Indian National Team Captain Sunil Chhetri expressed his desire of more Indian youngsters needing to train in the European academies where they will get an opportunity to “train with better players in a better league and improve as a player.” “I just hope a lot of Indian youngsters, if not …
Read More »Bhaichung Bhutia joins FIFA and football legends to thank #HumanitysHeroes!
Former India captain Bhaichung Bhutia featured in a special video by FIFA, where footballing greats from around the world got together to applaud the people who are putting their own lives at risk, in order to help others during the COVID-19 pandemic. While most of the known world is currently …
Read More »League Committee sends its recommendations to the AIFF Executive Committee!
Subrata Dutta, Senior Vice President, All India Football Federation and Chairman, League Committee chaired AIFF League Committee Meeting held via video conferencing today, April 18 from 4 pm onwards. Besides Subrata Dutta, Chairman of the League Committee and AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das and League CEO Sunando Dhar, Lalnginglova Hmar, …
Read More »Fan club EAST BENGAL the REAL POWER contribute to COVID-19 Relief!
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 …
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