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Chuni Goswami: 1962 Gold stays India’s biggest achievement till date!

Most label him as the most skilful Indian football player ever. The Captain of the triumphant Asian Games 1962 Gold Medal Winning squad, Subimal (Chuni) Goswami in a freewheeling interview speaks at length about the changes in Indian football while going nostalgic about India’s Gold Medal win in the 1962 …

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#FitWithIndianFootball campaign garners over 1.5 million impressions!

It was on April 2, 2020 that All India Football Federation had kicked off the #FitWithIndianFootball campaign in a bid to inspire and promote fitness amongst fans with the entire country locked down as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of the month, it has garnered …

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Was the AIFF right to cancel the remainder of the 2019/20 Indian football season?

The global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been having a effect on football around the world with Indian football not being an exception. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) defacto had to cut off the 2019/20 season over the weekend of March 14/15 with the Indian Super League final between ATK …

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SAI DG lauds AIFF for conducting online Coaching Refresher Course during COVID-19 pandemic!

Director-General of the Sports Authority of India (SAI), Sandip Pradhan lauded the joint initiative of the All India Football Federation and SAI to use the period of the country-wide lockdown to hold a 13-day Online Coaching Refresher Course. The course, which got underway on Monday, April 20, will see as …

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Referees ‘toil harder’ to ‘get faster despite growing older’!

At a time when the entire football fraternity has been facing a severe never-seen-before precarious situation due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it has been “challenging” for the referees to keep themselves up and going during this period. “It has really been challenging for us to keep ourselves fit during …

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AIFF Executive Committee approves recommendations of League Committee!

The Executive Committee of the All India Football Federation perused the detailed note containing recommendations and deliberations by the League Committee as recorded after their meeting on April 18, 2020. The League Committee had detailed out various issues pertaining to League matters for the season 2019-20 in light of the …

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League Committee sends its recommendations to the AIFF Executive Committee!

Subrata Dutta, Senior Vice President, All India Football Federation and Chairman, League Committee chaired AIFF League Committee Meeting held via video conferencing today, April 18 from 4 pm onwards. Besides Subrata Dutta, Chairman of the League Committee and AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das and League CEO Sunando Dhar, Lalnginglova Hmar, …

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Can the AIFF complete the 2019/20 Indian football season or not?

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) and Indian football are as affected by the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as most of the federations, leagues and competitions around the world. While the 2019/20 Indian Super League could finish its competition with ATK lifting the ISL-6 title in a final without spectators …

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420 Grams S02E29: India Football Status Report: Big Questions, No Dialogue!

The latest football event to be cancelled was the 2020 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup. The tournament was to be held in India in November 2020. All football in the country is on hold with no evidence of direction or even dialogue between everyone in the system. Reports indicate the …

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