World football governing body FIFA on Thursday sought an update from the All India Football Federation (AIFF) on the current scenario in India to which the national federation reiterated its stance that it would resolve the impasse surrounding an unified league in a two-three year window.
Nepal have been kicked out of the Asian Football Confederation's under-16 championships in India next year after being found guilty of fielding an over-age player in the qualifying tournament.
Former FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam has won his appeal against a life ban from all soccer-related activity over bribery allegations, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Thursday.
The Asian Football Confederation have suspended former President Mohamed Bin Hammam after a lengthy audit of their accounts revealed fresh allegations of financial wrongdoing, the body said in a statement on Tuesday.
The disciplinary committee of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has imposed a four match ban on Salgaocar Sports Club midfielder Ishfaq Ahmed.
OCA president Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah said the Asian Games is already too big.
The 41-year-old British national guided India to the silver medal at the Afro-Asian Games.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter is a mere servant at the service of football, he said on Friday as he re-stated his intention to run for a fifth mandate in next May's election.
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FIFA President Sepp Blatter snapped at colleagues and looked beset by nerves on Wednesday as he described the hurt he felt after being criticised for his comments about racism in soccer.
FIFA had imposed the suspension for what it called serious interference by political authorities in the internal affairs of the Yemen's football association.
The cash-rich Indian Super League has been finally granted official recognition by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), meaning there will be two national leagues in the country from 2017-18.
AFC chief Mohamed Bin Hammam on Friday launched his bid to unseat Sepp Blatter as head of global soccer with a campaign built on transparency and technology.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter dropped a hint he plans to stand again for another four year term as the head of world soccer's governing body during a speech to AFC delegates in Malaysia on Friday.
Akram Salman has resigned as coach of the Iraq football team after receiving death threats.
Mohamed Bin Hammam of Qatar withdrew his candidacy to be FIFA president on Saturday, one day before he is due to face an Ethics Committee hearing into bribery allegations.
A Japanese athlete at the Asian Games has been charged by police after admitting to stealing a camera from a South Korean journalist, police said on Saturday.
Ali Al Nono's 82nd minute header gave Yemen a 2-1 victory over India in the AFC Asian Cup qualifying tournament.
The AFC had slapped a year's ban on India hosting foreign team following violence in the IFA Shield final.
Club president Kalyan Majumdar said there was no intimation from either the IFA or AIFF.
The Iranian girls' soccer team have been kicked out of this year's first Youth Olympics because of a FIFA ban on playing in Islamic head scarves.
The AFC Challenge Cup final between India and Tajikistan has been postponed and shifted out of Hyderabad due to unsuitable ground conditions.
In Karachi, mobs gathered to raise slogans against the Pakistani players, particularly Afridi and Younis.
Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al Khalifa from Bahrain was made the favourite to become FIFA's new president in February's election by bookmaker William Hill on Monday following the eight-year ban on UEFA president Michel Platini.
A friendly between United and a Malaysian select team had been arranged in Kuala Lumpur despite it taking place only two days before the AFC's Asian Cup final in Jakarta.
Mahindra United were beaten 2-4 by Dhoffar Club of Oman in their second leg match of the Asian Football Confederation Cup.
The Brazilian striker has joined Saudi club Al Ittihad on a six-month contract, the Asian Football Confederation reported.
The Football Association of Thailand (FAT) is seeking to move the home World Cup qualifier against Australia on Nov. 15 out of the country amid mourning for the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
India went down to Iran by a solitary goal in their last group match of Asian Football Confederation qualifier in Tehran on Saturday night. Following the defeat, India finished fourth in Group B with four points.
English Premier League chairman Dave Richards has vowed to help protect Asia from being exploited by money-grabbing clubs.
Chaiman Therdsak's goal from a free-kick gave the visitors a 1-0 victory in the AFC Cup match.
Iraqi first division player Ihab Kareem has died as a result of injuries sustained in a bombing in Baghdad.
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The semi-official news agency Tasnim said an unspecified number of women had entered the Azadi (Freedom) Stadium to watch Persepolis seek to overturn a 2-0 first-leg deficit against Japan's Kashima Antlers and claim their first continental crown.
Both scored convincing victories, over Malaysia and Vietnam respectively, in the AFC Youth Championship.
Soccer's world and European governing bodies, FIFA and UEFA, are to organise a "solidarity match" in February to help victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
Iraqi first division player Ahmed Naser lost one of his legs during a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad on Monday, the Asian Football Confederation reported on its web site on Wednesday.
Goalkeeper Akihiro Hayashi emerged the hero by saving two spot-kicks as Japan upset defending champions South Korea 3-2 in a sudden death tie-breaker to move into the final of the AFC Youth championship.
Female fans from other countries have previously been permitted to attend games at the Azadi Stadium, including Syrian women for a World Cup qualifier in September last year.
Mike Okoro's goal gave the Kolkata giants a 1-1 draw in the Group 'E' Asian Football Confederation Cup match.
