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As Parallel Sports reports, former India goalkeeper Prashant Dora has been battling a rare disease for months and he urgently requires O+ blood!
Read More »Parallel Sports: Former India keeper Prasanta Dora battling rare disease, requires O+ blood!
Dates for 2023 AFC Asian Cup in China confirmed!
The upcoming edition of Asia’s flagship national team competition, the 2023 AFC Asian Cup – China, will take place from June 16 to July 16, 2023, across ten cities after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) confirmed the decision today. The 18th edition of the …
Read More »Indian Football on the Rise!
Did you know that India qualified for the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil? Indian football is experiencing a resurgence which has made Indian football fans very excited. The history of Indian football is longer than many people know. Mohun Bagan is the oldest club, having been established in the 1890s. Since …
Read More »Parallel Sports: AIFF GS Kushal Das thinks India will play away in March 2021!
Parallel Sports caught-up with AIFF general secretary Kushal Das to find out where Team India could play their upcoming joint 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in March 2021. Kushal Das informed that he thinks given the ongoing pandemic that the remaining qualification matches would be played at …
Read More »Voting open for fans to choose their India Blue Tigers Team of the Decade!
As the year 2020 draws to a close, Indian football fans have the opportunity to choose their ‘Blue Tigers Team of the Decade’ from a galaxy of stars who have represented the Senior National Team and won many laurels for the nation in the last 10 years. This will be …
Read More »Dangmei Grace: Background in athletics has helped me grow as a winger!
Indian Women’s National Team star Dangmei Grace may have made a name for herself by leaving a number of flat-footed defenders in her wake, but the 24-year-old has her sporting roots not in the beautiful game, but in track and field events — more specifically, short-distance races. Speaking to AIFF …
Read More »XtraTime VIDEO: Indian Football Olympian Nikhil Nandy no more!
As XtraTime reports, former Indian Football Olympian Nikhil Nandy breathed his last breath in Kolkata on Tuesday, December 29, 2020. Nikhil Nandy’s former team mate Tulsidas Balaram spoke about him to XtraTime!
Read More »AIFF condoles the demise of Indian Olympian Nikhil Nandy!
The All India Football Federation condoles the demise of former Blue Tigers’ Olympian Nikhil Nandy, who breathed his last breath on Tuesday, December 29, 2020. The half-back of yesteryears was most famously a part of the Indian squad that finished fourth in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. He was also a …
Read More »SAFF ExCo meets vitually, 2021 SAFF Cup in Bangladesh!
The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) held its Executive Committee meeting on Monday, December 28 virtually to plan for the year 2021 and take other decisions. SAFF president Kazi Salahuddin presided over the meeting with SAFF general secretary Anwarul Huq and members in attendance. Amongst the decisions taken was that …
Read More »India National Team icons hail Manipur’s sporting culture!
In a candid conversation on AIFF TV on Sunday, December 27, Indian women’s national team winger Dangmei Grace, who hails from Bishnupur in Manipur, spoke about the sporting culture in her home state and how sports is “in the blood” of all Manipuris. “Our inclination towards sports comes from our …
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