As Indian football continues to move forward together, efforts are being made by all stakeholders to keep progressing and constantly improving – with one of them being the Indian referees. In a novel initiative by the All India Football Federation, specialized coaches have been appointed for the nation’s top referees …
Read More »Indian Sports Ministry sanctions Rs 5 lakh to family of deceased footballer Manitombi Singh!
The Indian Sports Ministry on Friday, November 6 sanctioned Rs 5 lakh to the family of deceased Manipuri Footballer Manitombi Singh with an effort to ease the financial crisis of the family. Manitombi, who died on August, 2020 at the age of 39, was the only earning member of his …
Read More »Discovery Plus premieres sports docuseries ‘Matchday – Inside FC Barcelona’ in English, Hindi, Tamil & Telugu!
Discovery Plus, India’s first aggregated real-life entertainment streaming app, is launching an 8 episodic docuseries “Matchday – Inside FC Barcelona” through which viewers can enjoy exclusive never-seen-before footage of FC Barcelona squad during the 2018/19 season. For the first time in India, football fans can witness the everyday lives of …
Read More »Online FIFA MA Futsal Referee Instructor Course concludes!
A four-day-long online FIFA Futsal Referee Instructor course organised by the All India Football Federation concluded on Saturday, October 17. 36 instructors from 20 states across the country attended the course. Seyed Moosavi from Iran was the course instructor and the rules of futsal, differences between futsal and football rules …
Read More »XtraTime VIDEO: Virat Kohli chats with Pep Guardiola!
PUMA India brings together Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola for a very special conversation. Amongst other things, Virat Kohli promises to teach Pep Guardiola cricket whenever he comes to India.
Read More »Superpower Football: Virat Kohli & Sunil Chhetri are #UnitedBySport!
PUMA India brings together Indian skippers Virat Kohli and Sunil Chhetri to chat about cricket, football and everything else.
Read More »LaLiga Football School launches club series for young Indian aspirants!
Spain’s top division football league on Friday, October 9 announced the launch of the LaLiga club series programme to their football school curriculum in India in association with India On Track (IOT). Students of LaLiga Football Schools will get an opportunity to understand the technical and institutional session with experts …
Read More »I-League qualifiers provides immense pride & relief as sporting action in India resumes!
Sporting action is back in India post the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. To be precise, Indian Football is back post the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown as the I-League Qualifiers 2020 kicked-off on Thursday, October 8. With Indian Football being the first to resume post lockdown, the “pride and relief” of the big …
Read More »Big message to keep working harder, say Venkatesh & Bibiano on Bikash’s NextGen 2020 selection!
On Thursday, October 8, 2020, 17-year-old defender Bikash Yumnam was named in the Guardian’s prestigious NextGen 2020 list, which features 60 of the best young talents in world football born in 2003. He became the first Indian to feature in the annual publication and according to Venkatesh Shanmugam, under whom …
Read More »Three India junior players participate in eGoal Social Responsibility Programme!
Three players from the Indian junior national teams are participating in the ‘eGoal – Virtual Social Responsibility Programme’ organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in partnership with Aurora, which kicked off on Monday, October 5 and consists of a total of nine sessions conducted over three weeks – concluding …
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