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Baichung Bhutia to consider in future running for AIFF president post!

Indian football legend and long-time India captain Baichung Bhutia in a social media interaction mentioned that he would consider running for the AIFF top post as president. While answering questions on Facebook, Baichung said, “That is definitely something to be considered in future.” “At the moment I am focussing on …

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Former VfL Bochum coach Robin Dutt waives salary payment in Corona pandemic!

Former VfL Bochum coach of Indian origin Robin Dutt has come up with a noble gesture as he has asked his former employers to waive pending salary payments in times of the global Coronavirus pandemic. “We got a positive signal from him,” said the Chairman of the VfL Bochum supervisory …

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AIFF’s Praful Patel: Working to choose earliest possible timeline for FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup!

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel stated that the AIFF is working in “close collaboration” with FIFA to choose the “earliest possible timeline” for hosting the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. The AIFF President’s tweeted from his official Twitter account: “I am happy to share that we …

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420 Grams S02E30: All the Juice from one of India’s celebrated young football coaches!

Floyd Pinto has taken his passion for football from Mumbai’s Kenkre FC to the highest levels in the country. Having worked closely with the India Under-17 squad that became the first to represent the country at a FIFA World Cup, to helping boys like Amarjit Kiyam, Anirudh Thapa, Suresh Wangjam, …

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Development during lockdown, AIFF goes digital with Referees!

The All India Football Federation has started online tutorial classes for referees across the country to keep them on their toes during the lockdown for the COVID-19 pandemic in India. 60 referees of Category 3 and category 4 have been divided into two batches of 30 participants each and are …

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420 Grams VIDEO: It’s 4-4-2020: How Could We Not Talk Football?

In this one-off episode, Arjun Pandit, Vaibhav Raghunandan and Siddhanth Aney get all nostalgic and emotional about the good old days of covering football. Anecdotes go back to when Sunil Chhetri played age-group football for Delhi and Pandit was still a chocolate boy. There’s train toilets, private jets, a naked …

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AIFF & LOC Statement on the postponement of 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – India!

FIFA yesterday, April 3 announced that it has decided to postpone the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. The All India Football Federation and Local Organising Committee are supportive of the decision by FIFA to postpone the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. We …

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