FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifier:Jordan to battle Uruguay for Brazil berth

Nepal Opponents Jordan will play against South American Giant Uruguay to qualify for the World Cup 2014.Jordan’s opponents in the FIFA World Cup 2014 intercontinental playoff will be Uruguay after La Celestefinished fifth in the CONMEBOL qualifiers following their 3-2 win over Argentina on Tuesday.

As Asia’s Brazil 2014 qualifying hopefuls Jordan where focusing on their campaign to reach the 2015 AFC Asian Cup with a home tie against Oman, Uruguay were taking on Argentina in Montevideo needing a victory to ensure they finished no lower than fifth in the nine-team South American qualification standings.

Edinson Cavani netted the match-winner five minutes into the second half after Maxi Rodriguez has twice pulled Argentina level (15th and 41st) following Cristian Rodriguez’s sixth-minute opener and a 34th minute penalty from Luis Suarez.

But Uruguay's win was not enough as Chile and Ecuador claimed the final automatic South American qualifying berths behind regional group winners Argentina and second-placed Colombia.

Saluting his team for a "dignified" end to their regional program, Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez indicated they must not take Jordan lightly, despite their rivals being ranked 73rd to their own seventh in FIFA’s global list.

"Like all Uruguayans I hope we make it through (but) we would be very wrong to think Jordan cannot cause us problems," Tabarez warned.

November’s two-leg meeting with Jordan marks the fourth consecutive World Cup qualification playoff for Uruguay and although this represents the first meeting against an AFC member association they have face Australia twice prior to the Socceroos’ switch from Oceania to the Asian Football Confederation in 2006.

Uruguay defeated the Australia in the playoffs for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the first to be hosted in Asia, before the Socceroos turned the tables on the South Americans with victory on penalties in the playoff for Germany 2006.

AFC U-16 Qualifier:AFC Cleared the criteria to determine the Top 5 best runners Up

AFC has clarified the criteria to determine the best runners-up team among all groups in the AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers. The criteria is part of the competitions regulations which were approved by the relevant AFC committees.

Comparing the runners-up teams over an equal number of matches is the key of identifying the best runners-up. In order to ensure equality when comparing the runners-up team of all the groups, the results of the matches between the runner-up team and the bottom-placed team (for Group C, D, E, I and J, which consist four teams) or two sides from the bottom (for Group A, G and H, which consists of five teams) will be considered null and void due to Group B and F having only three teams participating in the qualifiers.

The best runner-up team among those ranked second in the groups will be determined as follows:

1. Greater number of points obtained from group matches identified by AFC

2. Goal difference resulting from group matches identified by AFC

3. Greater number of goals scored in group matches identified by AFC

4. Fewer number of points calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received by the team in the group matches identified by AFC
5. Drawing of lots.

Click here for the full version of AFC U-16 Championship 2014 Regulations.

Afghanistan get ICC Associate membership

Afghanistan have been granted the Associate membership of the ICC to become the 38th country to get that status. The decision was taken by the ICC at its ongoing annual conference, which ends on June 29 in London. The nomination request had been sent by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) last year based on the continuous progress made by Afghanistan, especially in its cricket development.

"Afghanistan is the only country that receives the Associate membership in a short period of time in reward to the efforts Afghanistan made for the promotion of cricket," Dr Noor Muhammad, CEO of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), said on the ACC website. Becoming an Associate would mean higher funding and, importantly, more exposure for the passionate and cricket-starved players from Afghanistan, a war-torn country. So far, the ICC was paying $700,000 in annual funding to Afghanistan, which is now likely to rise to $850,000 based on the Associate status.
   Afghanistan became an Affiliate member of the ICC in 2001 when they travelled to Pakistan for their first tour. Languishing at one time in the fifth division of the World Cricket League, Afghanistan won the hearts of global cricket fans when they nearly qualified for the 2011 World Cup, but they lost to Canada and could not surpass Kenya's net run rate in the World Cup qualifiers. Immediately, they were granted the ODI status, valid until 2013.

 Afghanistan have also featured in the last two editions of the ICC's World Twenty20 (2010 and 2012). They have played ODIs against two Test-playing nations so far, Pakistan and Australia, and despite losing both the matches, players like Hamid Hassan and Mohammad Nabi turned heads with their impressive performances.

