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AIFF Medical Committee makes recommendations to improve age verification in football!

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 …

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AIFF hails FIFA’s decision on 2034 FIFA World Cup bid!

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 …

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Subroto Mukherjee Cup organisers expose extensive age fraud!

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 …

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Of football and passive resistance: Mahatma Gandhi’s connection to the beautiful game!

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 …

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AIFF announces Football Agents Regulations 2023!

The AIFF Football Agents Regulations, 2023, came into effect on October 1, 2023. The regulations in compliance with FIFA Football Agents Regulations, 2023, have been implemented to regulate the conduct of football agents in line with the core objectives of regulating the football transfer system. The Regulations govern representation agreements …

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