virus and that everyone should take all precautions.
The AFC strongly urges all its Members to follow the advice of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to exercise the highest levels of hygiene and are pleased to note that some Members have also declared a “work from home” initiative.
The AFC has built its strong foundations on unity and solidarity – particularly in the face of adversity – during the last six years and this situation is another challenge which we will take on together to protect not only our communities but also the future of our game.
Of course, the AFC will take a strong lead and will, as always, be on hand to offer advice and assistance to any of our Member and Regional Associations in these uncertain times.
Please all remain safe and I look forward to the time when football can again play a significant role in bringing excitement and joy to people across Asia.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Sydney: Football Federation Australia (FFA) has reaffirmed its commitment to work with the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) to send teams to Tokyo next year following confirmation that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and host nation Japan will endeavour to reschedule the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.
IOC President Thomas Bach together with the Prime Minister of Japan, Abe Shinzo, made the announcement earlier this week, and noted that there is an intention to reschedule the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games – which will maintain the same name – by no later than the northern summer of 2021.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Tokyo: The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have been postponed by one year due to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus crisis.
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, following a conference call on Tuesday, agreed to postpone the Games for 12 months.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
New Delhi: FIFA is monitoring the COVID-19 situation in India, which is preparing to host the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in November.
A FIFA spokesman said the world body is liasing closely with the Local Organising Committee.
With the pandemic stretching across the world, the Qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup have also been postponed along with numerous other sporting events.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) has decided to postpone its tournaments slated for the next four months due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The first of the four centralised competitions is the AFF Women’s Championship, which was originally scheduled for May. The AFF U18 Women’s Championship, AFF U-16 and U-19 Boys’ Championship are also postponed to a later date.
AFF also decided that the AFF U15 Girls’ Championship in September, as well as the AFF Futsal Championship, AFF Futsal Club Championship and AFF Beach Soccer Championship, will still take place as originally planned.