Asian Football Confederation (AFC)

Football
Governance

Reigning champions Al Hilal have been removed from the AFC Champions League after naming a line-up with only nine outfield players due to a Covid-19 outbreak
Football
Attendance

Mounting delays to 2022 World Cup qualifiers due to Covid-19 are becoming a problem and a shortening of the format is a possibility
Football
Media

The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has claimed that an AFC Champions League broadcast deal in the country has been terminated by the Asian Football Confederation due to “international s…
Football
Events

The Asian Football Confederation Champions League is to restart later today, after a six-month suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with West Zone matches played in Qatar
Football
Events

The Asian Football Confederation has cancelled the remainder of this year’s AFC Cup, Asia’s second-tier continental club football tournament, due to the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Badminton
Events

Seven-times MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has dismissed speculation he will be retiring from the sport at the end of the season, saying he is on the verge of signing a new deal with Malaysian-based team…
Football
Media

The Asian Football Confederation has continued inroads into increasing its exposure in European markets by agreeing a broadcast rights deal with SIA Media Group covering Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Lithuania,…
Athletics
Esports

The Tokyo Olympic flame went on display at the Japanese Olympic Museum next to the National Stadium, the main venue for next year's Games
Football
Media

The Asian Football Confederation and the Football Marketing Asia agency are to renegotiate the terms of their landmark, $2
Football
Media

The Asian Football Confederation has sealed the first rights deal in Europe in its new rights cycle, agreeing a two-year contract across Germany, Austria and Switzerland with sports broadcaster Sport1
Events

Indian retailer Future Group has pulled out of its sponsorship of the Indian Premier League. The company is suffering financial problems linked to Covid-19
Football
Governance

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.
Football
Events

Asian qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup that were due to take place this year have been postponed until 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Football
Media

The Asian Football Confederation has agreed a media-rights deal in five central Asian countries with the Saran Media agency
Football
Finance & Law

The Asian Football Confederation has moved to defend itself against piracy and ambush marketing with the creation of a working group that will include Tom Liston, former managing director of marketing…
Cricket
Events

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
Archery
Events

The International Olympic Committee will meet today to discuss ways of pushing ahead with plans for a "frugal" Tokyo Games next year
Football
Events

The AFC Champions League will restart in two regional hubs in September and October, the Asian Football Confederation said today (Thursday)