ABC (Afghanistan Cricket Board Logo)

Over the last two years, the ACB has undergone organisational restructuring in a bid to provide better leadership and find qualified staff to run cricket administration. They are currently developing their domestic cricket infrastructure, and have signed a two-year deal with the Pakistan Cricket Board for the development of Afghanistan cricket ahead of the 2015 World Cup. The ICC has played a big role in the upliftment of Afghanistan cricket and in April this year, granted $422,000 as part of the targeted assistance programme.

Afghanistan Cricket Team

Afghanistan is the eighth country in the Asian region to become an Associate member after Hong Kong (1969), Kuwait (2005), Malaysia (1967), Nepal (1996), Singapore (1974), Thailand (2005) and UAE (1990). "It is a tremendous achievement by Afghanistan, the current administrators have worked very hard to advance Afghanistan's interests and much credit goes to Dr Noor and his team at the Afghanistan Cricket Board," Bandula Warnapura, ACC development manager, said.

AFC President Election:Shaikh Salman elected AFC President

Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has been elected as the new AFC President following Thursday’s election at the AFC Extraordinary Congress.Sheikh Salman received 33 of the 46 votes to sweep to victory ahead of Thailand’s Worawi Makudi (7 votes) and Yousuf Al Serkal of the UAE (6 votes).

Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa

There were initially four candidates for the most important position in the administration of Asian football but this number was reduced to three following the withdrawal of Saudi Arabia’s Dr. Hafez Ibrahim Al Medlej on the eve of the Extraordinary Congress.

Shaikh Salman’s term in office will run for two year’s until the next AFC Congress in 2015.
 

AFC U-16 Qualifications draw: Nepal to host Group C qualifier

Nepal is placed in Group C along with Iraq, Bahrain and Turkmenistan of AFC U-16 Qualifier while defending champions Uzbekistan will face Yemen, Palestine and the Maldives in Group B of the AFC U-16 Championship 2014 qualifiers as the pathway to next year’s finals was revealed to the 43 participating nations at the tournament draw held at AFC House on Friday. 

     The Group winners of the 10 groups and the best five runners-up will join host Thailand in the finals of the next year’s competition. The AFC U-16 Championship started back in 1985 and the finals in Bangkok would be the 16th edition of the competition. Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Nepal, Jordan, Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan will host the matches of the West Zone while Laos the hosts of East Zone, apart from Laos hosting Group H, will be confirmed later. 
     The sides finishing at the top four positions will qualify to represent Asia in the FIFA U-17 World Cup to be held in Chile in 2015. 

Here is the complete Grouping of AFC U-16 Qualifier and Host are given in Bold letter

Group A: Kuwait, India, Tajikistan, Lebanon, Bhutan
Group B: Uzbekistan, Yemen, Palestine, Maldives
Group C: Iraq ,Bahrain, Nepal, Turkmenistan
Group D: Syria,Saudi Arabia,Afghanistan, Jordan

 Group E: Iran ,UAE, Pakistan , Srilanka
Group F: Oman, Qatar, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan 
Group G: Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Macau
Group H: Korea Rep, Laos, Malaysia, Guam, Brunei
Group I: China,DPR Korea, Myanmar, Northen Mariana
Group J: Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines 

Asia cup Cricket 2014:Bangladesh to host Asia Cup 2014

The 2014 Asia Cup will be held in Bangladesh after India, who had originally agreed to play hosts, cited a packed international schedule as the main reason for being unable to organise the tournament. The likely dates for the tournament will be February 24 to March 8. The decision was taken at the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) board meeting on April 8 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where India informed the other ACC members that they were focused instead on finalising the itinerary for the New Zealand tour, scheduled to be held in February-March next year.

It is understood that Bangladesh volunteered to host the Asia Cup and even decided to postpone the scheduled tri-series involving Sri Lanka and Pakistan, which was to be held around the same period. According to an official privy to the minutes of the meeting, the dates could be changed again considering India have been facing "hiccups" in negotiating dates with Cricket New Zealand.
The BCCI has been trying to convince New Zealand Cricket to trim their schedule of the New Zealand tour to two Tests, two ODIs and two T20Is to enable India to participate in the Asia Cup. The ICC's Future Tours Programme (FTP) has India scheduled to play three Tests, five ODIs and a single Twenty20 international.

