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The FIFA Football For Schools (F4S) capacity-building/Train-the-Trainer programmes were held in Bengaluru, Pune and Sambalpur from October 2 to 6, 2023. The programmes was attended by Fatimata Sow Sidibe – Director, FIFA Football for Schools, Antonio Buenano Sanchez – Program Manager, FIFA Football for Schools, Amlan Kamal – Consultant (India), …

Coaches Development Workshop was held today, October 8 at the KIIT Campus Bhubaneswar jointly by the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports and the Football Association of Odisha. The workshop was headed by Amit Rana (AFC ‘B’ License Coach, Odisha FC Reserve Team Coach), wherein football coaches of 21 different Schools and …

The All India Football Federation’s Medical Committee met on Friday, October 6, 2023, via video conferencing. The meeting was chaired by Dr Kiran Kumar Kulkarni, and was attended by AIFF Secretary General Dr Shaji Prabhakaran, Deputy Secretary General Mr Satyanarayan M, and committee members Col Sandipan Das Sarma, Dr Anirban …

The All India Football Federation welcomed FIFA’s decision to invite the Member Associations under the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) to bid for the 2034 FIFA World Cup. AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey said, “This is a great opportunity for Asia to once again bid for …

The Subroto Mukherjee Sports Education Society (SMSES) has announced new fixtures for the Sub Junior (U-14) Boys tournament of the 62nd edition of the Subroto Cup Inter School International Football Tournament being played for the first time in the Garden City of Bengaluru. The development was forced given 15 teams …

By now, many Indian football fans will be aware of Mahatma Gandhiji’s links with football and his pioneering role in setting up three teams of the Passive Resisters Football Club during his sojourn in South Africa from 1893 to 1915. As the story that has been well publicised in recent …