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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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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Chuni Goswami’s death on April 30, 2020, though sad, brought back memories of some of the finest days of India’s football history. While remembering the man and the teams he represented, 420grams also had a chance to relive some of the football that was played in India in the 1950s, …
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, Indian football legend Chuni Goswami is no more. The football fraternity in Arun Ghosh, Tulsidas Balaram, Shyam Thapa, Nitu Sarkar, Debashis Datta, Subrata Bhattacharya, Satyajit Chatterjee, Samram Banerjee, and IM Vijayan besides tennis player Joydeeep Mukherjee remember the legend!
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Most label him as the most skilful Indian football player ever. The Captain of the triumphant Asian Games 1962 Gold Medal Winning squad, Subimal (Chuni) Goswami in a freewheeling interview speaks at length about the changes in Indian football while going nostalgic about India’s Gold Medal win in the 1962 …
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It was on April 2, 2020 that All India Football Federation had kicked off the #FitWithIndianFootball campaign in a bid to inspire and promote fitness amongst fans with the entire country locked down as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of the month, it has garnered …
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The global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been having a effect on football around the world with Indian football not being an exception. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) defacto had to cut off the 2019/20 season over the weekend of March 14/15 with the Indian Super League final between ATK …
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Director-General of the Sports Authority of India (SAI), Sandip Pradhan lauded the joint initiative of the All India Football Federation and SAI to use the period of the country-wide lockdown to hold a 13-day Online Coaching Refresher Course. The course, which got underway on Monday, April 20, will see as …
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At a time when the entire football fraternity has been facing a severe never-seen-before precarious situation due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it has been “challenging” for the referees to keep themselves up and going during this period. “It has really been challenging for us to keep ourselves fit during …
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The Executive Committee of the All India Football Federation perused the detailed note containing recommendations and deliberations by the League Committee as recorded after their meeting on April 18, 2020. The League Committee had detailed out various issues pertaining to League matters for the season 2019-20 in light of the …
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