When the group schedule for the upcoming 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India came out, it became clear that hosts India would play their matches at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, but now the AIFF has placed a request with FIFA to consider New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru …
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On February 9, 2017, the Official Mascot for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India was unveiled at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, in a ceremony attended by Vijay Goel, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (IC) and Praful Patel, AIFF President and Chairman of …
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With the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India scheduled in October later this year, the Local Organising Committee for the event launched the Volunteer Programme on March 6, to offer a chance to the people of India to contribute their services for the event. In little over a month, …
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World Football governing body FIFA last night released the following statement from President Gianni Infantino about the attack on the Borussia Dortmund team bus: “The thoughts of every one of us at FIFA are with the people of Dortmund, and the fans of both Borussia Dortmund and Monaco following today’s …
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FIFA today published its Financial, Governance and Activity Reports for 2016, which will go down as a landmark year in the history of FIFA, with the approval of much-needed governance reforms after a period of deep crisis and the arrival of new leaders. The financial results for this pivotal year …
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Earlier in the day, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the April rankings, India gained an incredible 31 spots be in 101st position along with Nicaragua, Lithuania, and Estonia behind St.Kitts & Nevis, but ahead of Kazakhstan. India …
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As NNIS reports, the Indian Football team’s recent performances seem to be reflecting in the FIFA Rankings with the footbal team achieving a ranking of 101, its best ever in over two decades.
Read More »Hisense, one of China’s largest consumer electronics companies, has become an Official Sponsor of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. The company has been number one in Chinese TV market shares for the last 13 years, and its success in China has helped to support the rapid expansion of its …
Read More »The world of football equipment can be hard to navigate, with a lot of technical-sounding language used to dazzle and distract you – thankfully, UMBRO now stepped in with the No Nonsense Guide to the UMBRO Neo Collection. Aimed at addressing the language used around equipment in order to say exactly …
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211.745 FIFA Confederations Cup tickets had been sold via FIFA.com/tickets by the time the first-come, first-served sales phase came to an end at 12:00 CET today. As at previous editions of the FIFA Confederations Cup, the majority of ticket requests have come from the host country, but foreign fans have …
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