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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Referees ‘toil harder’ to ‘get faster despite growing older’!
At a time when the entire football fraternity has been facing a severe never-seen-before precarious situation due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it has been “challenging” for the referees to keep themselves up and going during this period. “It has really been challenging for us to keep ourselves fit during …
Read More »FA of Odisha condole the death of Jagannath Dash!
With profound grief, the office bearers and the members of the Football Association of Odisha (FAO) have expressed their deep grief and sorrow on the sad demise of Jagannath Dash who breathed his last today, April 22 at his residence at Alamchand Bazar, Cuttack. Jagannath Dash was 82 years old …
Read More »Players urge fans as Bengal waits for football action to bring back the smiles!
Footballers in Kolkata joined the movement to help the people of the City of Joy keep their spirits high in the times of the COVID-19 pandemic, urging people to stay strong. In a video that has gone viral over the last few days, Tollywood actors like Abir Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee, …
Read More »NNIS VIDEO: Sunil Chhetri recalls his Sporting Lisbon ordeal!
Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri, who joined Sporting Lisbon in 2012, recalled his ordeal during his days with the Portuguese Club when the head coach told him he was not good enough for the first team and he should ‘get lost’ to the B team.
Read More »AIFF Executive Committee approves recommendations of League Committee!
The Executive Committee of the All India Football Federation perused the detailed note containing recommendations and deliberations by the League Committee as recorded after their meeting on April 18, 2020. The League Committee had detailed out various issues pertaining to League matters for the season 2019-20 in light of the …
Read More »NNIS VIDEO: AIFF concludes season, declares Mohun Bagan as I-League champions!
The All India Football Federation League Committee has recommended to the Executive Committee that the 2019-20 season be deemed to be concluded with Mohun Bagan declared as I-League champions as they stand atop current standings until the point of suspension on March 14.
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