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AIFF condoles untimely demise of Carlton Chapman!

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) condoles the untimely demise of former Indian Senior National Team captain Carlton Chapman, who breathed his last on Monday, October 12 morning. He was 49. Under his captaincy, the Blue Tigers went on to win the SAFF Championship trophy in Kathmandu, Nepal in 1997. …

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VIDEO: After 2-years, J-K authorities restart grassroots football camp!

After a lull of almost two years, the authorities of Jammu and Kashmir organised a grassroots football camp in Srinagar in which players are taking part under the guidance of renowned coaches and trainers. All sports activities, including football were hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Energetic youth joined the camp …

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LaLiga Football School launches club series for young Indian aspirants!

Spain’s top division football league on Friday, October 9 announced the launch of the LaLiga club series programme to their football school curriculum in India in association with India On Track (IOT). Students of LaLiga Football Schools will get an opportunity to understand the technical and institutional session with experts …

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XtraTime VIDEO: Kolkata Metro station named after IFA (West Bengal)!

In what is a historic first in the spectrum of Indian sports, the metro station adjacent to the Saltlake Stadium in Kolkata has been named as the ‘Indian Football Association (IFA) Salt Lake Stadium’, making it the first-ever in the history of any affiliated sports association in the country. Read …

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Bikash Yumnam is first Indian footballer to feature in The Guardian’s Next Generation 2020!

Bikash Yumnam is the first and only Indian player to get featured in The Guardian’s Next Generation 2020: 60 of the best young talents in world football. Bikash, the teenage talented central defender is encapsulating the “if you’re good enough, you’re old enough” mantra and gradually becoming the household name …

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Three India junior players participate in eGoal Social Responsibility Programme!

Three players from the Indian junior national teams are participating in the ‘eGoal – Virtual Social Responsibility Programme’ organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in partnership with Aurora, which kicked off on Monday, October 5 and consists of a total of nine sessions conducted over three weeks – concluding …

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Rebels FC to hold senior Women’s team trials!

Bangalore-based Rebels FC are set to hold open trials for their senior women’s team on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. Rebel FC Women trials are for their senior women’s team, who are set to play in the Bangalore Women’s Super Division/Bangalore Women’s ‘A’ Division. The trials would be held at the …

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Classroom sessions for AIFF Masters kick-off at Football House!

The launch of the AIFF motto ‘Indian Football Forward Together,’ on Monday, October 5 also saw the AIFF Masters classroom sessions kicking-off at the Football House in the Capital. 25 students are part of the inaugural course which is the first-ever sports management course to have been organised by any …

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England’s Dawn Scott: We need to break the taboo, have comfortable conversations around menstruation!

“Women are not men and cannot be trained the same!” Modern day sport is all about fine margins. Athletes push their bodies to the limits while diligently adapting minute changes to their lifestyles in the quest to reach the very top of the pyramid. One person, keenly aware of the …

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