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And then there were four! The 77th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy is down to the semifinals, where Services, Mizoram, Manipur, and Goa will fight it out for a spot in the final at the Golden Jubilee Stadium, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Services will take on Mizoram in …

The final quarterfinal proved to be a contest of an extended night as Mizoram showed seven-time champions Kerala the exit door with a 7-6 verdict in the sudden death penalty shootout. The regulation time, followed by the 30 minutes of extra time proved futile as neither team could score. A …

Former champions Manipur gave a powerful display to score a resounding 7-1 victory over Assam in the third quarterfinal of the Santosh Trophy at the Golden Jubilee Stadium, in Itanagar, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Manipur surged to a 4-0 lead within 20 minutes, thus virtually eliminating any chances of …

Goa booked their spot in the Santosh Trophy semifinals, by defeating Delhi on Monday, March 4, 2024 at the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Itanagar. Goa have qualified to the last four for the first time in seven years. In an even contest on a cool evening at the Golden Jubilee …

The All India Football Federation’s Beach Soccer Committee held a meeting via video conferencing on Monday, March 4, 2024. The meeting was chaired by Ganapati Palguna, and attended by Acting Secretary General M. Satyanarayan, Deputy Chairperson Jignesh Patil, and members S. Dhanasegar, K. Nizamuddin, Sanjay Meshack, and Mr. Upen Patel. …

Six-time winners Services put up a commanding display in the first quarterfinal of the 77th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy when they defeated Railways 2-0 at the Golden Jubilee Stadium on Monday, March 4, 2024. Both goals came in the first half. Forced to play second fiddle for most …

The All India Football Federation’s Infrastructure Committee met via video conferencing on Monday, March 4, 2024, to discuss the way forward for the various facilities of the Federation across the country. The meeting was chaired by Deepak Sharma, and in attendance, were AIFF Acting Secretary General M. Satyanarayan, Deputy Chairperson …

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Sunday terminated the services of its principal legal advisor Nilanjan Bhattacharjee after he made serious “corruption allegations” against president Kalyan Chaubey, who had termed them “baseless”. In a letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, Nilanjan said Chaubey worked out “corruption …

The 77th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy is at its business end, as we enter the knockout stage, which begins on Monday, March 4, 2024, at the Golden Jubilee Stadium, in Itanagar. Out of the 37 teams that started the competition, we are now down to the last eight …