The India Under-17 Team couldn’t garner a positive result in their last match of the round-robin stage against Latvia to advance to the quarterfinals of the Granatkin Memorial Tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia. Latvia netted three goals before the changeover, having almost secured a victory tonight. Albeit Sanjeev Stalin blasted …
Read More »Granatkin Memorial Cup: India Under-17s score big 1-0 win over Belarus!
The Indian U-17 World Cup Squad defeated Belarus U-18 by a solitary goal to nil in their second match of the Granatkin Memorial Cup in Russia on Tuesday, January 10. A 68th minute tap-in by Komal proved to be the difference between the two sides in a rather drab match …
Read More »AIFF Elite Academy beat Tata Football Academy in a friendly!
A splendid second hattrick by Rahim Ali led the AIFF U-19 Colts to a 4-0 win over Tata Football Academy at the Benaulim Ground in Goa on Sunday, January 8. The Colts led 1-0 at half-time. In the 13th minute, the AIFF Colts were awarded a penalty after Edmund danced …
Read More »Granatkin Memorial Cup: India U-17s suffer 0-8 loss to Russia U-18s!
The Russia Under-18s hammered India’s U-17 World Cup squad 8-0 in a Group B match of the Valentin Granatkin Memorial Cup being played in St. Petersburg, Russia on Sunday, January 8 night. The result could have been worse had not Russia missed a penalty just before the half-time. The hosts …
Read More »Bengal beat Chhattisgarh 4-0 in Sub-Junior National Championship – East Zone qualifiers!
The East Zone qualifiers of the Sub-Junior National Football Championship continued at the Ravenshaw University Ground in Cuttack with Bengal beating Chhattisgarh 4-0. The Bengal Sub-Junior boys had to wait until the first minute of first half added time to take the lead with Manav Mullick scoring. But in the …
Read More »Odisha beat SAI 3-0 in Sub-Junior National Championship – East Zone qualifiers!
The East Zone qualifiers of the Sub-Junior National Football Championship kicked off at the Ravenshaw University Ground in Cuttack with hosts Odisha winning 3-0 against SAI. Odisha went ahead early in the 11th minute through a Ashanta Kerketa goal with their lead doubled by Bekeya Oram in the 27th minute. …
Read More »Mumbai Football Academy to train at the Mumbai Football Arena!
Yesterday on the sidelines of the launch of the Mumbai FC team for the 2016/17 I-League it was also announced that a new entity under the name of Mumbai Football Academy has been formed and they would train at the Mumbai Football Arena. The Mumbai Football Academy is a collaboration …
Read More »Minerva Punjab FC sign Jose Carlos Hevia as Head of Youth Development!
I-League new entrants Minerva Punjab FC after making a number of signing for their first team have appointed Spaniard Jose Carlos Hevia as their Head of Youth Development. Experienced Jose Carlos Hevia, who worked in his last assignment as the Technical Director and Head Coach of Indian Super League franchise …
Read More »Register for the 4th Kenkre Champions League in Mumbai!
The Kenkre Football Academy will be organising for the fourth time its Kenkre Champions League at the Don Bosco High School in Matunga (West) in Mumbai from Sunday, January 8 onwards. The 7-A-Side competition would have boys categories of Under-8, U-10, U-12, U-14 and U-16; while also having girls Under-12, …
Read More »Kerala beat Karnataka in Sub-Junior National Championship – South Zone to qualify for finals!
The Kerala Sub-Junior boys qualified for the Sub-Junior National Football Championship finals after beating Karnataka 2-0 in the South Zone qualifiers in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu. The Kerala sub-junior boys took an early 5th minute lead through a goal from Ashwin. It stayed this way until the half time break. Kerala …
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