AFC Conference on Science & Football Medicine

Kuala Lumpur March 18-20, 2011

The past 3 Asian Science and Football conferences (Tokyo; Kuala Lumpur & Muscat) were a great success with approx. 450 participants from all over the world.

KL promises a great program of keynote address symposiums, free papers, poster presentations  and clinical workshops in Sports Medicine.  It’s a “Low cost High output” activity at an excellent destination “Malaysia Truely Asia” – value for money. Here is the website: www.the-afc.com and you can email s.medicine@the-afc.com.

Be part of a stellar sport and exercise medicine event promoting Football for Health. Abstract deadline is January 31, 2011. Terrific destination for colleagues and friends.

Best wishes

Dato’ Gurucharan Singh
Chairman, OC for AFC Conference on Science and Football Medicine / Scientific Committtee

Previous Asian Football Confederation sports medicine conferences were held in Malaysia, Oman and Japan.

The 2011 Conference on Science and Football Medicine is being held from March 18–20 in Kuala Lumpur and a terrific cadre of football experts are on the program.

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Fifa’s Age-Check Technology Can End This Charade

All Africa, 02 Sep 2009

You have to imagine that several soccer bosses across the continent wet themselves senseless after football governing body Fifa announced this week that new technological advancements would make it possible to determine the ages of players who will be taking part at the Under-17 Soccer World Cup in Nigeria next month.

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