After the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) latest Technical Committee meeting on April 15, 2019, 420 grams caught up with key members of the body. Former internationals Shyam Thapa, Henry Menezes, Abhishek Yadav and Ishfaq Ahmed went into some detail about what lies ahead in terms of not just the …
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Football Delhi (Delhi Soccer Association) are set to hold another AIFF Grassroots Leaders Course from May 2 to 5 in New Delhi. The AIFF Grassroots Leaders Course would be held at the DDA Sports Complex in Jasola, New Delhi. The fees for the course is INR 5,000. To register for …
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The All India Football Federation’s Technical Committee meeting was Chaired over by Shyam Thapa, Chairman, AIFF Technical Committee at Football Headquarters, the Football House in Dwarka today, April 15. Besides AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, and National Team Director Abhishek Yadav, Henry Menezes, Ishfaq Ahmed, Pradip Banerjee, and G.P. Palguna …
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The final of the second edition of the Super Cup was played last night at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar with FC Goa beating Chennaiyin FC 2-1 to lift their first piece of silverware. And I have to be honest. Last year when the Super Cup was announced as the …
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XtraTime in an exclusive interview with AIFF general secretary Kushal Das found out that India’s oldest tournament in the Durand Cup from next season onwards would come under the AIFF calendar as a pre-season tournament in August/September.
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Subrata Dutta, Senior Vice President, All India Football Federation and Chairman, League Committee chaired AIFF League Committee Meeting in Bhubaneswar today, April 13. B.K. Roka, Chirag Tanna, Rochak Langer along with Sunando Dhar, CEO, I-League were present besides Rahul Mascarenhas, Chairman, Legal Advisory Committee and Dr. Vece Paes, Chairman, Sports …
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In an exclusive XtraTime interview the All India Football Federation general secretary Kushal Das spoke about the future of Indian club football. In his statement, Kushal Das said that there would be in future a top tier Indian football league which would have promotion and relegation, but he didn’t sa …
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The saga of where last seasons I-League champions Minerva Punjab FC will play their AFC Cup home matches has got some good news. The Odisha government has agreed to allow Minerva Punjab FC to use the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on May 1 for their first home match against Manang …
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The All India Football Federation president Praful Patel became the first Indian to be elected on the all-powerful FIFA Council and the 62-years old Asian Football Confederation Vice-President also had the honour of addressing the continental federation congress in the absence of President Shaikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, who …
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Manipur-based NEROCA FC put out a social media statement today in which the club from Imphal threatened to pullout of the I-League with no clear roadmap ahead for Indian club football. NEROCA in their statement said, What’s happening with indian football!! After so much of hard work and investment we …
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