Indian Football

Podcast – 420Grams Ep6: Ashutosh Mehta/Jayesh Rane (Aizawl FC)!

This is a podcast on Indian football under the curious name of 420grams featuring the host Arjun Pandit, resident guest Siddhanth Aney and this time I-League winning Mumbai boys Ashutosh Mehta of Jayesh Rane of Aizawl FC. In this fantastically topical episode we catch up with Ashutosh Mehta and Jayesh …

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VIDEO – XtraTime: AIFF Elite Academy beat Mohammedan Sporting 4-0 reach U-19 IFA Shield semifinals!

AIFF Elite Academy defeated Mohammedan Sporting Club 4-0 in the ongoing U-19 IFA Shield at the Mohammedan Sporting ground on Thursday afternoon to move into the semifinals of the tournament.

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VIDEO – 24 Ghanta: AIFF GS Kushal Das says Indian football is more than East Bengal & Mohun Bagan!

24 Ghanta spoke with AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das about the ongoing ISL/I-League merger talks as according to him Indian football is more than just East Bengal and Mohun Bagan as all stakeholders need to be involved in this process. Kushal Das also informed that he would be attending the …

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The rise of India’s Northeast football clubs in the I-League!

A silent revolution was started in 2009, when a little known club called Shillong Lajong FC from Meghalaya gained promotion to India’s top tier I-League to become the first ever club from the Northeast of India to play top level professional club football and many more have followed since. Other …

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Chandigarh Youth League – Day 5: The Football fun continues!

Chandigarh Youth League continued with Day 5 of matches today at Sector 17 Football Stadium. The Chandigarh Youth League is being organised from May 27 to June 11 by Minerva Punjab FC in association with Chandigarh Football Association and Mission XI Million at the Sector 17 Football Stadium. Day Five …

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VIDEO – XtraTime: Mohun Bagan coach Sanjoy Sen happy with his team’s performance in Dhaka!

The Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan ended their campaign with a 1-1 draw against Abahani Limited in Dhaka yesterday. Overall Mohun Bagan had a good season but failed to win any of the trophies in which the side participated. They were runners-up in both the I-League and in the Federation Cup. …

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AIFF Elite Academy beat Mohammedan Sporting 4-0 reach U-19 IFA Shield semifinals!

Mohammedan Sporting Club bowed out of the ongoing U-19 IFA Shield as they suffered a 0-4 defeat to the AIFF Elite Academy at Mohammedan Sporting ground on Thursday afternoon. Naorem Roshan Singh’s (49th & 55th) barce and a goal each from Joysana Singh (2nd) and Lalnuntlunga (61st) sealed a convincing …

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Stephen Constantine: In the larger scheme of things, we have not achieved anything!

National Coach Stephen Constantine feels that the Team has been able to “raise the bar in the last two years.” On a day when India retained their spot at 100 in the June FIFA Rankings, Constantine, in an interview, spoke at length about the significance of being 100, every opposition …

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Volunteer Programme registration closes to overwhelming response!

29,358 football enthusiasts between the age of 18 and 72 submitted their applications by the closing of the registration process for the Volunteer Programme of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India on May 15, 2017. The figure represents one of the highest ever for a volunteer initiative in …

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FIFA World Rankings: India stay in Top 100, Brazil remain top!

Earlier in the day, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the June rankings, India retained their 100th position along with Nicaragua Kazakhstan behind Zambia, but ahead of Guinea-Bissau. India have 331 points, the same number of points as …

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