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The All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) technical committee held discussions on May 8 on various issues pertaining to the technical advancement of the sport in India. One of the central themes was whether or not to reduce the number of foreign players clubs in India are allowed to register in …

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, …

Now that it is clear there will be no football for a while, the fallout has begun. Employees of clubs, players and staff in particular, are starting to face the axe much like workers in any other sector. Even those with long-term employment contracts find themselves out in the cold. …

In a series of special shows, the 420 Grams crew plans to look back and analyse football from the past. 420 grams had to start with the FIFA World Cup that many recall as the best ever – Mexico 1986. The final saw a solid West Germany take on Diego …

Will Mohun Bagan be declared champions of the I-league and the rest of the season be scrapped? Will the Second Division League be played as a truncated, knockout tournament later in the year? Will there be promotion and relegation? The questions on the table are complex and, whatever happens, will …

On the occasion of BR Ambedkar’s birth anniversary the 420grams crew reflects on the hypocrisy prevalent in Indian society and how it has left a blot even in sport. It all begins with the obsession with cult of personality without embracing the philosophies that made these men – India’s sporting …

Floyd Pinto has taken his passion for football from Mumbai’s Kenkre FC to the highest levels in the country. Having worked closely with the India Under-17 squad that became the first to represent the country at a FIFA World Cup, to helping boys like Amarjit Kiyam, Anirudh Thapa, Suresh Wangjam, …

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 …

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 …

Delhi-based Sudeva FC’s academy footballers, who were undergoing training with its sister club CD Olimpic de Xativa, are stranded in the small town of Valencia region in Spain. 420 Grams caught up with the teenagers as well as club owner Anuj Gupta, gaining insight into how they are coping with …