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AIFF’s Kushal Das: FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup venues on track despite COVID-19 setback!

All India Football Federation General Secretary Kushal Das stated that all stays on track at the five venues which are slated to host the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – India. Speaking in a webinar arranged by Sports Industry Awards (SPIA) Asia entitled ‘Sports Industry in India’ today, the …

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AIFF Women’s Committee meets via video conferencing!

Sara Pilot chaired the AIFF Women’s Committee Meeting held via video conferencing today, May 22. Besides All India Football Federation General Secretary Kushal Das, other members – Sudeshna Mukherjee, habana Rabbani, Anjali Shah, Madhureemaraje Chhatrapati and Shama Mohamed – attended the meeting. Welcoming everyone to AIFF’s “first-ever online Women’s Committee …

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AIFF online sessions for Gujarat State Football Association conclude!

The four-day long online sessions for Gujarat State Football Association (GSFA) on various football verticals conducted by AIFF ended on Sunday, May 17 with an online session on the Indian Women’s League (IWL). The sessions conducted over the four-day period consisted of interactions and lectures on grassroots football, coaches education, …

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AIFF condoles the death of M Mohanraj!

The All India Football Federation condoles the death of M. Mohanraj, Governing Board member of the Karnataka State Football Association, and also a Vice President of the Karnataka Olympic Association, who passed away earlier today, May 17. He was 89. Having represented state and university teams, Mohanraj also had an …

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Praful Patel: Bala Devi is an inspiration to all women footballers!

All India Football Federation president Praful Patel felt all players should “take inspiration” from Bala Devi who is currently on a professional contract with Glasgow Rangers, the first Indian woman footballer to do so. Interacting with National Team players across all age-groups in a video conference on Friday, May 15, …

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AIFF President interacts with National Team players via video conference!

All India Football Federation president Praful Patel joined National Team players across all age-groups today, May 15 via a video conference to get a feel of their well-being during the lockdown phase. National Men’s Team players including captain Sunil Chhetri, Sandesh Jhingan, Anirudh Thapa and Amrinder Singh were in attendance …

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AIFF Executive Committee meets via video conferencing!

All India Football Federation president Praful Patel chaired AIFF’s Executive Committee Meeting held via video conferencing today, May 13. Besides Senior Vice President Subrata Dutta, AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, Vice Presidents Manvendra Singh, Larsing Ming, KMI Mather, Subhash Chopra, and AIFF Treasurer ZA Thakur – all other Executive Committee …

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AIFF & LOC statement on announcement of New Dates for 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup!

Following a thorough assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent recommendations made by the FIFA-Confederations COVID-19 Working Group, the Bureau of the FIFA Council has taken the decision to confirm the following proposed new tournament dates, subject to further monitoring: FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India …

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Change of OCIs/PIOs status a matter of India rather than just AIFF!

The discussion on the inclusion of footballers of Indian origin is a more than two decades long one and it has been always a controversial one. I have always supported the cause of OCIs/PIOs in Team India and within Indian football, and I recall starting the topic 21 years ago …

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420 Grams S02E35: AIFF Technical Committee recommends phased reduction of Foreign Player Quota!

The All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) technical committee held discussions on May 8 on various issues pertaining to the technical advancement of the sport in India. One of the central themes was whether or not to reduce the number of foreign players clubs in India are allowed to register in …

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