An American human rights group is lobbying FIFA to bar the president of the Asian Football Confederation from running for president of the global soccer body in February, even before he has submitted his candidacy. The Guardian reported Tuesday that Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain sent a letter to acting FIFA president Issa Hayatouto to preempt the candidacy of Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa Read more [...]

But Platini was handed a lifeline yesterday when the chairman of Fifa’s ad-hoc electoral committee, Domenico Scala, confirmed his 90-day provisional suspension would not automatically rule him out of standing at the presidential election on February 26. Yesterday’s developments plunged the game’s governing body into fresh turmoil as it attempted to respond to the crisis of Blatter and Platini’s suspensions by accelerating its reform process at an extraordinary executive committee meeting Read more [...]

Manama, Oct. 20 (BNA): Bahrain is set to host Bahrain International Property Exhibition (BIPEX) 2015 at Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre from November 5 to 7. The event will be patronised by Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa. It is expected to attract major real estate and contracting companies from the region and the whole world. The exhibition is organised Read more [...]