Friday, 29, March, 2024

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The defending champion Lokomotiv sealed Uzbekistan Professional League title with one match still to be played. After matchday 28 the “railways” team had 64 points ahead of Nasaf who were second with  59 points.

Uzbekistan without foreign based players lost, 0-1 to the UAE in a friendly match yesterday at Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium.

The AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa discussed issues related to football with newly elected Uzbekistan Football Federation (UFF) President Umid Akhmadjonov at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

The Bureau of the Executive Committee of the Uzbekistan Football Federation (UFF) has approved a new format for domestic leagues, the press service of the UFF reported.

FC Nasaf coach Ruziqul Berdiev has been appointed interim head coach of the Uzbekistan national team. Berdiev will guide the national team for the friendly away to the United Arab Emirates, the UFF chief Umid Ahmadjonov said today at a meeting of the Uzbekistan Football Federation.

Uzbekistan will play a friendly match against the UAE on November 14 in the UAE as part of the Memorandum of Cooperation signed between Uzbekistan Football Federation (UFF) and UAE Football Association.

The President of Uzbekistan Football Federation (UFF), Umid Ahmadjonov, visited Aspire Academy on Monday morning with a delegation including UFF’s Secretary-General Sardor Rakhmatullaev. The delegation was welcomed by senior officials from Aspire Academy, including Director General, Ivan Bravo, and Deputy Director General, Ali Salem Afifa.

Uzbekistan Football Federation convened a special meeting  yesterday, during which Oman Gafurov was appointed as the new Director General of Uzbekistan Pro-League replacing Farhod Magometov.

Tashkent-based hockey club Binokor may enter the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) within the next two seasons, a source said. Currently, the League comprises 27 clubs based in seven countries - Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, China, Finland and Slovakia.

The Uzbekistan Football Federation (UFF) and the United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAEFA) signed a memorandum of collaboration with the aim of consolidating friendly relations, exchanging of football experiences and bringing up new football generations, following the meeting of the President of UFF Umid Ahmadjonov and the Vice-president of the UAE Football Association Abdulla Naser Al Jenaibi, the UFF reported.

The new President of the Uzbekistan Football Federation (UFF) Umidjon Ahmadjonov held a press conference at the hall of the National Olympic Committee to elaborate on his plans as part of the recently adopted Uzbek Football’s Development strategy for 2018-2022. He was joined by Shoakrom Israilov, new vice president and Rustam Kurbanov, the member of UFF executive Board.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev took part in the opening ceremony of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat on Sunday, UzA reported.

New leadership was elected to Uzbekistan Football Federation at today's general-election meeting hosted by Radisson Blu Hotel.

Uzbekistan Football Federation (UFF) sacked Samvel Babayan as national team head coach after World Cup qualification failure.

On the eve of a crucial World Cup qualifying match at home against South Korea, Uzbekistan head coach Samvel Babayan on Monday was busy defending himself over recent roster decisions. Uzbekistan will host South Korea at Bunyodkor Stadium in Tashkent at 8 p.m. Tuesday local time. It's the final match for both nations in Group A of the last Asian qualifying round for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

“Tomorrow we will play against a strong side. We have been working on quality of play lately and have managed to improve in some components. Tomorrow we will try to show our best game”, Uzbekistan head coach Samvel Babayan said on Wednesday at pre-match press conference.

China PR fans will put their faith in the attacking form of Wang Yongpo as their team faces a must-win scenario against Uzbekistan at home next week in the penultimate fixture of Asian third round qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia.

Uzbekistan will host friendly game against Kyrgyzstan in an empty stadium, with neither spectators nor journalists to be present in the stadium.

Uzbekistan national team will hold a training camp in Tashkent starting from August 20 to prepare for the final two 2018 World Cup qualifiers against China and South Korea.

The Tashkent-based Pakhtakor today signed the Australian midfielder Rostyn Griffiths on a 1.5 year deal. The defensive midfielder Griffiths moved from Perth Glory and will wear the No 80 shirt. Previously, Griffiths played in the leagues of Australia, Holland, China and England.