Last week, from July 6 to 8, the Western India Football Association (WIFA) organized the AIFF (All India Football Federation) Grassroots Leaders Course at the Cooperage Stadium in Mumbai under the FIFA Live Your Goals Project. The event was instructed by Dinesh Nair and Dennis George, whereas, AIFF Grassroots Instructor …
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Former French international Florent Malouda playing for his native French Guiana in a CONCACAF Gold Cup group stage match against Honduras yesterday, could land his native country in trouble. 37 year old Malouda, who last season played for the Delhi Dynamos in the Indian Super League, had played for French …
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After the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup draw, the teams of Group F visited the Saltlake Stadium and Kolkata to see for themselves what await them in October. And the feedback was positive on the Saltlake Stadium and general preparations.
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The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has reached a decision in the case related to Mexico’s national team coach, Juan Carlos Osorio, following the FIFA Confederations Cup match for third place between Portugal and Mexico on 2 July 2017, during which Mr Osorio used insulting words towards the match officials while displaying …
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FIFA has decided to suspend the Sudan Football Association (SFA) with immediate effect in accordance with the decision of the Bureau of the FIFA Council dated 27 June 2017. FIFA has taken note that, despite the decision of the Bureau of the FIFA Council, the decree of the Undersecretary of …
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XtraTime tries to explain in short how India achieved their best FIFA World Rankings in over two decades as 96th in the rankings.
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The Official Draw for the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 brought six interesting groups for the first-ever FIFA tournament on the Indian subcontinent. Former FIFA U-17 World Cup champion Nwankwo Kanu, Argentinian legend Esteban Cambiasso, Indian national team captain Sunil Chhetri and Indian badminton star PV Sindhu conducted the …
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The Indian National Football Team achieved its best FIFA World Ranking since February 1996 as they were ranked 96 in the July 2017 according to latest FIFA Rankings. In the process, India are currently placed 12th in Asian Football Confederation (AFC). India’s best-ever FIFA Ranking till date stays 94 which …
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Earlier in the day, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the July rankings, India gained four places to be in 96th position behind Cyprus, but ahead of Mozambique. India have 341 points, 10 points more than last month …
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FIFA and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) today announced the participation of FIFA Legends Esteban Cambiasso and Nwankwo Kanu along with Indian sporting icons Sunil Chhetri and P.V. Sindhu at the Official Draw for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. Kanu and Cambiasso are no strangers to the …
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