As the legendary Balbir Singh (senior) passed away earlier today (May 25, 2020) morning, Indian Football pays their tribute to one of the hockey’s greatest players. Tulsidas Balaram, an Olympian in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics recollects moments from the event including the mega final against Pakistan, and writes for AIFF …
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As they say, officials are the third team playing on a football field whose contribution to run a successful match often gets unnoticed. It’s a thankless job indeed but they can’t afford to rejoice a successful match as they need to get into the preparation mode for the upcoming one. …
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Mumbai-based PIFA Foundation have been hosting a special series of webinars on Indian Women’s Football from May 14 with the final webinar happening on Sunday, May 17 about the Club’s perspective on Indian Women’s Football. The final PIFA Foundation webinar presented by Häfele will take place from 4pm to 6pm. …
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LaLiga has launched exclusive programmes ‘LaLiga StayAtHome’, ‘LaLiga Nations’ and ‘LaLiga Clubs’ for football fans in the Indian subcontinent on LaLigas Facebook page, a statement from them said on Wednesday. Through these programmes LaLiga aims to highlight the best of the league beyond football to help strengthen the fan base …
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Following a thorough assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent recommendations made by the FIFA-Confederations COVID-19 Working Group, the Bureau of the FIFA Council has taken the decision to confirm the following proposed new tournament dates, subject to further monitoring: FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India …
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The discussion on the inclusion of footballers of Indian origin is a more than two decades long one and it has been always a controversial one. I have always supported the cause of OCIs/PIOs in Team India and within Indian football, and I recall starting the topic 21 years ago …
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In Mumbai, the UEFA Foundation for Children is working with the Oscar Foundation to transform children’s lives through football. Opponent The number of children dropping out of education at the age of 14 is increasing across Mumbai’s slums. Underprivileged children are being sent to work to help meet their families’ …
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The All India Football Federation’s Technical Committee under the chairmanship of Shyam Thapa met today, May 8 via a video conference. Besides Mr. Thapa, all other members including Deputy Chairman Henry Menezes, Prasanta Banerjee, Ganapati Palguna, Pradip Kumar Datta, Ishfaq Ahmed and Sundar Raman, and Abhishek Yadav attended the meeting …
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In continuation to the online educational initiatives taken for various stakeholders of Indian Football, on request from Gujarat State Football Association (GSFA), AIFF will be organising dedicated online sessions for GSFA on Grassroots Football, Coaches Education, Golden Baby Leagues, Futsal, Academy Accreditation, Youth Leagues, Sub-Junior and Junior Championships. The sessions …
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The Sports Movement 2020 conference presented by India on Track focused on the impact of the prevailing circumstances on world sport, immediate areas of concern, crucial learnings for the industry and the road ahead.
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