The All India Football Federation condoles the death of M. Mohanraj, Governing Board member of the Karnataka State Football Association, and also a Vice President of the Karnataka Olympic Association, who passed away earlier today, May 17. He was 89. Having represented state and university teams, Mohanraj also had an …
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All India Football Federation president Praful Patel felt all players should “take inspiration” from Bala Devi who is currently on a professional contract with Glasgow Rangers, the first Indian woman footballer to do so. Interacting with National Team players across all age-groups in a video conference on Friday, May 15, …
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All India Football Federation president Praful Patel joined National Team players across all age-groups today, May 15 via a video conference to get a feel of their well-being during the lockdown phase. National Men’s Team players including captain Sunil Chhetri, Sandesh Jhingan, Anirudh Thapa and Amrinder Singh were in attendance …
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All India Football Federation president Praful Patel chaired AIFF’s Executive Committee Meeting held via video conferencing today, May 13. Besides Senior Vice President Subrata Dutta, AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, Vice Presidents Manvendra Singh, Larsing Ming, KMI Mather, Subhash Chopra, and AIFF Treasurer ZA Thakur – all other Executive Committee …
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Following a thorough assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent recommendations made by the FIFA-Confederations COVID-19 Working Group, the Bureau of the FIFA Council has taken the decision to confirm the following proposed new tournament dates, subject to further monitoring: FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India …
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The discussion on the inclusion of footballers of Indian origin is a more than two decades long one and it has been always a controversial one. I have always supported the cause of OCIs/PIOs in Team India and within Indian football, and I recall starting the topic 21 years ago …
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The All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) technical committee held discussions on May 8 on various issues pertaining to the technical advancement of the sport in India. One of the central themes was whether or not to reduce the number of foreign players clubs in India are allowed to register in …
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The All India Football Federation president Praful Patel joined all National Team coaches via a video conference to understand the sustainability of development of various age groups during the lockdown phase, and also their well-being. Igor Stimac, Shanmugam Venkatesh, Thomas Dennerby, Maymol Rocky, Bibiano Fernandes, Shuvendu Panda were in attendance …
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The All India Football Federation’s Technical Committee under the chairmanship of Shyam Thapa met today, May 8 via a video conference. Besides Mr. Thapa, all other members including Deputy Chairman Henry Menezes, Prasanta Banerjee, Ganapati Palguna, Pradip Kumar Datta, Ishfaq Ahmed and Sundar Raman, and Abhishek Yadav attended the meeting …
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In continuation to the online educational initiatives taken for various stakeholders of Indian Football, on request from Gujarat State Football Association (GSFA), AIFF will be organising dedicated online sessions for GSFA on Grassroots Football, Coaches Education, Golden Baby Leagues, Futsal, Academy Accreditation, Youth Leagues, Sub-Junior and Junior Championships. The sessions …
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