QFA to hold key meeting with CAF officials

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Friday, December 18th 2015 04:39 PM

DOHA: Masoor Al Anasri, Secretary General of Qatar Football Association (QFA), on Thursday will leave for Cairo where he will meet officials of Confederation Africaine de Football, the ruling body in Africa.‎ This will be a follow up meeting between the two associations working together to promote football in Middle East region and African continent. QFA and CAF last May signed an MoU that will last five years. The MoU was signed to promote football across the two regions besides helping the game develop in Asian continent. CAF President Issa Hayatou and QFA President Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani signed the agreement on 6th of May at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. Topics like exchanging expertise and experience in various areas such as administration, coaching, sports medicine, refereeing, youth football and women football, infrastructure development, marketing and communications will come under discussion, QFA said on Wednesday.