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Cunchelim Sports Club and Holy Cross Sports Club Arambol played out a 1-1 draw in a Goa Second Division League match played at the Duler Stadium in Mapusa on Friday. There was no score in the first half but the second half witnessed an attacking football from the word go …

The Mizoram Football Association will kickoff it’s inaugural Mizoram Women’s Football League from February 2019. The MFA Executive Committee had already given the green light for the league during the 2018/19 season. Due to scheduling conflicts with other tournaments and availability of grounds, the league had to wait until the …

The Football Delhi will hold an open trial-cum-coaching camp for the Delhi state senior team for the Senior National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy from Tuesday, January 8 onwards. The Santosh Trophy – North Zone round would be played in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir from February 11 to 16, 2019. …

St Anthony SC from Marna beat Saligao Sporting 5-3 in a thrilling encounter in the Goa Second Division League match played at the Duler Stadium in Mapusa on Thursday. The winners led 2-0 at the break as Videsh Sawant and Vasudev Agerwadekr struck a goal each at the half hour …

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has condoled the death of former FIFA referee and FIFA referee’s instructor Alex Vaz, who passed away after a long battle with cancer. Mr. Vaz is survived by his two sons and two daughters. Condoling his death, AIFF general secretary Kushal Das said, “Mr. …

The Chandigarh Football Association will hold an open trial-cum-coaching camp to select the state team for the Senior National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy from Saturday, January 5 onwards. The Santosh Trophy – North Zone round would be played in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir from February 11 to 16, 2019. …

Goa Football Association president Churchill Alemao on Wednesday, January 2 condoled the death of former FIFA referee and former FIFA Referees Instructor Alex Vaz which occurred in Mumbai today. Churchill Alemao while extending condolences to his family, said that Alex will be remembered for his total command in refereeing especially …

Star Sports – India’s leading sports broadcaster – has launched Star Sports 1 Kannada, the country’s first dedicated Kannada sports channel. Star Sports aims to provide quality viewing experience in local languages for its fans across India. Earlier this year, Star Sports introduced India’s first Telugu sports channel – Star …

The AIFF in association with Reliance Foundation conducted an AIFF Grassroots Instructors Refresher Course in Navi Mumbai last week. The course was organized by AIFC. Twelve seasoned Grassroots Instructors from across the country underwent the program which was conducted by Anju Turambekar, Head of Grassroots & Instructor (AIFF). The Grassroots …

‘Sports’ is a State subject and promotion of sports in the country, including promotion of Sports among rural youth is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments and the National Sports Federations (NSFs) concerned. The Central Government complements/supplements the efforts of the State Governments and the NSFs. Government is already …