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Stay tuned Senior Sports Writer N Ganesh Sports Writers Sajith B Warrier www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com Aju George Chris Mohammad Amin-ul Islam Sarath Pookkat AFC coaches’ convention aims Photographers Mohan Vinod Divakaran Fadi Al Assaad Mohammed Dabboos at developing common thread A K BijuRaj Graphic Designers Abhilash Chacko HE Asian Football Confederation (AFC) dropped rather than the development of grass-roots, youth, Gopakumar K its official slogan ‘Future is Asia’ from its logo coaches or facilities. Joice Michael Tsometime ago, but one can’t deny the fact A classic case is India, described by many as Asia’s Technical support Shaheen Mohammed that there’s so much focus on ‘future’ in its scheme ‘sleeping giant’. A country with 1.2 billion people, India Abdul Naser M of things as was evident at the inaugural three-day has very few stadiums and most of them aren’t up to national coaches’ conference in Kuala Lumpur last the mark to host an international match. the less said week. the better about the lack of facilities at the grass-roots the conference discussed how the continent’s teams level. Like many other Asian nations, India is also rising P.O. Box: 24598, Doha, Qatar tel: +974 44138065, Fax: +974 44138597 could bridge the gap with the rest of the world and as a powerful economy, but there’s no focus on the www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com the delegates agreed upon four key elements — coach basics. Editorial: tel: +974 44138522, Fax: +974 44138593 education, player development, technical exchange and It’s true that Asia’s huge size and complex diversity, e-mail: [email protected] intense competition — that can lead to success. 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Joice Michael Tsometime ago, but one can’t deny the fact A classic case is India, described by many as Asia’s Technical support Shaheen Mohammed that there’s so much focus on ‘future’ in its scheme ‘sleeping giant’. A country with 1.2 billion people, India Abdul Naser M of things as was evident at the inaugural three-day has very few stadiums and most of them aren’t up to national coaches’ conference in Kuala Lumpur last the mark to host an international match. the less said week. the better about the lack of facilities at the grass-roots the conference discussed how the continent’s teams level. Like many other Asian nations, India is also rising P.O. Box: 24598, Doha, Qatar tel: +974 44138065, Fax: +974 44138597 could bridge the gap with the rest of the world and as a powerful economy, but there’s no focus on the www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com the delegates agreed upon four key elements — coach basics. Editorial: tel: +974 44138522, Fax: +974 44138593 education, player development, technical exchange and It’s true that Asia’s huge size and complex diversity, e-mail: [email protected] intense competition — that can lead to success. It was including cultural, social and climatic factors, have been Marketing & advertising: tel: +974 44138566 also decided to create a pan-Asian coaching convention, detrimental towards achieving a general consensus e-mail: [email protected] Distribution: tel: +974 44138535/36, Fax: +974 44138597 a common platform for coaches to air their views and on many vital factors that need to be tailored into our e-mail: [email protected] ideas. football system. But I think it’s often merely for an Several good initiatives have been launched in Asia excuse that we say things are impossible. 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