Hosting the Asia Cup does throw Bangladesh's FTP schedules into disarray. According to the FTP, Bangladesh are set to host Sri Lanka for two Tests and three ODIs from the second week of February. A tri-nation series is also scheduled involving Sri Lanka and Pakistan immediately after, and just before the World Twenty20s begin on March 16.

ACC Twenty20 Cup 2013: Live score update of Nepal Vs UAE

Dear readers and cricket lovers after the comfortable win against Singapore , Malaysia and Maldives and loss against Hong Kong Nepal had enter the semifinal of ACC twenty20 cup 2013 as runner up of Group A and will face the winner of Group B UAE. UAE had defeated Bahrain, Afghanistan, Kuwait and Oman in their League match to top the Group. The First semifinal of the Match between Nepal and UAE at 9:15 NST at TU Cricket Ground , Kirtipur Kathmandu. Nepalese moral is high as all the players seems in form from the last match against Singapore and are ready to face UAE and take revenge of Last Year’s defeat in T20 in Kathmandu. Nepal had played one draw and one win against UAE in last two one day international in ACC Elite Trophy is UAE and here in Kathmandu Nepal are ready to defeat with support from the Home Ground. Lots of spectators are expected in TU cricket stadium to support Nepal and Nepal won’t be under Pressure as they are already through to the ICC world cup qualifier that is to be held in UAE in November this Year even they loss.

Nepal Vs UAE Semifinal ACC Twenty20 Cup

 But winning the semifinal and being and playing Final is the only Target of Nepal so Nepal will play with high morale. As usual yours favorite sport portal from Nepal www.anantasports.com will bring Live stream and Live score update of Nepal Vs UAE for its Readers. Hope you all who won’t be able to go to TU stadium will Enjoy the live Stream and Live score update here with us. 

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Match DetailsACC twenty20 Cup Semifinal
Nepal Vs United Arab Emirates 
Date: 2nd April 2013 
Time: 13:15 NST (7:30 GMT)

Venue: TU Cricket Stadium, Kirtipur, kathamndu, Nepal

2022 World Cup could be played in winter - FIFA

Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke on Saturday confirmed the 2022 World Cup in Qatar could be moved to the winter if research shows holding the tournament in the region's intense summer heat would be dangerous for players.
Since being awarded the right to host the event, Qatar's tournament organisers have had to deal with a barrage of questions about the suitability of staging the World Cup in searing June and July temperatures, which can reach up to 50C.
Fifa, the game's world governing body, had previously suggested that Qatar would have to make the request to move the tournament. But speaking at the International Football Association Board meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, Valcke became the first senior Fifa official to admit that the event could be moved if his organisation received strong medical advice that it needed to do so.

"The Fifa ExCo has the power to make decisions and if at the Fifa ExCo this issue starts to be a real point for discussion then why not, and then again maybe the Fifa ExCo will say based on medical reports or whatever we really have to look at playing the World Cup not in summer, but in winter," he said.

"I am not saying that the case is closed, but what I'm saying is as long as we have not fixed the international calendar all alternatives are open."

UEFA president Michel Platini has reiterated his call to move the Qatar tournament to winter and Valcke said the fact the international calendar had not been fixed beyond 2018 made moving the 2022 finals possible.

"Qatar has to tell us, 'we want to move the World Cup from summer to winter'," Valcke said.
"I can tell you there is no working group within Fifa thinking and working on what it means to move the World Cup from summer to winter for the time being.

"The international calendar has been agreed for 2015-2018, meaning that we kept open all potential for period 2019 to 2022. We have time.

"We in Fifa have just said we are waiting for you (Qatar) to officially ask Fifa to look at the potential to move the World Cup from summer to winter - and that has not happened yet."

Valcke also said that it would need the agreement of all of football, and so far the Premier League have been fiercely opposed to any interruption of the domestic season.

"Qatar is perfectly aware and 2014 is not the deadline. It can be even in 2015," Valcke added.
"The most important thing is to make sure work with all stakeholders and make sure there is full agreement with all parties, leagues, clubs, and we would have to find eight weeks in the mid-season to play the World Cup."

