The All India Football Federation condoles the death of former India Captain, Coach and Technical Director Pradip Kumar Banerjee, who was fondly referred to as PK Banerjee by his vast legion of fans. Banerjee breathed his last at a private hospital in Kolkata after a prolonged illness on March 20, …
Read More »
In sad news for Indian football, one of its legendary footballers, P.K. Banerjee died on Friday, March 20 in Kolkata. He was 83 years old. He was suffering from respiratory problems due to pneumonia and had an underlying history of Parkinson’s disease, dementia and heart problem. Banerjee, who was on …
Read More »
With the latest edition of the Indian Super League having been completed, it is time for the players to recharge their batteries and prepare themselves for the next campaign. For midfielder Anirudh Thapa, who hails from Dehradun, the “right kind” of rest after a long season is important, as he …
Read More »
Following consultation with Asia’s member associations, FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have agreed to postpone the upcoming Asian qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar as follows: Matches originally scheduled to take place during the international window of March 23-31, 2020 and June 1-9, 2020 are …
Read More »
Experience has made Mohun Bagan wing-back Ashutosh Mehta a better player — so much so that he is now a contender to make it to the National Team squad feels former I-League-winning coach Khalid Jamil. Jamil, who had seen Mehta grow under his tutelage — first at Mumbai FC, and …
Read More »
The 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification round 2 matches which were scheduled to be played in March and June 2020 have been postponed till further confirmation. In a letter the AFC wrote, “FIFA and AFC will discuss further details of the postponed matches and communicate to the …
Read More »
India National Team Coach Igor Stimac conducted a training session for Indian Arrows at the Cooperage Stadium on Thursday, March 6. Indian Arrows next play TRAU FC in their next match on March 8. Indian Arrows head coach Venkatesh Shanmugam, also the Assistant Coach of the Indian Senior National Team …
Read More »
The Indian National Team will be playing their last Group E league match of the joint 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers against Afghanistan in Kolkata on June 9, 2020, the Emergency Committee of AIFF has approved. The Blue Tigers will be flying to Kolkata directly from Dhaka …
Read More »
The AIFF Emergency Committee has formally approved the Saltlake Stadium in Kolkata as the venue for the joint 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifier between India and Afghanistan on June 9, 2020. The Saltlake Stadium had witnessed the India vs Bangladesh match on October 15 last year which …
Read More »
The Blue Tigers are scheduled to play an international friendly match away against Tajikistan in on March 31, 2020, the venue for which, will be confirmed at a later date. Tajikistan, who are currently ranked 121 in the FIFA rankings, recently played against the Igor Stimac-coached boys in the Intercontinental …
Read More »
Arunava about Football A look at football & the world through my eyes!