The 2020 Durga Puja has been of a subdued manner with the streets no more playing hosts to throngs of crowds in the City of Joy. However, while the people of West Bengal celebrate the festivities from the safe confines of their homes, the football governing body of the state …
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the IFA (West Bengal) promoted itself and football legends Chuni Goswami and P.K. Banerjee in Kolkata during Durga Puja.
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He’s known as the ‘Black Pearl’ in Kerala. In Bengal, he was ‘Kalo Harin’ (black buck). From the 1980s to the early 2000s, Vijayan was the star of Indian football. Speaking to Malayala Manorama Chief of Bureau – Kochi, Antony John, Vijayan talks about his rise, his idols, contemporaries and …
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The Sports School Football Academy with Bengaluru FC provides aspiring footballers with world-class training to reach the next level. At The Sports School campus, they offer a Professional Football Coaching Program with experienced coaches licensed by AFC and AIFF, where the monitoring and evaluation of the student’s performance are done …
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Amidst all the debates over gender equality, a remote village of Mizoram, Champhai – some handshaking distance away from the Indo-Myanmar border is silently taking a firm stride forward towards establishing gender equality through Golden Baby Leagues. “We started the Golden Baby Leagues with mixed-gender matches and it had a …
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The Football Association of Odisha (FAO) will be conducting AIFF ‘C’, AIFF ‘D’ & AIFF ‘E’ license coaching courses in the month’s of January and February 2021. Interested candidates are asked by the FAO to register their name with the Football Association of Odisha. In order to register their name, …
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He’s known as the ‘Black Pearl’ in Kerala. In Bengal, he was ‘Kalo Harin’ (black buck). From the 1980s to the early 2000s, Vijayan was the star of Indian football. Speaking to Malayala Manorama Chief of Bureau (Kochi) Antony John, Vijayan talks about his rise, his idols, contemporaries and successors, …
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SPF’s very own Johnson Kanjirathingal picks his top 5 Indian coaches who are currently in the Indian footballing scene. The list includes Derrick Pereira (FC Goa), Khalid Jamil (NorthEast United FC), Thangboi Singto (Hyderabad FC), Pradhyum Reddy and Syed Sabir Pasha (Chennaiyin FC). Who would you have on your list?
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All India Football Federation president Praful Patel chaired the AIFF’s Executive Committee Meeting held via video conferencing on Thursday, October 22. Besides Senior Vice-President Subrata Dutta, AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, Vice-Presidents Manvendra Singh, Larsing Ming, KMI Mather and all other Executive Committee members attended the meeting. Leave of absence …
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In an exclusive interview with Malayala Manorama Chief of Bureau – Kochi, Antony John, Indian football legend I.M. Vijayan talks about his rise, his idols, contemporaries and successors, his acting career and more. This will be a three-part series where Vijayan traces his journey across Indian football, cinema and stardom. …
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