QFA President meets Sheikh Salman in Bahrain

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Thursday, April 16th 2015 07:15 AM

DOHA: Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, President of Qatar Football Association (QFA) on Wednesday met with Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, chief of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in an official meeting in Manama, Bahrain. QFA Vice President Saud Al Mohannadi was also present during the meeting which saw two top football officials discuss matters of mutual interest. Sheikh Hamad and Sheikh Salman also discussed matters relating to development of football in Asia and future cooperation between AFC and QFA. Sheikh Salman stated AFC's keen effort to take the game to the next level across Asia. The AFC President also underlined Asia's intention to improve it's working on encouraging youth to take up football the right way and adopt a healthy lifestyle through playing sports. Sheikh Hamad explained in detail QFA's plans to develop the game in Qatar where football remains the number one sport. The QFA Chief said Qatar was actively pursuing ways to develop the national teams at all levels including futsal squad.