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Chris Dhambarage
Jaswar Umar (Pic by Herbert Perera)
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President of Sri Lanka Football (SLF) Jaswar Umar was elected to the Executive Committee of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) at the 2022 Ordinary Congress held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Umar was unopposed to this position and he will function as the SAFF’s representative for the AFC Executive Committee until 2023. Umar has been instrumental in getting vast international support from several countries after being elected as President of SLF last year. He has made innovative changes to the game in Sri Lanka in the last few months which brought back new hope to Sri Lankan football. His appointment to the Asian Football Body is expected to bring additional support to build stadiums and develop football in the villages.
Umar was accompanied by Ranjith Rodrigo, Vice-President of SLF and Upali Hewage, Secretary General of SLF to the Congress. Umar also reassured SLF’s commitment to host the SAFF Under-17 Football Championship in Colombo from September 5 to 16, 2022.
Meanwhile, former Bangladesh footballer Kazi Md. Salahuddin was elected unopposed as the President of the SAFF for another term until 2026.
Monday, July 4, 2022 – 01:00
