UEFA is spearheading the drive to increase the number of club and national teams coached by women – thanks to a programme in which experienced coaches are acting as personal mentors to up-and-coming female coaches. UEFA has launched an ambitious mentor programme to build on impressive progress in its Europe-wide …
Read More »Bala Devi hails string of changes in India Women’s team set-up!
As the Indian Senior Women’s Team camp in the Capital for the forthcoming back to back International Friendlies against Vietnam on November 3 and 6 respectively, Bala Devi hailed the recent changes in the National team set-up which she feels has “helped the players in innumerable ways”. “Since making my …
Read More »2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup will galvanise the whole of India!
FIFA Women’s Football Regional Consultant Belinda Wilson feels the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – India will “galvanize the whole country, not just on the women’s game, but also on the men’s.” In an exclusive interaction with AIFF Media, she spoke at length about “consistency achieved in regards to …
Read More »Bembem Devi: Domestic competitions lay foundation stone of national team!
Bembem Devi, the most decorated woman footballer of the country, feels the robust domestic football pyramid structure has laid the “foundation stone” of the Indian Senior Women’s National Team for the future. “Tournaments such as the Senior Women’s National Football Championship lay the foundation stone for a strong Women’s National …
Read More »German Women’s Cup (DFB-Pokal der Frauen) Round 2 draw carried out!
The DFB-Pokal der Frauen (German Women’s Cup) Round 2 draw took place on Friday, August 9. The draw was carried out by Germany U-17 WNT head coach Friederike Kromp during the half-time of the 2nd Division Women’s Bundesliga opening match betweem 1. FC Saarbrücken and SV Werder Bremen. A total …
Read More »Vakiria FC win Mizoram’s Independence Day Celebration Women’s Tournament!
The final of the Independence Day Celebration Women’s Football Tournament was played at AR Lammual in Aizawl on Saturday evening under floodlights with Vakiria FC winning 3-0 against a valiant NCC FC side. The much more experienced side Vakiria FC dominated the play early on – C Zairemmawii opened the …
Read More »VIDEO – FC Goa: Josline D’Souza – This is Goa!
“When I was being felicitated, my father had tears in his eyes. It would have been good if he had seen me today,” said Josline D’Souza. The FC Goa women’s team goalkeeper and FC Goa Soccer School coach shares her incredible journey.
Read More »Jamshedpur FC conduct an all-girls Grassroots Festival to celebrate JRD Tata’s birth anniversary!
It was a morning full of joy as 360 girls from three different schools participated in an all-girls Grassroots Festival organised by Jamshedpur FC and Tata Steel Sports Department to celebrate JRD Tata’s birth anniversary. The enthusiasm was sky-rocketing during the festival as girls from Sacred Heart Convent School, JH …
Read More »KSFA to hold Karnataka Senior State Women’s team trials!
The Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA) will be holding trials for their Karnataka Senior State Women’s team as preparations for the upcoming Senior Women’s National Football Championship set to be held later in the year. The KSFA trials would be held on Thursday/Friday, July 25/26 at the Bangalore Football Stadium …
Read More »AIFF Women’s Committee meets in New Delhi!
The All India Football Federation’s Women’s Football Committee met in the Capital on July 9 and was chaired by Sara Pilot in attendance of Director of National Teams Abhishek Yadav, I-League CEO Sunando Dhar and AIFF officials. The committee was briefed about the women activities which took place in the …
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