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Fortunato Franco: Chuni Goswami is Indian football’s ‘Golden Boy’ forever!

The harshest truth has hit us hard – it is a shocker to know that Chuni Goswami is no more. Chuni and I played together for the Indian National Team for nine years. We were very close and shared so many secrets. But today as my friend has left me …

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XtraTime VIDEO: Football fraternity remember Chuni Goswami!

As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, Indian football legend Chuni Goswami is no more. The football fraternity in Arun Ghosh, Tulsidas Balaram, Shyam Thapa, Nitu Sarkar, Debashis Datta, Subrata Bhattacharya, Satyajit Chatterjee, Samram Banerjee, and IM Vijayan besides tennis player Joydeeep Mukherjee remember the legend!

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Chuni Goswami: 1962 Gold stays India’s biggest achievement till date!

Most label him as the most skilful Indian football player ever. The Captain of the triumphant Asian Games 1962 Gold Medal Winning squad, Subimal (Chuni) Goswami in a freewheeling interview speaks at length about the changes in Indian football while going nostalgic about India’s Gold Medal win in the 1962 …

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#FitWithIndianFootball campaign garners over 1.5 million impressions!

It was on April 2, 2020 that All India Football Federation had kicked off the #FitWithIndianFootball campaign in a bid to inspire and promote fitness amongst fans with the entire country locked down as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of the month, it has garnered …

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WION Sports Broadband Edition with Baichung Bhutia!

With COVID-19 pandemic continuing to keep everyone indoors, sporting action has witnessed an unprecedented halt with almost every tournament and leagues getting either cancelled or postponed. However, some of the countries are contemplating resuming sporting action, behind closed doors, with strict hygienic measures. Sporting bodies have already suffered huge losses …

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Was the AIFF right to cancel the remainder of the 2019/20 Indian football season?

The global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been having a effect on football around the world with Indian football not being an exception. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) defacto had to cut off the 2019/20 season over the weekend of March 14/15 with the Indian Super League final between ATK …

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SAI DG lauds AIFF for conducting online Coaching Refresher Course during COVID-19 pandemic!

Director-General of the Sports Authority of India (SAI), Sandip Pradhan lauded the joint initiative of the All India Football Federation and SAI to use the period of the country-wide lockdown to hold a 13-day Online Coaching Refresher Course. The course, which got underway on Monday, April 20, will see as …

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