The IFA (Indian Football Association) today, February 25 decided not to stage the 2020/21 Calcutta Football League. This decision was taken at a meeting of the IFA officials. The Calcutta Football League, which was supposed to be held in August 2020 got constantly delayed due to the outbreak of the …
Read More »Villans Together podcast: Interview with Arunava Chaudhuri!
The Aston Villa fan group Villans Together caught-up with me, Arunava Chaudhuri, online to speak about Indian football in a recent video chat. I had a great time to speak with Nilesh Chauhan and Shaiby Ahmed. For more about Villans Together go to: http://villanstogether.co.uk/ ! Check out our VT – …
Read More »Shivasakthi on song as Bengaluru FC Colts regain top spot!
Bengaluru FC returned to winning ways with a 3-0 defeat of Bangalore Independents FC at the Bangalore Football Stadium on Monday, February 23. Striker Shivasakthi’s first-half hattrick proved the difference as Sandesh Bhoite’s side regained their spot at the summit in the BDFA Super Division standings. The Blues Colts dominated …
Read More »XtraTime VIDEO: IFA secretary visits Tulsidas Balaram!
As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the IFA secretary Joydeep Mukherjee visited Indian football legend Tulsidas Balaram to check on him and inform him about the work the IFA is doing, also presenting him with a 2021 IFA calendar.
Read More »AIFF to conduct e-Football Challenge to select Indian team for FIFAe Nations Series!
As Indian football continues to move forward together, a new milestone is set to be achieved as India is set to join the FIFAe Nations Series 2021, which is FIFA’s flagship tournament for Member Associations and is contested by eNational Teams using the EA Sports FIFA 21 game. An Indian …
Read More »Minerva Academy FC lift Pundrik Football Tournament trophy in Haryana!
Minerva Academy FC lifted the Pundrik Football Tournament trophy in Haryana after beating Gurdaspur FC in the final. Minerva Academy FC played their first match on February 18, where they beat Khaoak Jotha FC by a 3-0 margin. Jayanada Singh scored a long range right footer to take the lead …
Read More »420 Grams: Indian Football’s emerging transfer market & what it means!
Arjun Pandit, Jaydeep Basu and Siddhanth Aney are back in studio, after over a year, where they continue to explore emerging trends in Indian football. In this episode the focus is on some of the big transfers of the season, what this new transfer market means and what impact it …
Read More »Soccerex Connected: Developing Footballers In The Developing World (USA, Africa & India)!
It is a common route for players from the developing world to have to leave their homelands and families at a young age to travel to Europe to have a chance to join a top club. But why? Soccerex Connected will look at the best way to develop talent in …
Read More »Romeo Fernandes scores on comeback for FC Goa Dev Team!
The FC Goa Developmental team fought their way to a third successive win in this season’s Goa Pro League yesterday at the Duler Stadium thanks to goals from Romeo Fernandes and Kapil Hoble. Despite a valiant display from Velsao SSC, especially on the wings, the young Gaurs stayed true to …
Read More »AIFF condoles the demise of former ExCo member SR Dev!
The All India Football Federation condoles the death of S.R. Dev, former AIFF Executive Committee Member, and ex-Chairman of AIFF Referees Board Chairman. A longstanding administrator in Indian Football, Mr. Dev also served as the AIFF Technical Director for the 1982 Asian Games, as the Chairman of the AIFF Referees …
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