Building up to Women’s Day 2017, the Godrej India Culture Lab is hosting the Fields of Dreams – a special event about how sports, and football in particular, can bring about social change. Last year P.V. Sindhu smashed her way to a silver medal at the Rio Olympics. Sakshi Malik’s …
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As per the instructions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi across the country, awareness rallies and seminar regarding the game of football are being conducted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for promoting the upcoming 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. The NNIS reports shows a run with …
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Mumbai’s Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) are set to organise their yearly PIFA Champions Tours to Barcelona, Madrid and Dortmund in May/June 2017. Despite being a Mumbai-based Academy, children from across India can take part in the tour which will happen from May 1 to 9 to Barcelona, May 14 …
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German sportswear giants adidas earlier today, February 21 announced its association with the 2017 FIFA Under-17 football World Cup ‘Local Organising Committee’ to come on-board as the exclusive performance partner for the Mission XI Million programme that was recently flagged off by Sports Minister Vijay Goel and All India Football …
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As XtraTime reports, the football fraternity of Bengal united together to pay a rich tribute to late Shibaji Banerjee, who left for heavenly abode after suffering a cardiac arrest on Sunday night.
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The Indian Kashmiri boys Basit Ahmed and Asrar Rehbar made their debut for Spanish fourth division side SD Lenense Proinastur last week. Basit Ahmed and Mohammed Asrar Rehbar, both aged 18, hail from Srinagar and were chosen by a special committee formed by the CRPF to pick footballing talent from …
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A total of 18 teams from 12 cities will play out the Indian champions of the Red Bull organised Neymar Jr’s Five on March 10 at the CyberHub in Gurgaon with one from those teams qualifying for the world final in Brazil later this year. The Indian National Qualifiers of …
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Former India international and Mohun Bagan goalkeeper Shibaji Banerjee passed away in Kolkata this Sunday evening after suffering a cardiac arrest after he had attended a programme in Alipore. Shibaji Banerjee was 68 and is survived by his wife and son. His most famous match in his beloved Mohun Bagan …
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Komaleeswaran Shankar who stays the sole Indian Assistant Referee to have officiated in a FIFA World Cup says that he has been closely following Indian referees and that “Indian Referees are doing an excellent job.” In an interview with AIFF Media, Shankar speaks at length about Indian referees, their achievements, …
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The All India Football Federation’s acting Technical Director Savio Medeira and Head of Youth Development Richard Hood attended the Asian Football Confederation’s Technical Director’s Conference which aimed to develop Grassroots Football in AFC’s Member Associations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The three-day breakthrough conference pieced together the key elements of technical …
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