The AFC-AIFF Match Commissioner’s Workshop kicked off in Kolkata yesterday, April 1 and the two-day long workshop concluded today. P. Sivakumar, an eminent FIFA and AFC Match Commissioner from Singapore is the instructor of the workshop where 20 AIFF-appointed Match Commissioners, including five AFC-appointed Match Commissioners from India are invited …
Read More »Odisha prepare to host Junior National Championship & Federation Cup!
The Football Association of Odisha held a Council Meeting earlier today, April 2 at the OCA Conference Hall in Cuttack to discuss about the upcoming 51st Junior National Football Championship for Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy (tier-II) and the Federation Cup-2017. The 51st Junior National Football Championship will be held at …
Read More »AIFF revises India’s Academy Accreditation criteria for 2017/18 season!
The Academy Accreditation system that has been the platform for assessment in terms of youth development for all Clubs and Academies over the past two years has been revised for the 2017/18 season. The system having been established in 2014 and implemented from 2015/16 has had over 60 entities from …
Read More »VIDEO – Superpower Football: Top 5 Stunning Facts About Krishanu Dey!
This man was Nicknamed the Indian Diego Maradona, and was at the centre of a dramatic saga between Mohun Bagan AC and East Bengal. Here are 5 things you need to know about Indian Football legend Krishanu Dey!
Read More »Mission XI Million reaches First Million children across India!
The legacy programme of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup – India, Mission XI Million, has reached a first major milestone by reaching out to one million children across India. The program is a Government of India and All India Football Federation initiative reached the milestone in Sikkim capital Gangtok, …
Read More »AIFF Introduce ‘Homegrown Player Rule’ in Club/Academy Licensing Criteria!
All India Football Federation is set to implement the ‘Home grown Player Rule’ in the upcoming youth leagues for U-13, U-15 and U-18 age-groups. The rules indicate a home grown player as one whose state of domicile is the same as the location of the Club/Academy who he’s set to …
Read More »Odisha to hold trials for their Odisha Junior State Boy’s team!
The Football Association of Odisha is set to hold trials for their Odisha Junior State Boy’s team ahead of the Junior Boy’s National Football Championship set to be held in April or May 2017. The FAO will hold their open trials-cum-selection camp from Wednesday, April 5 onwards in Cuttack. Only …
Read More »VIDEO – XtraTime: Santosh Trophy champions Bengal felicitated at ‘Fish Fish’ lunch!
As XtraTime reports, the Santosh Trophy winning entire Bengal football team got felicitated today at one of Kolkata’s best fish restaurants ‘Fish Fish’ in association with www.xtratime.in in an event named “Trophy haatey, Maachhey Bhaatey”. Players like Rana Gharami, Shankar Roy, Mumtaz Akhtar, Basant Singh, Manvir Singh were accompanied by …
Read More »VIDEO – ABP Ananda: Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan begins promotion for FIFA U-17 World Cup!
As ABP Ananda reports, Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan began promotion for FIFA-U17 World Cup and the Mission XI Milion program on the parliament premises.
Read More »Podcast – 420Grams Ep4: Scott O’Donell (former India Technical Director)!
A new podcast on Indian football has been launched under the curious name of 420grams featuring the host Arjun Pandit, resident guest Siddhanth Aney and this time former India Technical Director Scott O’Donell. For those of us on the outside it is hard to comprehend how much has changed in …
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