Ever since taking charge of the Indian National Team on May 15, newly appointed Head Coach Igor Stimac has already identified a good future for Indian football spurred by youth development and robust progeny coming on the back of an inspiring performance in the AFC Asian Cup earlier this year. …

Isac Doru, the newly-appointed Technical Director, AIFF who has brought in loads of experiences of working alongside Arsene Wenger, said that India needs to work towards approaching a ‘synchronised’ football to reach to the next level in world football. The 57-year-old football brain, in his first-ever interaction with the Indian …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) conducted its inaugural Communications Mentorship programme – with the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) – the Continent’s first Member Association to benefit from the initiative. The mentorship programme, which was launched earlier this year, is part of the AFC’s commitment to provide its Member Associations …

The iSportconnect CRM & Ticketing Masterclass highlighted a growing convergence in the sports business that is already well underway. Speakers at the event underlined again and again that areas such as the management of data, and even ticketing, which might once have been viewed in silos, are overlapping, with “fan …

For the first time in its history, UEFA has launched a dedicated women’s football strategy. It commits UEFA to a five-year strategic framework with the aim of supporting, guiding and lifting both women’s football and the position of women in football across Europe. UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said: “Women’s football …

FC Bayern Munich and the Paulaner brewery have extended their longstanding partnership, with the two Munich institutions agreeing an early extension of the contract for another seven years. The team, the club officials and fans celebrated Bayern’s 29th German championship title at the Paulaner am Nockherberg brewery on Saturday. Around …

English Championship side Blackburn Rovers head coach Tony Mowbray hopes Aniket Jadhav’s time with the club will have provided him with the ‘building blocks’ for a future career. However, in saying so he even opined that there are some qualities that the players lacks. The 18-year-old Kolhapur-born lad, who plays …

The All India Football Federation organised a seminar for the Head of Referees (HOR) of various Member Associations in Gwalior from May 17-18, 2019 which was attended by 21 of the 29 HOR appointed by the respective member associations. The road map for the development of the referees and the …

Newly-appointed AIFF Technical Director Isac Doru met and interacted with the coaches of the national youth teams on Wednesday, May 22 in Goa, with India U-19 coach Floyd Pinto, U-16 coach Shuvendu Panda, U-15 coach Bibiano Fernandes and U-16 women’s team coach Alex Ambrose taking part in the workshop. Along …

In line with the conclusions of the feasibility study approved by the FIFA Council at its last meeting, FIFA and Qatar have jointly explored all possibilities to increase the number of participant teams from 32 to 48 teams by involving neighbouring countries at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. …