The All India Football Federation president Praful Patel joined all National Team coaches via a video conference to understand the sustainability of development of various age groups during the lockdown phase, and also their well-being. Igor Stimac, Shanmugam Venkatesh, Thomas Dennerby, Maymol Rocky, Bibiano Fernandes, Shuvendu Panda were in attendance …
Read More »AIFF Technical Committee meets via video conferencing!
The All India Football Federation’s Technical Committee under the chairmanship of Shyam Thapa met today, May 8 via a video conference. Besides Mr. Thapa, all other members including Deputy Chairman Henry Menezes, Prasanta Banerjee, Ganapati Palguna, Pradip Kumar Datta, Ishfaq Ahmed and Sundar Raman, and Abhishek Yadav attended the meeting …
Read More »AIFF to organize online learning sessions for Gujarat SFA members!
In continuation to the online educational initiatives taken for various stakeholders of Indian Football, on request from Gujarat State Football Association (GSFA), AIFF will be organising dedicated online sessions for GSFA on Grassroots Football, Coaches Education, Golden Baby Leagues, Futsal, Academy Accreditation, Youth Leagues, Sub-Junior and Junior Championships. The sessions …
Read More »Participating coaches hail AIFF-SAI’s Online Coaching Refresher Course!
Coaches who attended the online Coaching Refresher course jointly organised by All India Football Federation and the Sports Authority of India hailed the effort, stating that it has “helped spread intricate knowledge of the game across the grassroots levels”. A total of 884 coaches from all over the country registered …
Read More »Croatia’s head coach Zlatko Dalic graces AIFF-SAI Coaching Refresher Course!
Zlatko Dalic, Croatia’s coach in the 2018 FIFA World Cup – Russia on Friday, May 1 enlightened the participants of the ongoing All India Football Federation – Sports Authority of India joint collaboration online Coaching Refresher Course. Dalic, who coached Croatia to finish runners-up to France in the final of …
Read More »India Sports Minister joins AIFF-SAI Coaching Course, encourages coaches!
Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Friday afternoon, May 1 joined all the participants of the ongoing All India Football Federation-Sports Authority of India joint collaboration online Coaching Refresher Course. The online course is being conducted jointly by AIFF and …
Read More »Chuni Goswami: 1962 Gold stays India’s biggest achievement till date!
Most label him as the most skilful Indian football player ever. The Captain of the triumphant Asian Games 1962 Gold Medal Winning squad, Subimal (Chuni) Goswami in a freewheeling interview speaks at length about the changes in Indian football while going nostalgic about India’s Gold Medal win in the 1962 …
Read More »AIFF condoles Subimal ‘Chuni’ Goswami’s death!
All India Football Federation (AIFF) condoles the death of former India captain Subimal Goswami, who was fondly referred to as Chuni Goswami by his vast legion of fans. Goswami breathed his last in Kolkata on Thursday (April 30, 2020). He was 82. Goswami’s biggest achievement was captaining India to the …
Read More »#FitWithIndianFootball campaign garners over 1.5 million impressions!
It was on April 2, 2020 that All India Football Federation had kicked off the #FitWithIndianFootball campaign in a bid to inspire and promote fitness amongst fans with the entire country locked down as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of the month, it has garnered …
Read More »Was the AIFF right to cancel the remainder of the 2019/20 Indian football season?
The global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been having a effect on football around the world with Indian football not being an exception. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) defacto had to cut off the 2019/20 season over the weekend of March 14/15 with the Indian Super League final between ATK …
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