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Amoolya, the Supermom of IWL balances motherhood & football with elan!

The USA Women’s team is rife with examples of female athletes who returned to the sport after giving birth to a child. The likes of Shannon Boxx, Christie Pearce and Amy Rodriguez have all shown the way. Perhaps the biggest example of the same from tennis sensation Serena Williams. However, …

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SAI-STC Cuttack bounce back with convincing win over Baroda Football Academy!

SAI-STC Cuttack bounced back from their disappointing loss last time round, to register a convincing win over Baroda Football Academy by a 4-0 margin at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana on Sunday. After having lost their last game 0-10 against Manipur Police, SAI-STC Cuttack looked to turn things around …

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Rising Students Club: Ball Girls of Odisha aim to turn into ball players!

Great names from around the world of football like Raul Gonzalez, Wesley Sneijder or Carlos Tevez have one thing in common – they have been ball boys for their childhood clubs. Much like them, there are four young girls in the Rising Students Club from Odisha, who have done the …

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Gokulam Kerala FC beat Panjim Footballers, comes closer to IWL semifinal!

Gokulam Kerala FC registered their fourth win in as many matches at the 2018-19 Indian Women’s League, as they beat Panjim Footballers 2-0 at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana on Saturday. India internationals Sanju and Anju Tamang were on target for the Kerala side, but it was their teenage …

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Hans Women FC beat defending IWL champions Rising Students Club!

Hans Women FC posted their second win of the 2018-19 Indian Women’s League season as they beat Rising Students Club 2-1 at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana on Saturday, May 11. Hans Women FC’s Nigerian midfielder Rita Casia was the star of the show as she controlled the midfield …

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Meghalaya to organise an AFC ‘B’ License Coaching Course in Shillong in June!

The Meghalaya Football Association (MFA), the governing body of football in Meghalaya, is set to organise the first module of the AFC ‘B’ License Coaching Course in Shillong from June 12 to 18, 2019. Eligible for the AFC ‘B’ License Coaching Course are AFC ‘C’ Coaching degree holders with the …

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Nepal’s Sabitra Bhandari: IWL games feel like international matches!

It was around a decade ago when an odd figure could be seen dribbling a football around the fields in the hilly district of Lamjung in Nepal – a lanky girl running circles around a bunch of confused boys with a makeshift football made out of socks glued to her …

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Odisha to organise an AFC ‘C’ License Coaching Course in Cuttack in May!

The Football Association of Odisha (FAO), the governing body of football in Odisha, is set to organise an AFC ‘C’ License Coaching Course in Cuttack from May 25 to 31, 2019. Eligible for the AFC ‘C’ License Coaching Course are AIFF ‘D’ Coaching degree holders with eight to 12 months …

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