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AFC-AIFF Match Commissioner’s Workshop concludes!

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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, …

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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 …

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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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