As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the IFA (West Bengal) is looking to host all the matches of the 2020/21 I-League in the city. But they are waiting for the West Bengal sports department to give necessary clearances and the AIFF inform on the hygiene standards needed to host the games.
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The All India Football Federation (AIFF) in its effort to push and instigate the State Associations to contribute to the football development in the concerned states has introduced a points-based assessment system that indicates the performance of the states on the various operational verticals. The operational verticals based on which …
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In the latest Un-Parallel Football Adda the topic was the IFA Striker Academy’s foreign tie-up through the German Football Academy. The webinar included football coach Biswajit Bhattacharya, Verena Willinek of Brain Soccer Germany and myself Arunava Chaudhuri. Watch the Un-Parallel Football Adda on YouTube above & on Facebook below!
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AIFF Senior Vice President Subrata Dutta and General Secretary Kushal Das attended an online seminar organized by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industries on Monday, July 13, where they discussed various issues surrounding Indian football, and how to take the sport forward during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch …
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the ‘Coaches Who Care’ organisation visited the IFA office to meet with the IFA top brass to discuss the situation in Bengal. As the situation stands in the Calcutta Football League, there are coaches without degrees who coach while licensed coaches do not have jobs. …
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the IFA (West Bengal) met on Monday, June 29 with former players and club officials to discuss on how to develop local Bengali talent. One of the ideas was to enable young Bengali players from the districts to play in the Calcutta Football League, offer …
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, the IFA (West Bengal) met on Monday, June 29 with former players and decided to set up a striker academy in the state. India legend Tulsidas Balaram will be the head of the academy with a number of former Bengal strikers as coaches. The aim …
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As XtraTime reports from Bengal, the organisation ‘Coaches who care’ has once more come forward to help victims of Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal.
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On May 20, 2020; Cyclone Amphan has devastated major portion of the South and North 24 Parganas with Sundarbans suffering the most and probably the destruction caused is irreparable. As the entire state of West Bengal stands united in this fight to rebuild Bengal, EAST BENGAL the REAL POWER (EBRP) …
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As XtraTime reports from Basirhat, former striker Dipendu Biswas has been like a ‘Robin Hood’ to the people of Basirhat after they were devastated by Cyclone Amphan. The now MLA Dipendu Biswas has not only been there for the people, but he is trying to help the people rebuild their …
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