Yearly Archives: 2016

VIDEO – The Quint: Bent it Like Baba Ramdev in charity match between Politicians & Bollywood Celebs!

Baba Ramdev is back at it again, trying to break the internet with a different pose this time! As the Quint reports, he kicked-off a match, quite literally, between MPs and film stars on Sunday, July 24 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. This was done to promote …

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Champions Chennaiyin FC retaining Italian midfielder Manuele Blasi for ISL-3!

Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC today announced that they have retained experienced Italian central midfielder Manuele Blasi for the third season of the ISL. The former AS Roma, Juventus, Napoli and AC Fiorentina midfielder joined Chennaiyin FC in 2015 after the expiry of his contract at Italian Serie B …

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VIDEO – XtraTime: Durbar Sports Academy footballers ready for Dana Cup opener!

As XtraTime exclusively reports, the Durbar Sports Academy footballers will open their campaign in the Dana Cup against Elverum FB of Norway in the Hjorring at the No.28 ground today, July 26 at 7:30am local time (11am IST). The Durbar footballers trained on the artificial turf where the matches will …

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Aston Villa opens Academy in India, its owners from China eyes to buy ISL franchise!

Long time English Premier League side Aston Villa FC, who were relegated last season and will now play in the Championship have opened their first football academy outside England in New Delhi, India. Dr Tony Jiantong Xia the chairman, CEO and owner of Recon Group from China, over the summer …

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Calcutta Football League’s Premier Division ‘A’ to kick-off on Wednesday!

The Indian Football Association (West Bengal) has released the first fixtures list for the upcoming 2016 Calcutta Football League’s Premier Division ‘A’ which features city giants Mohun Bagan, defending champions East Bengal Club and Mohammedan Sporting Club besides Army XI, Aryan Club, Bhowanipore FC, George Telegraph SC, Peerless SC, Southern …

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VIDEO – XtraTime: Durbar Sports Academy footballers train ahead of Dana Cup!

As XtraTime exclusively reports, the Durbar Sports Academy footballers trained on artificial turf in Hjörring yesterday, July 24 where the matches of the Dana Cup will be played. They began with physical training session and had a meditation session under coach Biswajit Majumdar. They did some set piece and situation …

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