Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Youth Affairs & Sports, and Minister of State for Minority Affairs, affirmed the Ministry of Sports “will provide extra financial help wherever it’s possible” to help Indian Football propel to the next level. “We have seen certain improvements in our men’s as well …
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, India’s oldest football tournament Durand Cup is set to be held for the first-time ever in Kolkata from August 2 to 24. Read the article: Army looks forward in hosting Durand Cup 2019!
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The Durand Cup, the world’s third oldest and Asia’s oldest football tournament, returns after a short gap of three years to entertain the football lovers of the Nation. The prestigious tournament was first held in 1888 at Dagshai in Himachal Pradesh and is named after Mortimer Durand, who was the …
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The All India Football Federation alongwith the Kerala Football Association organized a FIFA MA course for Referees and Assistant Referees that was held at Kochi from July 5 to 9, 2019. 67 Referees and Assistant Referees attended the course and were educated and updated on the Laws Of The Game. …
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the AIFF Senior vice-president Subrata Dutta on the sideline of an event spoke to the media about the current scenario of Indian football. Subrata Dutta was honest and direct in his statements about what is all going in Indian football.
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Following the completion of a series of Grassroots Leaders Courses in the North-Eastern region, fourteen hand-picked coaches from the states of Manipur, Meghalaya, Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh were in attendance in the first-ever AIFF NorthEast Instructors’ Course conducted in Shillong, Meghalaya from June 27-July 2, 2019 under …
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, officials from city giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan met BJP West Bengal in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya to discuss the current situation in Indian club football. East Bengal’s Debabrata ‘Neetu’ Sarkar and Dr. Shanti Ranjan Dasgupta besides Mohun Bagan’s Srinjoy Bose and Debasish Datta met the …
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Mohun Bagan official Debasish Datta in an interview with XtraTime questioned the AIFF executive committee’s decision to suggest to the AFC to make the ISL the top tier of Indian club football. But he also added that talks would continue before the I-League clubs would go to court.
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The All India Football Federation’s Women’s Football Committee met in the Capital on July 9 and was chaired by Sara Pilot in attendance of Director of National Teams Abhishek Yadav, I-League CEO Sunando Dhar and AIFF officials. The committee was briefed about the women activities which took place in the …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced the results for the AFC B Certificate Course which was held in two modules – Module 1 was conducted from January 9-23, 2019 while Module 2 was conducted from April 5-9, 2019 – in Maharashtra. Ten participants out of the twenty-four that appeared …
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