HONG KONG—Asian Football Confederation president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has called for patience to overcome the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic as the region’s governing body renegotiates its existing and future commercial contracts.
In his keynote address during the organization’s congress, which was held online, Shaikh Salman made the request to his confederation’s members and said the body will be in a stronger position next year.
“As now we have come to the end of 2020, there are difficult decisions still to be made,” said the Bahraini, who has been AFC president since 2013.
“There is still so much financial instability due to COVID-19 and we are work…
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