With no sport on the horizon, administrators seem to have all the time in the world to play politics. Over the past few weeks we have seen power struggles in the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), tussles between the BCCI and the ICC, doping violations and the derecognition of 54 National …
Read More »
The Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS), India’s first and only Fantasy Sports self-regulatory industry body, revealed that the Indian Fantasy Sports platforms witnessed participation from over 5 million Indian sports fans between April and June 2020. In the same period, Fantasy Sports (FS) companies introduced new sports like baseball, …
Read More »
XtraTime on World Sports Journalist Day reports on the sad story of renowned sports statistician Hariprasad Chattopadhyay in Kolkata, who has been robbed of his flat by a promoter despite the house being ready and other tenents moving in. I hope the authorities come forward and support Harida!
Read More »
A special AIFC WebTalk with Raymond Domenech, former France National Team Coach who has 17 years of experience coaching both the senior and youth teams. A Q&A session moderated by AIFC Director Dinesh Nair saw Raymond opening up, sharing his experience with honesty and humility. An enriching and fun session …
Read More »
As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the IFA (West Bengal) met on Monday, June 29 with former players and club officials to discuss on how to develop local Bengali talent. One of the ideas was to enable young Bengali players from the districts to play in the Calcutta Football League, offer …
Read More »
Shanivi Sadana of Sportskeeda did an exclusive interview with Indian Football legend I.M. Vijayan about his football career, acting, his own biopic and much more…
Read More »
As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the IFA (West Bengal) met on Monday, June 29 with former players and decided to set up a striker academy in the state. India legend Tulsidas Balaram will be the head of the academy with a number of former Bengal strikers as coaches. The aim …
Read More »
EastMojo Editor-in-Chief Karma Paljor in an extended interview with former India football captain Bhaichung Bhutia speaks to him about football and the Hamro Sikkim Party, which he has founded.
Read More »
Indranil Basu of Sportskeeda did an exclusive interview with former Indian Football captain Baichung Bhutia about football, lockdown and much more…
Read More »
As XtraTime reports, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the sports ministry to recall the order granting provisional renewal of recognition till September 30 to 54 NSFs (National Sports Bodies). This is a yearly ritual, which makes the NSFs eligible for government grants and assistance for training and competition. …
Read More »
Arunava about Football A look at football & the world through my eyes!