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Dato’ Windsor John | AFC focuses on ‘business continuity’ and supporting associations
SportBusiness spoke to Dato' Windsor John, general secretary of the Asian Football Confederation, about how the organisation has dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic and how it sees a brighter future, with a commercial rights contract getting underway and a Women's World Cup coming to the region in 2023.
Round-Up: Olympics ‘to go ahead amid pandemic’, Tencent pushes for games streaming merger, PKL teams ‘reject Star offer’, and more
Next year's Tokyo Olympics will take place even if the Covid-19 pandemic is still underway, said Toshiro Muto, chief executive of the Games' organising committee
Round-Up: Inaugural China Tennis Tour, TrueVisions’ football pressure tells, Maldives hosts AFC Cup Group E, and more
The Thai football league season may restart earlier than planned due to pressure from domestic broadcast partner TrueVisions, the Football Association of Thailand has said - Bangkok Post
AFC lays out plans to complete 2020 club competitions
The AFC Champions League will restart in two regional hubs in September and October, the Asian Football Confederation said today (Thursday)
AFC promises to complete 2020 Champions League
The Asian Football Confederation has said it is "committed" to completing this year's Champions League, after discussing the matter with member federations during online meetings yesterday
Flagship AFC tournaments ‘will go ahead’ in 2020
The Asian Football Confederation's major football competitions will take place this year despite the Covid-19 pandemic, general secretary Windsor John has said
AFC extends suspension as Fifa officials hint at longer shutdown
The Asian Football Confederation has announced an indefinite postponement of all matches and competitions scheduled to take place in May and June
Coronavirus latest: AFC Cup matches postponed, China women’s handball misses Tokyo 2020 qualifiers, and more
Asian Football Confederation Cup matches involving teams from East Asia have been postponed until April due to the coronavirus outbreak
JDT wins AFC Cup Club of the Decade award
Malaysia Super League champions Johor Darul Ta'zim have won the Asian Football Confederation Cup Club of the Decade award
Indian Super Cup paused, AFC competition qualification confirmed
The All India Football Federation's Super Cup, which for the past two years has pitted I-League teams against Indian Super League teams, has been paused as part of the wider overhaul of the country's …
Indian Super League winner to qualify directly for AFC Champions League
The winner of India's top football league will qualify directly for the Asian Football Confederation Champions League group stage for the first time from 2021
DDMC announces first AFC media-rights deal with Indonesia’s MNC
Indonesian media group MNC has acquired rights for Asian Football Confederation events in the 2021 to 2024 period, the first deal of the new sales cycle being conducted by the DDMC Fortis agency
AFC Cup final now set for Kuala Lumpur
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed today (Friday) that the final of its AFC Cup competition will now be held in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur and not the Chinese city of Shanghai…
AFC Cup final moved from Pyongyang to Shanghai
The Asian Football Confederation has removed hosting rights to the forthcoming final of its second-tier club competition, the AFC Cup, from North Korea amid concerns over the impact of existing sanctions…
EXCLUSIVE: AFF considering O’Brien proposal for relaunch of club championship
The Asean Football Federation is considering a proposal by sports business entrepreneur Seamus O'Brien to relaunch a Southeast Asian club championship