Indian national team star Pritam Kotal takes us back to the start of his career, how he has grown into a solid defender and how meditation helps him perform better on the pitch, among various other things!
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Former Indian National Team striker Baichung Bhutia feels “all strikers need to develop their sixth sense if they are to score regularly.” In a chat with AIFF TV, Baichung, the first Indian footballer to have played 100 International matches expressed, “It’s all about that sixth sense. You need to smell …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a sea change in the way we go about our daily lives. Professional athletes across the world have been forced to innovate and find solutions to keep themselves in top shape. For goalkeeper Prabhsukhan Gill, who was part of the Indian team at the …
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A four-day long Special Reconversion Course conducted by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) in association with Sports Authority of India (SAI), came to a close today, July 30. The course saw 48 coaches take part in two daily sessions across four days to take Indian Football forward together as …
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“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. But if you haven’t learnt friendship, you haven’t learnt anything,” were immortal words from ‘The Greatest’ – Muhammed Ali. Anirudh Thapa and Germanpreet Singh, both Blue Tigers, football has been the bonding factor. The best of buddies, quite inseparable – …
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July 29, 2000 was a Saturday and on that afternoon at the old Filbert Street ground of Leicester City, India took on Bangladesh in the first-ever South Asian derby on British soil. Over 3,000 fans turned up for the game and there were more Bangladeshi at the ground than Indians, …
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A solitary figure makes his way back home through the paddy fields on the outskirts of Imphal, Manipur as the day nears the end in the eastern reaches of the Himalayas. The young man dons a jacket and a pair of shorts, which despite being mud-stained, are clearly swankier than …
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Joining the 420 grams crew on the show is former AIFF national team director, Delhi Dynamos and East Bengal FC advisor Tathagatha Mukherjee. They talk about various aspects of the foreign player rule and a ground-up vs. top-down approach to developing the sport. This episode was aired live on Facebook …
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In the sixth episode of Dil Se Football it was a special episode on Indian Football featuring India legend Renedy Singh and myself Arunava Chaudhuri. When asked, I spoke about my experience of the two AFC Asian Cup’s – 2011 Qatar and 2019 UAE.
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The Bangladesh Football Federation has announced the preliminary squad list ahead of the Asian Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup. The players will convene for the camp, which will initially focus on individual training, on August 7 with head coach Jamie Day scheduled to …
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