Rohit Chand Played debut match Against Mitra Kukar FC for Pekanbaru’s

PSPS Pekanbaru's Nepal International defender Rohit Chand started a new chapter in Indonesia as he played his debut match in Indonesian Super Liga on Sunday. His team PSPS Pekanbaru suffered a 1-0 loss at the hands of Mitra Kukar on Sunday. Chand started his debut match with a 1-0 loss but the FIFA agent associated with Chand, Mustika Tika said that she was impressed with his game. 

"Rohit is so young. He played like a matured player", Tika exclusively told GoalNepal.com from Indonesia. 

"When I was sitting at VVIP, many officials came to ask me, who was that (No 77) player", Tika said, "I proudly said he is my player - Rohit Chand".

"Rohit came close to the goal twice", Tika added, "He played as midfielder box to box. He was so lively".

"The Club is happy to see his impressive game", added Tika.

CAN Announces eighteen members squad for ACC Women’s Championship 2013

Cricket association of Nepal (CAN) has announced 18 members squad for ACC Women’s
Championship 2013 that is going to take place in Thailand from 23rd januray to 31st Januray. Non test playing nations from asia will take part in the competition. Nepal is Grouped with Hong kong, Malaysia, UAE, Bhutan and Afghanistan in group A. Group B consist of host Thailand,China, sigapore, Kuwait,Qatar, and Iran.Winner of this Tournament will Progress to the Women’s T20 World cup Qualifier 2013 that will take place in August in 2013. 

Nepali Team :
1 : Rubina Chhetri ( Captain )
2 : Saraswati Chaudhari
3 : Karuna Bhandari
4 : Sarita Magar
5 : Rasmi Sharma Chaulagain
6 : Silu Rijal
7 : Indu Barma
8 : Trishna Sing
9 : Rekha Rawal
10 : Sobha Aale Magar
11 : Mamta Thapa
12 : Sangita Gauchan
13 : Madhu Thapa
14 : Neera Rajopadhyaya
15 : Sonu Khadka
16 : Nary Thapa
17 : Roshani Bohara
18 : Sita RanaMagar

Nepali Deaf Cricket Team to Compete in Asia Cup

Nepali Deaf Cricket team is set to compete in second edition of Asia Deaf Cricket Cup, to be held in Pakistan from 11th of December. 

Defending Champion Pakistan will host Nepal, Sri Lanka, India and Afghanistan in the second edition of the tournament hosted nearly 6 years after the first, which was held in India in April of 2007 Nepal participated in the first edition of the tournament as well

.

The tournament is sponsored by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) The matches will 50 over a side and set to be played at Lahore City Cricket Association(LCCA) Bagh-e-Jinnah Grounds with the final December 17 final to be played at Gadaffi stadium.

Dubai to bid for 2024 Olympics

Yousuf Yaqoob Alserkal, the vice president and chairman of the United Arab Emirate's National Olympic Committee (NOC), said here that the sheikhdom still plans to bid for future Olympic Games, despite a withdrawal of a bid for the 2020 edition.

Speaking at the sidelines of the Emerging Host Cities conference, a two-day forum on hosting major sporting events which started Tuesday, Alserkal said the Dubai committee, which was formed in 2008 to work out Olympic bidding procedures, was still in place and he confirmed that the sheikhdom will effectively submit a bid for 2024, Xinhua reports.

Dubai has all sorts of required infrastructure for athletic sports, swimming, football, tennis or basketball, said Alkersal, "so we think in general we would be ready to host a multi-sports events."
The UAE's NOC vice president added that Dubai proved to be ready when it hosted the 7th FIFA Club World Cup in 2010 and the 9th Asian Swimming Championships last month, besides organising annually the Dubai Duty Free Tennis event.
However, temperatures rise up to 50 degrees Celsius during summer amid high humidity. This would force Dubai to move the summer games to the winter months, which might reduce the emirate's chances against potential competing bidders.

Dubai was hit severely by the global financial crisis and was at the brink of bankruptcy end of 2009, which forced the government to put Olympic dreams on hold at that time. Dubai was financially saved by a USD 10 billion guarantee from neighbouring Abu Dhabi.

Dubai's economy is now witnessing a strong comeback. According to Dubai department of statistics, in the first six months of 2012, Dubai's real economy grew by 4.1 percent year on year, representing the highest half-year growth in five years.

