A total of 33 match officials, made of 17 referees and 16 assistant referees are set to undergo a preparatory course from October 11-15, 2020 in Cairo, Egypt, ahead of the resumption of the Interclubs competitions. The five-day course is to gauge the readiness of the match officials for the …

The AFC Champions League (East) is to be played in Doha, Qatar after an agreement was reached today, October 9 between the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Qatar Football Association (QFA). The AFC Champions League (East), which will be played between November 18 and December 13, 2020, follows the …

Global sports brand PUMA has collaborated with English Premier League side Manchester City to host a special ‘Design a Kit’ competition. Seeing their personal football-star in a Jersey they have designed, must be a dream for every football fan! Global sports company PUMA teamed up with Manchester City to give …

On Thursday, October 8, 2020, 17-year-old defender Bikash Yumnam was named in the Guardian’s prestigious NextGen 2020 list, which features 60 of the best young talents in world football born in 2003. He became the first Indian to feature in the annual publication and according to Venkatesh Shanmugam, under whom …

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 …

The Germany U-21 management team have been informed of a positive result of a Covid-19 test of an unnamed U-21 player. The tests took place ahead of the Euro U-21 qualification match against Moldova. The rest of the players and staff members returned negative results to the test, which was …

LaLiga and Liga Portugal have extended the 2017 ‘memorandum of understanding’ (MoU) for a period of another three years, which will maintain the association between both competitions until July 2023. LaLiga president Javier Tebas and Liga Portugal president Pedro Proença signed the agreement this morning at the LaLiga offices in …

Bikash Yumnam is the first and only Indian player to get featured in The Guardian’s Next Generation 2020: 60 of the best young talents in world football. Bikash, the teenage talented central defender is encapsulating the “if you’re good enough, you’re old enough” mantra and gradually becoming the household name …

Morocco legend Mohamed Timoumi and Egyptian Moamen Zakaria have been named ambassadors for the CAF Champions League 2019/20 final, scheduled for November 6, 2020. The appointment of the duo is in recognition of their achievements and contribution to the development of the game across the continent. It will be the …

UEFA’s ambitious overall strategy for European football is already proving its worth at various levels – UEFA Direct highlights the strategy’s key results and achievements in the year since its launch. Since its launch in February 2019, the five-year UEFA strategy Together for the Future of Football has tackled a …