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The AIFF has released the final list of 20 players for the upcoming SAFF Women’s Championship which has been drawn by Indian Women’s National Team Head Coach Sajid Dar. The contingent is slated to leave for Siliguri on Saturday, December 24 from their base in Punjab. Defending champions India head …

Earlier in the day, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the final rankings of 2016, India gained two spots to be in joint 135th position with Sudan behind Vietnam and ahead of El Salvador. India have 217 points, …

AIFF Academy product Jeje Lalpekhlua is one of the hottest properties in Indian Football today. After making his Senior International debut at the age of 19 in 2011, the ‘2013 AIFF Emerging Player of the Year’ has climbed up the ranks to be the ‘2016 AIFF Player of the Year’. …

Jeje Lalpekhlua has been named as the ‘2016 AIFF Player of the Year.’ The announcement was made by AIFF president Praful Patel at the AIFF AGM held at the Football House in New Delhi on Wednesday, December 21. He will be presented a prize of Rs. 250,000 (2.5 lakhs) along …

The AIFF Under-19 boys went down 1-2 to Goa Police in a practice match played at the Artificial Turf ground in Fatorda in Goa on Saturday, December 17. The AIFF boys opened the scoreline in the 10th minute when Amal blasted in a long corner, taken by Raghav, into the …

The Bank of Baroda has become the first Indian company to sign up as a National Supporter for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, the first FIFA event to be hosted in the subcontinent. Chairman of the Local Organising Committee and President of the All India Football Federation Praful Patel …

India sign off the Atletico Paranaense U-17 International Tournament with an emphatic 2-1 victory over the USA-based team Orlando City SC in the third position playoff today, December 18. Amarjit scored from the penalty spot and Shubham Sarangi headed the second goal in the first half to score their first …

The Indian U-17 World Cup Team once more went down 0-4 to Atletico Paranaense Under-17s in the first semifinal of the U-17 International Tournament yesterday, December 16. Atletico Paranaense almost found the back of the net in the 15th minute but Mohammed Nawaz’s acrobatic save thwarted their effort to keep …

Indian National Women’s Team Head Coach Sajid Dar said it was a “learning process” as National Men’s Coach Stephen Constantine came visiting at the ongoing Women’s National Team preparatory Camp in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. “It was indeed a learning process,” stated Sajid to AIFF Media. “In life, you teach someone and …