AFC President Election At The End of April

The AFC Executive Committee met for the last time this year on a note of solidarity on Thursday under the chairmanship of AFC Acting President Zhang Jilong and unanimously decided to hold the AFC Congress by the end of April 2013 and organise elections for AFC and FIFA Executive Committee positions. Meeting at AFC House before the AFC Annual Awards gala in the evening, the AFC Executive Committee approved elections for the positions of one female AFC Vice-President, two female members to the AFC Executive Committee, and one position on the FIFA Executive Committee.

The members also decided to hold an election for the position of the AFC President during the AFC Congress (end of April), subject to the recommendations and advice of the AFC Legal Committee by mid-January.At the outset, Jilong said he is firmly committed to a new era of transparency for the confederation.
“Under my caretaker leadership, I promised a new vision for AFC. I committed myself to a new era of transparency and I am confident that with your support I will be able to deliver this objective,” he said.Jilong also expressed his solidarity with the Palestinian people.
“I would like to convey my heartfelt sympathy to those affected by the recent incidents in Gaza, which have led to great loss of life and property,” said the AFC Acting President.
“I express my solidarity with the Palestinians and the Palestine Football Association and hope the situation will return to complete normalcy as soon as possible

Considering the need to provide more exposure to teen players, the members gave their green light to the organisation of the AFC U-14 Championship.The committee also decided to reconsider the direct slots for the AFC Challenge Cup winners in 2016 and 2018 to the AFC Asian Cup finals in 2019.

It was also decided to introduce a home-and-away Round of 16 stage for the AFC Champions League, while the AFC Cup Round of 16 will be held over one leg only next year.
Apart from ratifying the other decisions of the respective standing committees, the AFC Executive Committee approved the slots for the 2013 edition of the AFC Champions League as below:

EAST ZONE
Japan 4 (all direct slots)
Korea Republic 4 (all direct slots)
China 4 (all direct slots)
Uzbekistan 1 (direct slot)
Australia 1+1 (direct+playoff)
Thailand 1+1 (direct+playoff)

WEST ZONE
Saudi Arabia 4 (all direct slots)
Qatar 4 (all direct slots)
Iran 3+1 (direct+playoff)
UAE 2+2 (direct+playoff)
Uzbekistan 1+1 (direct+playoff) 

India's AFC Challenge Cup Hosting bid in doubt

India were hoping to host the prestigious tournament for the second time in six years, but the AFC announced that the Philippines and Maldives were in the final shortlist.
India's desire to host the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup looks to be dead and buried as the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) shortlisted Philippines and Maldives in its final list of names and have asked members of the AFC President's Cup and Challenge Cup to choose from among the two. Tajikstan was the other nation that had reportedly submitted a bid to host the prestigious tournament. 

       The All India Football Federation (AIFF) are expectedly not amused as they look to demand an answer as to why India's name is missing even before the conclusion of the selection process.
"The final decision would only be taken in the competition committee meeting on November 28. However, we have received a letter from the AFC that there is no need for an inspection in India because they have already inspected all three stadiums (two in Delhi and one in Goa) here in the past," Das added.

India had hosted and won the AFC Challenge Cup in 2008 that ensured their participation in the 2011 Asian Championship in Doha.

2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Asian Qualifiers: Group, Schedule and Fixture & Points Table

Dear readers playing the world cup football Final is dream of Every country but not all team get chance to qualify for the Final of FIFA world cup . Next FIFA world cup is going to be held and ten country from Asia are now trying to qualify for the upcoming world cup. These ten Teams are placed in two Groups . Group A consist of Korea republic, Iran, Qatar Lebanon and UZBEKISTAN and they reach the final round after three series of qualification. Group B consist of Australia, Japan. Jordan, Iraq and Oman. Few matches of the qualification have been already played and next round will be played on 16th October 2012. Top two team of these two Group automatically qualify for the World cup w, with the two third-placed teams engaging in a play-off tie for a chance to qualify via a further inter-confederation qualifying tie against a team from CONMEBOL.

