Global sports brand PUMA and LALIGA present the ORBITA YELLOW BALL, a high-visibility ball designed specifically for LALIGA EA SPORTS and LALIGA HYPERMOTION matches played from 20 November 2023 to 27 April 2024. PUMA has designed a powerful campaign to launch the ball, starring PUMA athletes Antoine Griezmann, Jan Oblak, …
Read More »CONMEBOL announces host venues for opening & final matches of CONMEBOL Copa America 2024!
CONMEBOL announced today the host venues for the opening and final matches of the world’s most exciting and oldest national team tournament, the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024. The tournament will be held in the United States from Thursday, June 20 to Sunday, July 14, 2024. The opening match, scheduled for …
Read More »India’s Blue Tigers’ Qatar test of consistency on Kalinga green turf!
Bhubaneswar is in total football mode at the moment. Passing by the Kalinga Stadium for their gym session, the Blue Tigers were elated to see a huge queue of people waiting to buy tickets at the box office. The Intercontinental Cup triumph in June, which was India’s first international tournament …
Read More »2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup cast set for Final Draw!
Battle lines will be drawn for the AFC U23 Asian Cup™ Qatar 2024 when the official Final Draw ceremony takes place this Thursday at 12pm local time at the Al Bustan Ballroom of the Wyndham Doha West Bay in Doha, Qatar. The top 16 Under-23 teams in Asia will vie …
Read More »FIFA’s Arsene Wenger: Indian Football is a gold mine waiting to be explored!
Arsene Wenger, the Chief of Global Football Development, FIFA and a reputed coach, visited the Football House on Monday, November 20, 2023, and had an interaction with the heads of a select group of football academies from across the country. Mr. Wenger also had a long and fruitful discussion with …
Read More »India’s Gurpreet Singh Sandhu: The canopy in the 2019 Qatar desert storm!
The Blue Tigers were off to the perfect start possible in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers with victory in Kuwait. Back at home on Bhubaneswar soil where Stimac and his boys lifted the Intercontinental Cup just five months ago, times will get more testing as India welcome Asian champions …
Read More »Sreenidi Deccan FC toy with TRAU in a five-star performance!
Sreenidi Deccan FC are back to winning ways in the 2023-24 I-League with an emphatic 5-0 victory against TRAU FC in their away match at the Kalyani Municipal Stadium on Sunday, November 19. Jagdeep Singh hit a brace while Gurmukh Singh, Lalromawia and David Castanada Munoz all got their names …
Read More »OFC Social Responsibility team attends first FIFA Safeguarding Summit in Zurich!
FIFA’s inaugural Safeguarding Summit was held at the Home of FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland at the end of last month, with OFC’s Head of Social Responsibility and OFC’s Legacy Manager joining alongside 200 attendees. Safeguarding Officers from across FIFA’s Member Associations and Confederations, experts and representatives were present at the …
Read More »India’s Igor Stimac: A positive result against Qatar not unfeasible!
Four years ago, on a warm September night, in a 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers outing against Qatar, a gritty India survived a wave of attacks to hold the powerhouse of Asian football to a goalless draw in Doha. The man who guided India from the sidelines was Head Coach …
Read More »UEFA Playmakers – Four more years of football magic!
UEFA Playmakers Inspired by Disney will continue to kick-start a love of football in girls, thanks to a four-year extension of the programme to 2027. 73,000 girls aged 5-8 from across Europe have already experienced UEFA Playmakers, giving them their first taste of playing football, with a sprinkle of Disney …
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