Bembem Devi, the first Indian women’s footballer to be conferred with the Padma Shri award, praised the Kerala Government for hosting the Senior Women’s National Football Championship 2021-22 in the state. The tournament is being played across four venues- Municipal Stadium, Kuthuparamba; EMS Corporation Stadium, Kozhikode; Calicut University, Kozhikode; and …
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Bembem Devi, the first woman footballer to have received the prestigious Padma Shri Award, feels the current crop of the Indian Senior Women’s National Team is “extremely lucky” to get a chance to play against Brazil in the forthcoming International tournament in Manaus. “Brazil are ranked 7th in the world. …
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The ‘Durga of Indian Football,’ Oinam Bembem Devi became the first Indian woman footballer, and the seventh overall to receive the prestigious Padma Shri Award. She received the Award in the Capital earlier today, November 8, 2021 from the honourable President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind. The function was …
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The Zinc Football initiative of Vedanta Hindustan Zinc have announced that former India captain Renedy Singh, Indian women’s football legend Bembem Devi and Football Delhi president Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran have joint as part of the advisory board for the programme. The advisory board, consisting of the three specialists at its …
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Listen to Arjuna Award winner and Indian football legend Bem Bem Devi narrate her story of how she started playing for the Indian Women’s National Team, and how she kicked off her dream!
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On the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Indian Football legends join hands in the fight against drug abuse. ‘Get addicted to Football, not drugs,’ stay their message. Every human being faces challenges at every step. The challenge to overcome them to face a tougher one describes ‘life’. …
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India Women’s National Team stalwarts lauded former India captain Bembem Devi, who is fondly known as the ‘Durga of Indian Football’, as she is set to receive the prestigious Padma Shri later this year. She will be the seventh Indian footballer of all-time, and the first female player, to win …
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Bembem Devi, the first Indian woman footballer in India to have been named a Padma Shri, walked down memory lane to recollect days when she changed her name to Bobo and Amko to play football with the boys. In an exclusive interview she opens up at length about what the …
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The ‘Durga of Indian Football’, Oinam Bembem Devi became the first Indian woman footballer and the seventh overall to be named a Padma Shri. The Awards will be conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in March/April every year. All India Football …
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Bembem Devi, the most decorated woman footballer of the country, feels the robust domestic football pyramid structure has laid the “foundation stone” of the Indian Senior Women’s National Team for the future. “Tournaments such as the Senior Women’s National Football Championship lay the foundation stone for a strong Women’s National …
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