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As NNIS reports from New Delhi, former Atletico de Kolkata marquee and ISL-1 champions Luis Garcia on the sidelines of the El Clasico Worldwide event in the capital, said that he is happy to see an improvement in Indian football since the time he left ATK and that the ISL …
Read More »Indian Football Olympian Syed Abdul Salam no more!
Former Indian international and football Olympian Syed Abdul Salam died at his Salarjung Colony residence in Hyderabad on Saturday, December 3. Syed Abdul Salam is survived by his two daughters and two sons. After his playing days, Syed Abdul Salam coached the India senior and junior teams besides his native …
Read More »AIFF Director of Scouting Abhishek Yadav: 11 of 23 players in India U-16 squad were scouted!
In an attempt to gauge the Nation for potential talent that might add value to the India U-17 World Cup Squad, AIFF’s Director of Scouting Abhishek Yadav is heading the Scouting project to find talents for the Indian U-17 National Team for the FIFA U-17 World Cup Squad vigorously. In …
Read More »India Under-16s set to leave for tournaments in Brazil & Russia!
As India’s U-17 World Cup Team left India for back to back exposure Tours in Brazil and Russia, www.the-aiff.com caught up with Head Coach Nicolai Adam where he spoke at length about the forthcoming tours, the experience gained from them, being on the same page as Brazil and Russia and …
Read More »India U-16 coach Nicolai Adam selects four boys from AIFF’s latest Scouting initiative!
India U-17 World Cup Team Head Coach Nicolai Adam has scouted four boys for his squad from the recent trials which were conducted by the All India Football Federation under its Director Scouting Abhishek Yadav. Nicolai who was present to watch the selected boys play for a combined Team for …
Read More »India name 35 probables for SAFF Women’s Cup preparatory camp in Punjab!
The Indian Senior Women’s National Team will be gearing up for the SAFF Women’s Championship 2016 in India at a Preparatory Camp at the JCT campus in Hoshiarpur, Punjab from December 5 to 22, 2016. The Indian Women have been drawn in Group B of the SAFF Women’s Championship 2016, …
Read More »Goa-leg of India U-16 Scouting to kick off tomorrow!
Keeping in mind the abundance of potential talent in India, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) offers another opportunity to the invited U-16 Youth League Clubs to send in their three best Players for the two-day Goa leg of the Camp which kicks-off tomorrow, November 25. All those Clubs who …
Read More »Sporting Clube de Goa inflict 4-2 loss on AIFF Under-19 Colts!
On Wednesday, November 23, 2016; the AIFF Colts were left reeling as they tasted a 2-4 defeat against Sporting Clube de Goa at the Artificial Turf Ground in Fatorda, Goa. Although the AIFF Colts took the lead in the 35th minute when Rahul won the ball inside the penalty box …
Read More »FIFA World Rankings: India stay 137th, Argentina 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 it India stay in 137th position behind Madagascar and ahead of El Salvador. India have 217 points, 13 less than last month and they also stay in 22nd …
Read More »Two Day New Delhi-leg of the India U-16 Scouting program concludes!
A National Team of any country is the product of the Players available in the Country’s pipeline. And with India gearing up to participate in its first ever FIFA World Cup, the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India, the All India Football Federation is scanning every nook and corner …
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