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I-League qualifiers: When Football conquered a deadly Pandemic!

The Saltlake Stadium is well known around the world for providing an electric atmosphere to the ‘Beautiful game’. Having hosted innumerable Kolkata Derbies, the stadium has even played host to the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup final three years back. But even as Bhawanipore FC and FC Bengaluru United walked …

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COVID-19 measures high on Council’s agenda on eve of first online FIFA Congress!

The FIFA Council met by videoconference today to determine a number of issues related to measures helping football adapt to the global coronavirus situation. More specifically, the body ratified, as per standard practice, the decisions taken by the Bureau of the FIFA Council since the last Council meeting on June …

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Children across Europe help design the 2020 UEFA Super Cup match ball!

When FC Bayern Munich and Sevilla FC contest the 2020 UEFA Super Cup match on September 24 at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, they will use a football covered with 18 different childrens’ drawings. Children from across the continent were encouraged to submit drawings showing what football meant to them …

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CONCACAF raises awareness about Safeguarding of Children in Sports!

CONCACAF’s Safeguarding Children in Sports program has moved into higher gear with more initiatives to bring greater awareness and education across its Member Associations. On August 13, the Confederation hosted a Global Safeguarding Webinar jointly with the International Safeguarding Children in Sport Working Group, a UNICEF-led international initiative that provides …

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World Football Summit Report: COVID-19 challenges will remain in play until 2024!

Recovering from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will be a long and tough match for the football industry. Leading experts estimate that some of the challenges posed by this unprecedented health crisis will remain until 2024, although the worst will be over by 2022. In the meantime, new opportunities …

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PUMA & LaLiga presents Accelerate & Adrenalina official footballs for 2020/21 season!

Sports company PUMA and LaLiga today unveiled the official match footballs to be used for all LaLiga Santander and LaLiga SmartBank for the 2020/21 season. The football comes in two iterations; the Accelerate, which will be the primary ball for the season in traditional white, and the Adrenalina, in lemon …

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BBFS – Myth Busted: Sports & Education can go hand in hand!

Oftentimes, young athletes and aspiring sports persons are told that in order to succeed in being sportsmen or women at the forefront, they have to compromise in several aspects, like the kinds of food they eat, the late nights spent with friends, and – the highest price to pay of …

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Premier League kicks off 2020/21 season with Nike Flight Ball!

Nike has introduced the latest version of the Nike Flight ball, designed exclusively for the 2020/21 Premier League season, starting September 12. Nike Flight, a game-changing football, introduces improved aerodynamics through a revolutionary ball design. Incorporating Nike’s new AerowSculpt technology, the Nike Flight ball concludes an eight-year investigation into improving …

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