FIFA president Gianni Infantino alongside FIFA Legends – including Kaka, Laura Georges, Tim Cahill, Marcel Desailly, Samuel Eto’o and Jose Mourinho – visited schoolchildren in Lebanon this weekend to host several interactive sessions to mark the start of the second pilot project for the FIFA Football for Schools programme, which …
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India were held to a 1-1 draw by Bangladesh at the Chalimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan, on Sunday, October 13, in the penultimate group stage match of the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship 2019. Amisha Baxla scored to put India in the lead in the first half, but her goal was …
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Two walls outside the dressing rooms at the Saltlake Stadium in Kolkata are enough to give one a sense of the rich history that has been witnessed inside the ramparts of the cauldron that in 1997 witnessed a record attendance of over 130,000 spectators in the 1997 Federation Cup semifinal …
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It was all smiles and happy faces as Indian National Team landed in Kolkata for their forthcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Bangladesh slated to be played at the Saltlake Stadium on October 15. The euphoria around the match has been immense with a mad rush for tickets …
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Indian football legend I.M. Vijayan talks with XtraTime in an interview about the upcoming India vs Bangladesh qualifier next Tuesday.
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Coach Igor Stimac announced India’s 23-member squad for the forthcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Bangladesh which is scheduled at the Saltlake Stadium in Kolkata on Tuesday, October 15. Barring Sandesh Jhingan, who suffered an injury in the friendly match against NorthEast United FC, and an injured Anwar Ali …
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After booking their spot in the final of the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship 2019, India head coach Alex Ambrose feels that in their next match against Bangladesh on Sunday, October 13, his side needs to keep executing the good work that they have been carrying out in the last two …
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The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has found Mr Sayed Aghazada, a former General Secretary of the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF), FIFA standing committee member and AFC Executive Committee member, guilty of various violations of the FIFA Code of Ethics. The investigation into Mr Aghazada concerned the complaints …
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After playing a historic goalless draw against Asian Champions Qatar, the Blue Tigers (Indian Football team) aim to secure their first win in the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers at the ‘Mecca of Football.’
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the Bangladesh national football team arrived in the city on Friday ahead of their joint 2022 FIFA World Cup / 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against India next Tuesday. Bangladesh captain Jamal Bhuyan and Mamunul Islam spoke to the media on arrival in Kolkata!
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