There are heart breaking finals that Goans have gotten used to and tonight it was the turn of Manvir Singh to continue this painful trend and inflict a 1-0 loss on Goa by scoring in virtually the last minute of added time to stun the huge crowd at the GMC …
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Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) director Anjali Shah has been appointed to the AIFF Women’s Committee during the AIFF’s Executive Committee meeting which was held at the AIFF Football House, New Delhi on Thursday, March 23. The appointment is memorable for her and PIFA afterall she has been the Maharashtra …
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Those Goan fans who have witnessed the two Santosh Trophy finals in Goa, the first time in 1990 and the second time in 1996, would have mixed feelings. The first final had an enduring memory of Bruno Coutinho, arguably one of Goa’s greatest strikers, smashing in the opening goal to …
Read More »Joy Bhattacharjya is the Project Director for the FIFA U 17 World Cup 2017, the first ever FIFA tournament in India and the very first FIFA tournament in which an Indian team will participate. I found the following video so interesting that I thought I should post as Joy harmoniously …
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The German-Indian relations in politics, business and culture look back on a long and successful history. The cooperation is now also to be further developed and intensified in the field of sport. The Indian consulate in Frankfurt am Main organised a business networking event on Thursday, March 23, 2017 under …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has revamped the definition of Grassroots Football characterising it as; All Football which is Non-Professional/Non-Elite is part of Grassroots Football including Children’s Football, School Football, Futsal, Beach football, Women’s Football, Veterans Football, Community Football, Amateur Football and Football for the disabled. Keeping in mind the …
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In the second semifinal of the 71st Santosh Trophy, hosts Goa scored a 2-1 win over Kerala at the GMC Stadium in Bambolim to reach the final where they will face Bengal on Sunday, March 26. Watch the Prudent Media match highlights!
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Nine minutes before half time, with Goa already one goal ahead, the huge Goan crowd gathered at the Bambolim Stadium to watch the Santosh Trophy semifinal witnessed something special. A young fearless 18-year-old lad from a remote village in south Goa showed maturity beyond his age. Receiving the ball from …
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The All India Football Federation president Praful Patel chaired the AIFF’s Executive Committee Meeting which was held at Football House, the AIFF Headquarters, New Delhi on Thursday, March 23, 2017. Besides, AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das; Vice Presidents Subrata Dutta, Larsing Ming, Subhash Chopra, Treasurer Z.A. Thakur, all other members …
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Earlier this month I did a special arunfoot Facebook LIVE from the offices of TheFootballMind in Pune on Sports Technology and the Business of sports with Pranesh Krishnamurthy and Piyush Choudhary as guests. It turned out to be a very interesting discussion amongst us…
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