Coaches from German Bundesliga side FC Schalke 04’s Academy known as the ‘Knappenschmiede’ visited Kolkata and the German Football Academy from November 10 to 14, 2019. For Schalke 04 the visit to India by coaches Kai Brock and Tom Albrecht is the first for the Revier region based club. After …
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, East Bengal Club and Mohun Bagan played out a goalless Kolkata derby in the Calcutta Football League – Premier Division ‘A’. New IFA honorary secretary Joydeep Mukherjee was happy for the successful and safe conduct of the Kolkata derby, which has faced issues and violence …
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, city giants Mohammedan Sporting Club have contacted their governing body IFA (West Bengal) about the bad state of the Mohammedan Sporting Ground. But the IFA have told Mohammedan Sporting that the government has cleared the ground, so for them it is fine to host matches …
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, India’s oldest football tournament Durand Cup is set to be held for the first-time ever in Kolkata from August 2 to 24. Read the article: Army looks forward in hosting Durand Cup 2019!
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The Durand Cup, the world’s third oldest and Asia’s oldest football tournament, returns after a short gap of three years to entertain the football lovers of the Nation. The prestigious tournament was first held in 1888 at Dagshai in Himachal Pradesh and is named after Mortimer Durand, who was the …
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XtraTime carried out an exclusive and extended interview with new IFA secretary Joydeep Mukherjee to speak about the issues which he is facing in his new position while also what all he wants to improve and change.
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The 129th edition of India’s oldest football tournament, the Durand Cup, would be played from August 2 to 24 in Kolkata, Kalyani and Siliguri. A total of 16 teams from across Indian Super League, I-League, Second Division League and Services team would be participating with the teams split into four …
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Joydeep Mukherjee has been elected unopposed as the new secretary of the Indian Football Association (West Bengal) to succeed Utpal Kumar Ganguli, who had served the federation over 12 years across three terms.
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Joydeep Mukherjee has been elected unopposed as the new secretary of the Indian Football Association (West Bengal) to succeed Utpal Kumar Ganguli, who had served the federation over 12 years across three terms. Utpal Ganguli had said a few weeks ago that he would not stand in the elections due …
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, outgoing IFA (West Bengal) secretary Utpal Ganguli at the AGM of the association openly spoke about the financial problems facing the body.
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