With the gyms being closed during the worldwide lockdown that has been enforced to keep the spread of the COVID-19 virus under check, the local players of Aizawl FC have taken to custom-made gym instruments, in order to maintain their fitness. While the situation in the north-eastern state has so …

Let’s rewind to 2014. In most of the then National Team Head Coach Wim Koevermans’ analytical sessions, there used to be one hand regularly going up for most of Koevermans’ dissections during the team meetings. It was from then that Clifford Miranda’s reading of the game caught everyone’s eye. Five …

Across the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought life to a standstill as people are required to stay at home in order to help control the spread of the virus. Chennai City FC stars Charles Anandraj and Sriram Boopathi urged people across the country to do the same, saying that …

Lallianzuala Chhangte, who hogged the limelight for scoring a brace on his Senior National Team debut against Nepal in the SAFF Suzuki Championship in 2015, revealed how skipper Sunil Chhetri’s words ‘pumped’ him up to ease the pressure on the landmark day of his football career. “I was a bit …

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 …

UEFA’s national associations approved the creation of a UEFA charitable foundation at the European body’s Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan in March 2014, and the UEFA Foundation for Children was launched in April 2015. Since then, a genuine success story has unfurled. Reaching out to one million children In five years, …

FC Bayern Munich fans can now get their hands on some very special face masks. Each one has been designed as a unique item in a campaign that has sustainability in mind. All the proceeds from the sales will go to ‘WeKickCorona’, an initiative set up by FCB players Joshua …

FIFA will release all operational funding due to member associations for the years 2019 and 2020 in the coming days as the first step of a relief plan to assist the football community impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This measure will mean that a total of around USD 150 million …

The DFB Presidential Board has elected to postpone the final of the German DFB-Pokal. The match was initially scheduled to take place on May 23 at Berlin’s Olympiastadion, and traditionally marks the end of the season in Germany. Given that all German leagues remain suspended due to the coronavirus crisis, …

The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) latest #BreakTheChain episode sends the message of unity and solidarity to communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and to those preparing for the Holy Month of Ramadan. Khaled Al Harban, the Bahrain Women’s team head coach, Vietnam’s Nguyen Minh Tri, who plays for the country’s …