The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), under the AFC President’s Initiative, launched a mini artificial turf at the Nilphamari District Stadium on Sunday, January 7. The mini pitch was inaugurated by Asaduzzaman Noor, Minister for Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh together with Kazi Salahuddin, President of BFF and SAFF. Also present at …

The first batch of the AIFF D License Refresher Course for Instructors was conducted between December 28 to December 30 at the AIFF Training Centre in Goa. AIFF Technical Director, Savio Medeira and Head of Youth Development, Richard Hood conducted the course along with AFC Instructor Mariano Dias. A total …

Delhi Dynamos FC host Kerala Blasters FC in Indian Super League (ISL) 2017-18 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday. The Lions finally put an end to their miserable run of form as, after six consecutive defeats in this season, they left it late to snatch a point …

Chennai City and NEROCA FC played out a goalless stalemate at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore on Tuesday (January 9, 2018). Soundararajan opted to leave Chennai City’s leading goalscorer Jean-Micheal Joachim out of the starting lineup. Pradeep Mohanraj took the striker’s place in the starting lineup. Gift Raikhan made …

FIFA and the Local Organising Committee have announced that the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia Team Workshop will take place in Sochi on February 27/28. The 32 participating teams of the 2018 FIFA World Cup are invited to attend the workshop, which will cover various aspects of the competition …

Life for Jeakson Singh, India’s first goal scorer in a FIFA World Cup has been “exciting and full of pleasant surprises” in the ongoing I-League. As the midfielder still searches for his first goal in the I-League, the ante is higher than before with AIFF’s developmental side Indian Arrows searching …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) yesterday, January 8 signed a new agreement with sports data company Sportradar for an historic partnership in the field of integrity, specifically addressing match-fixing. Sportradar’s Intelligence and Investigation Services will now be engaged with the AFC from the 2018 and 2019 seasons to investigate those …

Churchill Brothers SC secured their first point of the I-League 2017-18 season by holding league leaders East Bengal to a 1-1 draw at the Tilak Maidan, Vasco on Monday evening. East Bengal took the lead through Jobby Justin (26′) before Koffi Mechac (75′) levelled things as they split the points. …

European football‘s governing body UEFA has launched a brand-new programme, UEFA ASSIST, to support other football confederations with knowledge-sharing, development and education opportunities. Promoting, protecting and developing football is one of UEFA’s central objectives, and to complement all the work done in Europe, UEFA has created a global programme which …

The Bahrain Football Association, in collaboration with the Asian Football Confederation, has successfully conducted an AFC ‘A’ Licence Certificate Coaching Course. Bahrain FA Board of Directors member Arif Almannai thanked the AFC for helping in the organising of the course. Almannai also conveyed his appreciation to the instructors for their …