As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the AIFF Senior vice-president Subrata Dutta on the sideline of an event spoke to the media about the current scenario of Indian football. Subrata Dutta was honest and direct in his statements about what is all going in Indian football.
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Trinamool Congress MP Prasun Banerjee, a former India international football captain, on Thursday on the Indian parliament premises showed off his football skills in an appeal to the Government of India and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promote the game. “I will appeal to the Prime Minister and the …
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The Football Players Association of India (FPAI) will be holding their annual Indian Football Awards on Sunday, July 21, 2019 in the Sikkim capital Gangtok. In good news for the football fans in Sikkim, the FPAI – Indian Football Awards 2019 will see the presence of Indian football captain Sunil …
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Mohun Bagan official Debasish Datta in an interview with XtraTime questioned the AIFF executive committee’s decision to suggest to the AFC to make the ISL the top tier of Indian club football. But he also added that talks would continue before the I-League clubs would go to court.
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After nearly a decade of its commercial agreement, the All India Football Federation has led club football in India to the brink of an abyss. On the one hand there is the prospect of a private league, divorced from fans and constitutional oversight, owning and operating the entire top flight …
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With 107 international caps and 42 goals, Baichung Bhutia is one of the most accomplished footballers to emerge from India. He led club and country to many famous victories in a two-decade long pro career. Bhutia was in the Newsclick studios to talk about the current mess engulfing club football …
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All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Praful Patel announced iconic national team striker Sunil Chhetri as the AIFF Men’s Footballer of the Year 2018-19 at the AIFF Executive Committee Meeting in the Capital today. This is the sixth time Chhetri bagged the prestigious Award having earlier won it in 2007, …
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The AIFF Executive Committee met today, July 9 in Delhi and discussed various issues including the request letter that the champions of Indian Super League would get a berth for the qualifiers of the AFC Champions League. In light of the MRA as well as the fact that in the …
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Finally the meeting between the All India Football Federation president Praful Patel and the I-League clubs happened on Wednesday, July 3 in New Delhi. But the outcome of that meeting will have come as a complete surprise to most! The clubs had wanted to first meet the AIFF president before …
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In the next episode of the I-League clubs vs AIFF/FSDL, the I-League clubs have send a letter to the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi urging him to intervene in their fight against the national federation AIFF. The letter titled ‘Need your kind intervention to save Indian football from victimisation …
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