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India Women’s Bala Devi: Playing at Glasgow Rangers a whole new experience!

Indian Women’s National Team striker Bala Devi described playing for Rangers Women FC as a “whole new experience”, where she gets to share the pitch with a number of quality players from various countries. On a candid chat with AIFF TV, Bala Devi, who became the first Indian woman footballer …

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420 Grams S03E11: Breaking Women’s Football down with Bala Devi!

With 52 international goals in 58 games since 2010, Bala Devi is easily one of India’s most accomplished footballers. This month she became the first Indian to score a goal at the highest level in Europe for Glasgow Rangers FC. In this exclusive 420grams interview Bala Devi talks to Arjun …

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Bala Devi: MC Mary Kom a big source of inspiration for me!

Indian women’s national team forward Bala Devi, the first woman from to play professional football in Europe, is an inspiration for numerous budding players across the country and in a candid chat with AIFF TV, she revealed how she idolizes legendary boxer MC Mary Kom and how the two met …

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AIFF condoles demise of 1962 Asian Games gold medalist D Ethiraj!

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) condoles the sad demise of the 1962 Asian Games gold medal-winning team member D Ethiraj, who breathed his last on Friday, December 11, 2020. He was 86 years old. The prolific centre forward was a member of the historic Chuni Goswami-led Blue Tigers side …

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FIFA World Rankings: India finish year 104th, Belgium stay No. 1!

Earlier today, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the December rankings, India stay joint 104th position with Kenya behind Trinidad & Tobago, but ahead of Mozambique; while 2018 FIFA World Cup semifinalists Belgium stays No. 1. India have …

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India U-16s Bibiano Fernandes: COVID-safety guidelines in camp will help boys get used to football’s new normal!

After mesmerising fans last year in the SAFF U-15 Championship and the AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers, the Indian U-16 Men’s National Team is back once again for a training camp in Goa having, gone through the precautionary measures that have been put in place to keep them safe from the …

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India U-17 Girls: Motivated & encouraged after interaction with Praful Patel & Kiren Rijiju!

In an interaction with the India U-17 women’s national team on Tuesday, December 1, All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Praful Patel and Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju laid down the future pathway for the players, starting from the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualification campaign to the 2027 …

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Ashalata Devi: Impressed by the efforts to take Women’s football forward together!

India Women’s National team captain Ashalata Devi feels women’s football in India has come a long way forward where they can compete against “high-profile opponents”. The centre-back also feels their performance has improved because of the exposure matches in recent times that the All India Football Federation has arranged to …

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AIFF president Praful Patel & Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju interact with India U-17 girls via video conferencing!

All India Football Federation president Praful Patel and Minister of State of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju interacted at length with the India U-17 Women’s National team and assured them of their full support and laid down a roadmap for the girls on Tuesday, December 1. …

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