Subrata Dutta, Senior Vice President, All India Football Federation and Chairman, League Committee chaired AIFF League Committee Meeting held via video conferencing today, April 18 from 4 pm onwards. Besides Subrata Dutta, Chairman of the League Committee and AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das and League CEO Sunando Dhar, Lalnginglova Hmar, …
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Indian football players Sahal Abdul Samad, Anirudh Thapa and Brandon Fernandes explain to Indian Express how you can maintain fitness during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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The All India Football Federation (AIFF) and Indian football are as affected by the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as most of the federations, leagues and competitions around the world. While the 2019/20 Indian Super League could finish its competition with ATK lifting the ISL-6 title in a final without spectators …
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The latest football event to be cancelled was the 2020 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup. The tournament was to be held in India in November 2020. All football in the country is on hold with no evidence of direction or even dialogue between everyone in the system. Reports indicate the …
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In this one-off episode, Arjun Pandit, Vaibhav Raghunandan and Siddhanth Aney get all nostalgic and emotional about the good old days of covering football. Anecdotes go back to when Sunil Chhetri played age-group football for Delhi and Pandit was still a chocolate boy. There’s train toilets, private jets, a naked …
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Current Indian Football Team assistant coach and Indian Arrows head coach Shanmugam Venkatesh hailed the late Pradip Kumar Banerjee as the “first icon of Indian Football”. Former India captain and ex-head coach P.K. Banerjee, who has represented the country 36 times with 19 goals to his name, passed away in …
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As the Indian Football fraternity still weeps over the passing away of Padma Shri Pradip Kumar Banerjee, one of his favourite disciples – another Padma Shri – Bhaichung Bhutia recollects memories of playing under PK-da, branding him as the ‘Guardian Angel of Indian Football’. March 20, 2020 will remain one …
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Kerala is the symbolic home of Indian football. This region has always held a deeper connection to the sport, even over cricket. From the tradition of Kerala 7’s and neighbourhood tournaments in the city, the FIFA World Cup and the way the city gathers around the tournament, despite India having …
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Isac Doru, Indian football’s technical director, joins the 420 Grams crew in the Newsclick studio for his first extensive interview since joining the All India Football Federation (AIFF) nine months ago. In this hugely engrossing conversation, Doru spoke about many things, including the developmental programmes for the men’s and women’s …
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For those who are thinking about pursuing a postgraduate course in sports management, there is an exciting new opportunity on the horizon – a Football Masters Course offered by none other than the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The course, whose duration is one-year, is aimed at moulding exemplary football …
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