XtraTime on the sidelines of an event at East Bengal Club they got the chance to speak to Baichung Bhutia about the current topics of Indian football. They spoke about India’s draw in the 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, the new India head coach Igor Stimac, and …
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Indian Super League champions Bengaluru FC have completed the signing of Spanish striker Manuel Onwu Villafranca ahead of the 2019/20 season. The 31-year-old striker who becomes the 13th Spaniard to sign for the Blues, has put pen to paper on a one-year deal with the club having an option to …
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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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9 goals conceded in 2 games! Is the Indian Football team *really* struggling under Igor Stimac? Also, did Praful Patel just say he wants promotion-relegation in Indian Super League?
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Indian Super League franchise NorthEast United FC’s new Head of Academy and Assistant Coach Khalid Jamil speaks on his role at NEUFC and the roadmap ahead for the club’s youth system in an exclusive interview!
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, officials from city giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan met BJP West Bengal in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya to discuss the current situation in Indian club football. East Bengal’s Debabrata ‘Neetu’ Sarkar and Dr. Shanti Ranjan Dasgupta besides Mohun Bagan’s Srinjoy Bose and Debasish Datta met 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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Indian Super League franchise Kerala Blasters have signed goalkeeper goalkeeper Bilal Khan from I-League side Real Kashmir FC. 24 year old Khurja-born Bilal Hussain Khan is a youth product of the Tata Football Academy. In 2012, Bilal Khan joined Churchill Brothers as a teenager and spend two seasons with them. …
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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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