The All India Football Federation today on July 4, 2017 submitted an expression of interest to host the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in India. The All India Football Federation president Praful Patel stated that this would be the next “logical step for the development of Football in India”. “With …
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It is now done and dusted, the Indian Super League and the I-League will be played in the 2017/18 season in parallel from November 2017 to March/April 2018. Interestingly a lot of media reports and social media comments wrongly stated that by the AFC and FIFA agreeing to this short-term …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has noted the conclusions in the recently published FIFA report into the bidding processes for the FIFA World Cups of 2018 and 2022. In this regard, the AFC is now looking forward to the continued preparation work to deliver the 2022 FIFA World Cup in …
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FIFA has opened an invitation to tender (“ITT”) in Greece for the media rights to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. These media rights will cover TV, internet, mobile and radio transmissions. This tender process will allow FIFA to select the media companies that are best placed to operationally secure …
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The FIFA Fitness Course for Referees, organized by the All India Football Federation, concluded in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh today, June 28, 2017. 110 referees in two batches of 55 participated in the programme. FIFA Referees Fitness Instructor, Ganesh Maniam, who conducted the course shared his thoughts on the participants. “The …
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World football governing body FIFA has been forced to release the ‘Garcia Report’ from 2014 about the 2018 & 2022 FIFA World Cup biddings after a media leak. FIFA in a statement wrote, “The new chairpersons of the independent Ethics Committee, Maria Claudia Rojas of the investigatory chamber and Vassilios …
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FIFA Chief Competitions & Events Officer Colin Smith and Local Organising Committee CEO Alexey Sorokin discussed the operational aspects of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup so far yesterday and were followed by FIFA Head of Refereeing Massimo Busacca, who offered insight on one of the milestone features of the 2017 …
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The first participants of the third edition of the Football for Hope Forum have arrived in Kazan, Russia. From June 26 to 28, representatives of community, football and international organisations will meet to discuss the challenges, needs and realities for development through football on the ground and explore the contribution …
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The FIFA Fitness Course for Referees, organized by the All India Football Federation, kicked-off in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh today, June 20. 110 referees in two batches of 55 are participating in the programme and the course is slated to concluded on June 28, 2017. Retd. Col. Goutam Kar, Head of …
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The newly implemented Video Assistant Referee (VAR) has taken crucial decisions in the first two days of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. Every one of the three matches played so far has had the involvement of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR). Be it in the Portugal vs Mexico …
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