The All India Football Federation in association with all stakeholders involved including the State Football Associations has constructed a detailed plan to extend the outreach of Grassroots Football, whilst letting Football develop. The state of Kerala is no alien to the AIFF Grassroots philosophy in tune with the AFC Grassroots …
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16 clubs from Mumbai, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Pune, Nasik and Solapur will be participating in the 1st WIFA State Youth Championship, which is being organised as part of the FIFA-AIFF State Development Project. All the matches will be played at the Cooperage Stadium in Mumbai with the tournament set to kick …
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With Grassroots Football on the rise across the country, the All India Football Federation in association with Western India Football Association (WIFA) and Indian Super League franchise Mumbai City FC has been conducting Grassroots Football Leagues in Maharashtra in 20 venues spread across the state. The Grassroots League played in …
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The All India Football Federation in association with Indian Super League Club Mumbai City FC and Tipu Sultan Football Academy organised the Madanpura Grassroots League 2017, a community Football league played out at YMCA Madanpura in Mumbai Central that kicked-off on January 28, 2017. Local teams competed in the age …
Read More »The All India Football Federation in association with Western India Football Association (WIFA) and Indian Super League club Mumbai City FC conducted the first ever WIFA-MCFC-AIFF Grassroots and Just Play Train the Trainer Course. An AIFF Grassroots Leaders Course integrated with the Just Play Train the Trainer Course saw 26 …
Read More »With its deep-rooted colonial history, South India’s football teams have often been a place of prejudice. Now the country’s got its own system resulting in some of the most unique teams in the world playing in the unregistered Kerala Sevens with a massive influence of footballers from Africa.
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AIFF will be conducting one-day workshops in five cities for the revised Academy Accreditation program launched earlier this month. The workshops are being done to clarify on the application processes involved in Accreditation of Academies. It would also help explain the player registration procedures pertaining to the upcoming season. The …
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What are the key problem areas in Indian football. Stakeholders of the game discuss at India’s first ever sport themed literary festival – SporTale 2017 in Pune. Moderated by Nikhil Naz the session features Shirish Kulkarni (owner DSK Shivajians FC), Shaji Prabhakaran (former AIFF & FIFA administrator), and Hrishikesh Shinde …
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The Calcutta Sports Journalists Club organised their CSJC Annual Awards 2016-17 to hand prizes to the winners in Kolkata yesterday evening. Two-time Indian Open champion golfer S.S.P. Chawrasia and the country’s lone woman Paralympic medallist Deepa Malik were conferred the Sportsperson of the Year and Inspiration of the Year awards …
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A marquee Mission XI Million Football Festival was held at The Arena by TransStadia in Ahmedabad in the presence of All India Football Federation President, Praful Patel; former India captain, Bhaichung Bhutia, Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan and TransStadia Founder & MD, Udit Sheth. In Ahmedabad, around 6,000 children were seen …
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