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Get Point table here :

Group A Teams P W D L GF GA +/- PTS UZBEKISTAN 5 2 2 1 5 4 1 8 KOREA REPUBLIC 4 2 1 1 9 4 5 7 I.R. IRAN 5 2 1 2 2 2 0 7 QATAR 5 2 1 2 3 5 -2 7 LEBANON 5 1 1 3 2 6 -4 4

Group B

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	PTS
JAPAN	5	4	1	0	13	2	11	13
AUSTRALIA	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5
IRAQ	5	1	2	2	4	5	-1	5
OMAN	5	1	2	2	4	7	-3	5
JORDAN	5	1	1	3	4	11	-7	4

Upcoming Schedule (Time Given there are Local Time)

Group: A
26-03-2013

 KOREA REPUBLIC Vs QATAR
26-03-2013
 UZBEKISTAN Vs LEBANON 

Group: B
26-03-2013
TBC AUSTRALIA  vs OMAN 

 
26-03-2013
JORDAN vs JAPAN

Group: A
04-06-2013
 LEBANON  Vs KOREA REPUBLIC 

04-06-2013
 QATAR  Vs I.R. IRAN 

Group: B
04-06-2013
 JAPAN  Vs AUSTRALIA

04-06-2013 

OMAN Vs  IRAQ 

Group A: 

11-06-2013
 I.R. IRAN  Vs  LEBANON

11-06-2013
 KOREA REPUBLIC  Vs UZBEKISTAN 

Group B:

 11-06-2013
 IRAQ Vs JAPAN 

 
11-06-2013 

AUSTRALIA Vs JORDAN

Group :A

18-06-2013
 UZBEKISTAN  Vs QATAR
18-06-2013
 KOREA REPUBLIC  Vs I.R. IRAN 

Group :B

18-06-2013

 JORDAN  Vs OMAN 18-06-2013
 AUSTRALIA  Vs  IRAQ
Your favourite sports portal will bring live streaming of all the matches to you

AFC U-22 Asia Cup: ANFA Announces 23 Members Squad for AFC U-22 Asia Cup Qualifiers

All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has announced the final squad of Nepal National U-22 Team for the up-coming AFC U-22 group D qualifiers to be held in Kathmandu from June 16-June 24.

The final 23 - member squad was selected from 27 players. Head Coach, Krishna Thapa and assistant coach, Hari Khadka selected the players.
 Amrit Chaudhary (YHSC), Palsang Lama (YHSC), Ajit Bhandari (Boudha FC) and Asim Jung Karki (NRT) are axed from the squad. 

The Selected  players are:

GoalKeepers: Bikesh Kuthu(IMYA), Bishal Shrestha (LH MMC),  Dinesh Thapa Magar (Machindra FC)
 Defenders:  Sabindra Shrestha (LH MMC), Bikash Singh Chhetri (LH MMC), Rabin Shrestha (NPC), Deepak Bhusal,  Rabi Thapa (MTSC), Rohit Chand (HAL India)
 MidFielders: Shiva Shrestha (LH MMC), Roshan Lamichane (NRT), Prabin Karki(SJYC), Ganesh Khadka (YHSC), Rupesh KC (YHSC), Anil Ojha (MTSC), Amir Shrestha (LH MMC), Sushil KC (NRT), Bishal Rai B (Machindra FC), Jagjeet Shrestha(YHSC),   Sulav Maskey (LH MMC)
 Forwards:  Jangbu Sherpa (YHSC), Bharat Khawas, Sujal Shrestha (LH MMC)
 Nepal, Bangladesh, Yemen, Jordan and Uzbekistan are participating in the qualifiers from which top two teams will go  to the final round.Stay with anantasports to get all the updates of AFC U-22 Asia Cup Qualifiers Group D.

 

AFC U-22 Asia Cup 2013 Qualifiers : Complete Schedule and Fixture

Dear readers the AFC U-22 Asia cup will be held on 2013 and the Qualification for the final round of AFC U-22 Asia cup is about to beging after few days. Asian nations intrested to take part in the tournaments are grouped in seven different Groups and they will play qualifiers to be in the final round of AFC U-22 Asia cup.

The Group winner and runner up from each group will be selected for the final round while the best third team will also qualify from the Qualifiers and the organizer will automatically qualify for the final round.
 anantasports.com will bring all the exclusive updates of the AFC U-22 Asia cup Qualifiers and here is the complete Schedule and Fixture of the AFC U-22 Asia Cup Qualifiers

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World's tallest tower opens to visitors in Tokyo!! Want to see?

