Mission XI Million is the legacy programme of 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup has been initiated as a school contact initiative, which leading up to the tournament in October 2017, will evolve into India’s biggest sporting activity ever and leave a lasting legacy for the first FIFA tournament in India. …
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45 participating Member Associations from across Asia learned their opponents for the upcoming 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers on Friday, April 21 following the official draw at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. India have been grouped with defending champions Iraq, Palestine and Nepal who will host the qualifiers of Group …
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Indian international and DSK Shivajians FC goalkeeper Subrata Pal has failed a dope test on March 18 by India’s National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) at a regular test during the Indian national team preparatory camp in Mumbai for the away friendly in Cambodia (March 22) and the 2019 AFC Asian Cup …
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As part of the overall support that Government of India is giving to the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India and its flagship legacy programme, Mission XI Million, the ‘Oorja CAPF U-19 Football Talent Hunt Tournament’, an Under-19 men’s and women’s football competition, was launched at India Gate on …
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Last Saturday, the Chelsea India lads painted Pune Blue! Right from rink football and FIFA tournaments, to a road trip filled with insane chanting, this day will be etched in their memories as Superpower Football was a part of the trip. P.S.: What was fondly forgotten is that Chelsea lost …
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On February 9, 2017, the Official Mascot for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India was unveiled at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, in a ceremony attended by Vijay Goel, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (IC) and Praful Patel, AIFF President and Chairman of …
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With the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India scheduled in October later this year, the Local Organising Committee for the event launched the Volunteer Programme on March 6, to offer a chance to the people of India to contribute their services for the event. In little over a month, …
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AIFF will be conducting one-day workshops in five cities for the revised Academy Accreditation program launched earlier this month. The workshops are being done to clarify on the application processes involved in Accreditation of Academies. It would also help explain the player registration procedures pertaining to the upcoming season. The …
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The Calcutta Sports Journalists Club organised their CSJC Annual Awards 2016-17 to hand prizes to the winners in Kolkata yesterday evening. Two-time Indian Open champion golfer S.S.P. Chawrasia and the country’s lone woman Paralympic medallist Deepa Malik were conferred the Sportsperson of the Year and Inspiration of the Year awards …
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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 April rankings, India gained an incredible 31 spots be in 101st position along with Nicaragua, Lithuania, and Estonia behind St.Kitts & Nevis, but ahead of Kazakhstan. India …
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