The AIFF has announced to the state associations the venues and dates for the zonal rounds of the National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy 2018/19. As has become norm over the last few seasons, India has been divided into five zones – North, South, East, West and North-East with the …
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A massive stir has been created on social media and amongst I-League clubs after Star Sports announced that 30 of the remaining 2018/19 season I-League matches would not be broadcast. This means that in this season, the 2018/19 I-League, a total of 80 out of 110 matches are to be …
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The All India Football Federation (AIFF) continues to receive enthusiastic response from potential Baby League Operators from across the country. AIFF has received applications to organise around 520 (five hundred and twenty) different age category leagues across India from various league operators. These applicants include private individuals, schools, stand alone …
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The India’s football team has made the FIFA’s top 100, the ‘Blue Tigers’ have passed the Faroe Islands to become the world’s 97th strongest football nation. Really? Should a country of 1.3 billion be competing with a nation the size of an Indian village? The AFC Asian Cup 2019 can …
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Ahead of the Indian National Team’s participation in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the AIFF president Praful Patel termed India’s fourth participation in the AFC Asian Cup as a “precursor to India’s goal to achieve a berth in the FIFA World Cup by 2026.”
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All India Football Federation president Praful Patel chaired AIFF’s Annual General Body Meeting which was held at the AIFF Headquarters, Football House, Dwarka in New Delhi on Thursday, December 20, 2018. Besides Mr. Patel, AIFF general secretary Kushal Das, vice-presidents Subrata Dutta, K.M.I. Mather, Subhash Chopa, Manvendra Singh; AIFF executive …
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India is at an interesting stage when it comes to the football market, which is ever-growing in the country. While we see the glitz and glamour of the top divisions, overall development of football comes down to how the game is built from ground-up. All India Football Federation (AIFF) Acting …
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The All India Football Federation League Committee met at the AIFF Headquarters in New Delhi today, December 7, 2018. Subrata Datta, Senior Vice-President chaired the meeting while Souter Vaz, B.K. Roka and Chirag Tanna, attended the meeting. Kushal Das, AIFF General Secretary and I-League CEO Sunando Dhar were also present …
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The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has announced the publication of the New Academy Accreditation Rules & Regulations for the 2019/20 season. The application window for the same has opened from December 7, 2018. The Academy Accreditation portal for application can be found at – http://www.administrator.the-aiff.com/ , which will remain …
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The 2018 edition of the India Football Forum is set to be held on Friday, November 30 at the Novotel Mumbai from 10am to 6pm. I will be co-hosting the India Football Forum 2018 alongside SportzPower’s Thomas Abraham tomorrow. The title this years India Football Forum is ‘The Elephant is …
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