Sana'a, Yemen – Insaf Mayo, a Yemeni Member of Parliament, has been appointed as the new head of the Yemeni Football Association's (YFA) election committee, the association announced on Wednesday. Mayo replaces Nabil Al-Faqih, who resigned last week citing concerns over the fairness ...
On November 18, 2024, a sports source warned that interference from the Houthi group, which is internationally classified as a terrorist organization, could lead to the suspension of football activities in Yemen by both FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation. The source, speaking to Barran P...
A sports source reported on November 16, 2024, that the Houthi movement, designated as a terrorist organization internationally, has barred candidates and several members of the General Assembly of the Yemeni Football Union from traveling through Sana'a International Airport. This comes just d...
A young Yemeni athlete died in a traffic accident in the Murkha al-Sufla district of Shabwah governorate (southeastern Yemen) on Saturday, September 14, 2024. Local sources told "Barran Press" that Salem Ali Latnab al-Nasi, a player for both the "Shabab Murkha" and "Al-...
The Yemeni national U-17 football team arrived in Amman, Jordan, on Saturday, August 31, 2024, to participate in the 11th edition of the West Asian Championship, which kicks off on Monday and runs until September 11th. According to the official Yemeni news agency Saba, the young team will compe...
Ibrahim Omar, goalkeeper for the Rashid football club, died on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, after a strong collision with a striker from the Ahli Al-Khoukha team during a match in the Western Coast football league in Yemen. Club sources reported that the incident occurred in the first half of the ...
Yemen's Under-19 national football team drew 1-1 with Kuwait in their final group-stage match at the West Asian Football Federation Championship in Taif, Saudi Arabia. The result dashed Yemen's hopes of securing a direct qualification to the semi-finals. Abdul Aziz Al-Masnoom ...
The Yemeni youth national team will face their first challenge in the Arab Homelands Tournament for West Asian Under-19 teams tomorrow, Wednesday, June 26th. The tournament, hosted by Taif, Saudi Arabia, will see the young Yemeni players take on their Saudi counterparts at 9 pm local time at King ...