The world's tallest tower and Japan's biggest new landmark, the Tokyo Skytree, opened to the public on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Nearly 8,000 visitors were expected to take high-speed elevators up to the observation decks of the 634-meter (2,080-foot) tower to mark its opening. Some reportedly waited in line more than a week to get the coveted tickets for a panoramic view, though Tuesday ended up being cloudy in Tokyo.

Tokyo SkyTree World Tallest Tower

Skytree is recognized by Guinness World Records as the tallest tower, beating out the Canton Tower in China, which is 600 meters (1,968 1/2 feet). Guinness lists the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, at 828 meters (2,716 feet 6 inches), as the world's tallest building.

The world's tallest structure is Dubai's Burj Khalifa, which stands 828 meters (2,717 feet). That's in a different category because it's a skyscraper, not a tower.

The Skytree will serve as a broadcast tower for television and radio, along with being a tourist attraction. It replaces the 333-meter-tall (1,092 1/2-foot-tall) Tokyo Tower — a symbol of Japan's capital since 1958 — as the broadcast hub. Michihiko Katsuragi, 27, has watched construction of the tower since moving to the area in 2009, according to a report in the Mainichi Daily News.

"I felt like I was growing up at the same time," he was quoted as saying.

Kazutaka Hasegawa got in line on May 16 and was the first visitor to the Skytree on Tuesday, according to the Mainichi Daily News.

World Tallest tower Opens on May 22 2012 for Public

"As a resident of Sumida Ward, I feel a sense of satisfaction in being the first person to ascend the tower," Hasegawa was quoted as saying.

The Skytree has two observation decks, at 350 meters (1,148 feet) and at 450 meters (1,476 feet).

The upper deck can hold 900 people at a time and the lower deck 2,000, according to a report from the Japan Daily Press. Only 6,000 tickets to the decks will be sold daily and they are sold online through a lottery system, the report said

Burj Khalifa World Tallest Building 

.The Skytree complex, which also includes a shopping area, was expected to draw about 200,000 visitors on Tuesday, according to the Daily Press.

 In 2014, China is expected to complete the Shanghai Tower, which at 2,073 feet will be the country's tallest building, and the world's tallest after the Burj Dubai.

CAN announce 24 members preliminary squad for U-19 Asia Cup

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on Wednesday announced the preliminary squad for the ACC U-19 Asia Cup to be held in Malaysia later this year.

CAN has given chance to  all of the 14 members that played during the world cup qualifiers last year in Ireland in the list directly and added 10 new faces considering their performance in the recently concluded Wai Wai Under 19 National CricketTournament.

The closed camp training is scheduled to start from May 15 in Kathmandu.The team are as follows:

Prithu Baskota, Avinash Karn, Bhuwan Karki, Naresh Budhayer, Pradeep Airee, Rahul Vishawakarma, Rajesh Pulami Magar, Sagar Pun, Subash Khakurel, Subendu Pandey, Faizlur Rehman Khan, Rupesh Srivastav, Krishna Karki and Nischal Pandey have been called directly for the camp.

 While, Shiva Tandukar, Sushil Kandel, Prajesh Bahadur Singh, Gopal Singh, Binod Lama, Abhishek Jha, Hasim Ansari, Bijay Ghalan, Surendra Chand and Pawan Shrestha have been selected from the recently held U-19 national tournament in Kathmandu.

The ACC U-19 Asia Cup is scheduled to be held in Malaysia from June 23 to July 1 and features the test nations India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Other teams included are the top three finisher of the ACC U-19 Elite Cup 2011-Afghanistan, Nepal and Qatar. Malaysia will play the tournament as the host. Nepal have been placed with India Pakistan and Malaysia in ACC-19 Asia cup Cricket

Grouping of ACC U-19 asia Cup

GROUP A		GROUP B
Malaysia		Afghanistan
India		Bangladesh
Nepal		Qatar
Pakistan		Sri Lanka

India vs Pakistan Live Cricket TV - Asia Cup 2012 - Neo Cricket Streaming

Asia Cup 2012 Cricket match of India vs Pakistan is scheduled for 2012 Mar 18. India will play the Cricket Match against Pakistan at Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Bangladesh. Indian Cricket Team will be playing this Cricket Match with great hope against Pakistan on Sunday.


Match Start Time and Location
Date & Time: 2012 Mar 18 Sunday - 08:00 GMT | 13:30 India Standard Time (IST)
Venue: Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium 


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