EAST BENGAL the REAL POWER (EBRP), a fan forum of Indian Football giant East Bengal Club, vows to keep the torch blazing against the COVID-19 Monster. It has been more than two months since the world started reeling against the onslaught of the Coronavirus and India announced full lockdown from …
Read More »420 Grams S02E31: Football on the Margins & a Migrant Story that Fuelled Kolkata Derby!
On the occasion of BR Ambedkar’s birth anniversary the 420grams crew reflects on the hypocrisy prevalent in Indian society and how it has left a blot even in sport. It all begins with the obsession with cult of personality without embracing the philosophies that made these men – India’s sporting …
Read More »Covid-19 will drive us closer to the Core of Sports!
Core, as a noun, is defined as the central, innermost or most essential part of anything. Humankind throughout the ages has a proclivity to rush towards its very nucleus in times of crises and fear. In physical terms, the city centre or town hall would be the place of congregation …
Read More »XtraTime VIDEO: Exercises with Abhijit Mondal #2!
XtraTime today brings a special feature with former goalkeeper Abhijit Mondal and his exercise routine during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic enforced lockdown.
Read More »SAI-AIFF join hands to launch an online Coaching Programme during lockdown!
Realising that it’s impossible to conduct a centralised coaching course under current circumstances with the country having being locked down in wake of the Covid19 pandemic, All India Football Federation (AIFF) in collaboration with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has arranged for an Online Coach Education Programme, that gets …
Read More »XtraTime VIDEO: Exercises with Abhijit Mondal!
XtraTime today brings a special feature with former goalkeeper Abhijit Mondal and his exercise routine during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic enforced lockdown.
Read More »IWL winning coach Priya PV turns volunteer to help amidst COVID-19 pandemic!
Indian Women’s League-winning coach Priya PV of Gokulam Kerala FC has joined hands with other athletes and social workers to contribute to a helpline centre that aims at getting essential medical and food supplies to the people during the COVID-19 lockdown, in Kannur, Kerala. Along with Priya PV, Jamshedpur FC …
Read More »XtraTime VIDEO: Bengali New Year on Kolkata Maidan during lockdown!
As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, it was a different kind of Bengali New Year with lockdown in place across India. And the traditional Bar Puja on the Kolkata Maidan’s didn’t happen due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Read More »Indian Coaches introspect improvements digitally amidst lockdown!
In an effort to reflect on the methodologies applied in its coaching courses and chart out further improvements, All India Football Federation has conducted three online seminars even as India stays locked down in wake of Covid-19 pandemic. 14 instructors from all over the country attended the online seminars conducted …
Read More »XtraTime VIDEO: Footballers support society in lockdown!
As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, numerous current and former footballers in Priyant Singh, Abhishek Das, Alvito D’Cunha, Dipankar Roy, and Jayanta Sen have come forward to support their local communities during the Coronavirus lockdown.
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