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NST Online : 9 December 2008
THE Asean Football Federation (AFF), after an emergency meeting yesterday, has decided that tomorrow’s Asean Championship Group B match between Malaysia and Thailand will be played in Phuket instead of Bangkok.
On Sunday, FAM deputy president Khairy Jamaluddin sent a letter of protest to the AFF saying the proposed move [...]

NST Online : 2 Disember 2008
By Christopher Raj
 
 

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (right) in discussion with Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaacob yesterday. — Pic: GHAZALI BUJANG
THE Cabinet Committee for Sports which met in Parliament yesterday, is concerned about the future of football in the country and Deputy Prime Minister and chairman [...]

NST Online : 27 November 2008
By : Christopher Raj
THE Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) executive committee which met in Shanghai yesterday, has given Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah the mandate to discuss with the Malaysian government and present AFC’s stand on the move of AFC House from Kuala Lumpur.
It is reliably learnt that AFC [...]

The Star Online : 19 November 2008

KUALA LUMPUR: Asian Football Confederation (AFC) chief Mohamed Hammam admitted yesterday he was ambitious but played down suggestions he could run for FIFA president.
The Qatari’s reputation as a moderniser has seen him mentioned as a potential successor to the aging Sepp Blatter, 72, who has run FIFA since 1998 [...]

The Star Online : 19 November 2008

KUALA LUMPUR: AFC president Mohamed Hammam insisted yesterday he had nothing against Malaysia and would be happy to keep the governing body’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
But the Qatari said the government must formalise their relationship.
Hammam has asked the Asian Football Confederation’s 46 member nations to table bids to host [...]

NST Online : 2 November 2008
By : Christopher Raj
THE Asian Football Confederation has crossed the first hurdle by getting the United Arab Emirates and Qatar to officially bid to house its headquarters.
Word is a third country may have also submitted a bid, which will only be known probably tomorrow but the task only now [...]

NST Online : 1 November 2008
BANGKOK: Qatar and the United Arab Emirates were the only countries to submit bids to host the headquarters of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) before yesterday’s deadline, officials said.
The two Gulf states confirmed they had put forward Doha and Abu Dhabi as candidate cities for the unsettled AFC, which is [...]

The Star Online : 31 October 2008

BANGKOK: The United Arab Emirates will submit a bid to give a new home to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), who are eager to move after a series of squabbles with host country Malaysia.
UAE will put forward the capital Abu Dhabi in their bid, ending speculation that the multi-million [...]

The Star Online : 30 October 2008
BANGKOK: Qatar will submit a bit to become the new hosts of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) after the body announced plans to move out of Malaysia, its home for the last 43 years.
Saud Al Mohannadi, secretary-general of Qatar’s football federation, said the tiny Gulf state’s experience in hosting [...]

The Star Online : 24 October 2008
MALACCA: The Youth and Sports Ministry have hit out at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for making excessive demands to keep the Asian governing body’s headquarters in Malaysia.
Minister Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the ministry would not be cowed by AFC’s “give in or we’ll leave” ultimatum.
“They can discuss [...]