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Long time English Premier League side Aston Villa FC, who were relegated last season and will now play in the Championship have opened their first football academy outside England in New Delhi, India. Dr Tony Jiantong Xia the chairman, CEO and owner of Recon Group from China, over the summer …
Read More »Calcutta Football League’s Premier Division ‘A’ to kick-off on Wednesday!
The Indian Football Association (West Bengal) has released the first fixtures list for the upcoming 2016 Calcutta Football League’s Premier Division ‘A’ which features city giants Mohun Bagan, defending champions East Bengal Club and Mohammedan Sporting Club besides Army XI, Aryan Club, Bhowanipore FC, George Telegraph SC, Peerless SC, Southern …
Read More »VIDEO – XtraTime: Durbar Sports Academy footballers train ahead of Dana Cup!
As XtraTime exclusively reports, the Durbar Sports Academy footballers trained on artificial turf in Hjörring yesterday, July 24 where the matches of the Dana Cup will be played. They began with physical training session and had a meditation session under coach Biswajit Majumdar. They did some set piece and situation …
Read More »AIFF conducts Live Your Goals Grassroots Leadership Course in Goa!
Taking a step towards the quest to extend the horizons of Women’s Football in India, the All India Football Federation in association with the Goa Football Development Council organized a Live Your Goals Grassroots Leadership Course in Goa from July 19-21, 2016. 25 Women Coaches participated in the informative Leadership …
Read More »VIDEO – DD News: Politicians & Bollywood Actors play Football in Delhi for Charity!
Indian Parliamentarians and the Bollywood actors charity team of All Stars FC played a charity football match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday, July 24. All Stars FC won the match 10-0 after having led 5-0 at the break. Here comes the news report from DD …
Read More »Brazil’s Cafu and Falcao visit Goa Football Development Council’s Residential Academy!
The Goa Football Development Council’s Residential Football Academy in Margao this weekend had two-time FIFA World Cup winner Cafu, who captained the Selecao to the trophy in 2002 and was part of the team in 1994 besides the ‘Pele of Futsal’ Falcao as guests. The Brazilians Cafu and Falcao, who were in …
Read More »FIFA Referees Head Massimo Busacca: Encouraging that AIFF is keen to implement Projects in India!
The FIFA Head of Referees Massimo Busacca said that it is “encouraging” to see that AIFF is keen on development of Indian Referees. Busacca was speaking at a packed Media Interaction in Kochi on Sunday, July 24, 2016; on the sidelines of the FIFA MA Refereeing Course which is being …
Read More »Delhi SA Annual Institutional Football League: Big wins on the day!
Indraprasth Generation Power Ltd.(IGPCL) scored a massive 11-0 win over Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in an ‘A’ division preliminary league match of the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) Annual Institutional Football League Championship being played at the Dr. Ambedkar Stadium. The highlight of this match were six goals scored by Subrata …
Read More »VIDEO – XtraTime: Durbar Sports Academy footballers journey from India to Denmark’s Dana Cup!
As XtraTime exclusively reports, the Durbar Sports Academy footballers of Kolkata started their journey from NSCB International Airport on Thursday to participate in the Dana Cup in Denmark. The players glanced Dubai International Airport, reached Copenhagen Airport in Denmark after a journey of 27 hrs on their way to the …
Read More »Goa Football Association Annual General Body Meeting held today!
The Goa Football Association Annual General Body Meeting was held earlier today, July 24 and itwas dominated by inter-village tournament issues, over which the GFA unanimously adopted a new protest redressal system by doing away with the jurisdiction of the Appeals Committee over inter-village tournaments. It may be noted that …
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