With only two months to go before the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India kicks off, the FIFA Referees Committee has appointed 21 trios of match officials, representing all six confederations. For FIFA, it is essential to ensure that the best match officials from all around the world are …
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At 1700 hrs on Wednesday, August 16, it was exactly 50 days to the start of the upcoming 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. The six Host Cities of the tournament – Goa, Guwahati, Kochi, Kolkata, Navi Mumbai and New Delhi – are waiting to welcome fans from India …
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Reliance Foundation Young Champs (RFYC) has achieved another milestone as thirteen year old Kshitij Kumar Singh has been selected to play for NEC Nijmegen’s Under-15 youth team which competes at the highest level in the Netherlands. Last season’s find, Kshitij Kumar Singh, is a prodigy whose love for football started …
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St. Kitts and Nevis national team head coach Jacques Passy has called up 24 probables ahead of his country’s Tri-Nation Football Series participation in Mumbai. “The Sugar Boyz” will face hosts India and Mauritius in the tournament which will kick off on August 19. “For the first time in the …
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A team from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is currently on a four-day visit to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to help further develop futsal in the country. The team was welcomed by Kushal Das, the General Secretary of AIFF, on the first day of the visit. “AIFF is …
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The Indian national football team begin their campaign against Mauritius on August 19 at the Mumbai Football Arena in the Tri-nation Football Series. India will play their second match against St. Kitts & Nevis on August 24, while Mauritius and St. Kitts & Nevis face each other on August 22. …
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The Asian Football Confederation is pleased with the facilities at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium of the Goa University campus and the Peddem Sports Complex in Mapusa. The AFC is supporting the All India Football Federation to develop Futsal in the country and is also in favour of …
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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 August rankings, India dropped a place to be in 97th position behind Zambia, but ahead of Estonia. India have 341 points, the same number of points like …
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Tournament Director of the Local Organising Committee for FIFA U-17 World Cup – India 2017 Javier Ceppi addressed the unexpected decline in the sale of tickets in Phase III in Guwahati at a media interaction. The city is now lacking behind Kolkata and Kochi in terms of ticket sales after …
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Reinstating the importance of India’s first FIFA Tournament, Project Director of the LOC, FIFA U-17 World Cup – India 2017, Joy Bhattacharjya today said that the tournament will inspire sporting fans across the country which will help contribute towards the growth of football in India. Addressing a press conference in …
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