Women

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 …

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 …

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. …

With the India Women’s Senior National Team assembling in Goa from December 1, 2020 to January 15, 2021 as part of their preparation for the forthcoming AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualifiers, Head Coach Maymol Rocky spoke at length about the re-start of training post the pandemic, the challenges at the …

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) and Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) joined hands to organise a four-session online coaching course for women coaches as part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two federations. 27 AFC ‘A’, ‘B’ & AFC/AIFF ‘C’ category women coaches have been selected for …

The Indian Women’s Senior National Team will begin their first National Team camp in Goa on Tuesday, December 1, which will be the first time the team will assemble after the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 30 players have been summoned by head coach Maymol Rocky for the camp …

Ravishankar J, Referees Director, All India Football Federation (AIFF), feels Indian women referees have improved significantly of late and in an interview with AIFF TV, the former FIFA referee expressed that the benchmark has been set for female referees to undergo the fitness tests for male referees and conduct I-League …

Earlier this year, talismanic Indian women’s national team forward Bala Devi became the first woman player from the country to sign a professional contract with a European club as she signed for Rangers Women’s FC, who play in the Scottish Women’s Premier League. According to national team skipper Ashalata Devi, …

Arjuna awardee Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, the only Indian footballer to have played in the UEFA Europa League so far, feels Bala Devi’s “path-breaking” journey can inspire not only the women footballers but also their men counterparts in India – all in an effort to take Indian Football Forward Together. “It …

While the rest of the country braces up for the new normal of the festive season during a pandemic, the people in the small village of Rangalibazna in the foothills of the Himalayan Range in West Bengal are rejoicing a successful harvesting season. Among those rejoicing the bountiful harvest of …