I-League champions Bengaluru FC recently announced that the club would set-up its own Residential Football Academy at the JSW Township in Vijayanagar, Bellary in Karnataka. To select players for the Residential Football Academy, the club will conduct trials in five different locations across the country – Bengaluru, Mizoram, Punjab (two …
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Mizoram giants Aizawl FC have reappointed experienced Jahar Das, who coached their I-League Senior team last season, as their Head of Youth Development to take charge of the Aizawl FC Academies across different parts of Mizoram besides plus further AFC Academies in Tripura and Myanmar. Jahar Das last season had …
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India and NorthEast United FC defender Nirmal Chettri organised a youth football clinic in his home town of Mellidara in Sikkim with the support of the Football Players Association of India (FPAI). The football clinic was not the first time that Nirmal Chettri organised such a camp and it had …
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I-League Champions Bengaluru FC have come up with an ambitious Academy Programme within three years of their inception. The Academy as their Head Coach John Kila points out is to develop the Academy towards “physically, tactically and in terms of technique.” In a freewheeling interview with AIFF Media, Kila speaks …
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Goans giants Salgaocar FC will be holding open selection trials on August 8 to 10 at the Dramapur Panchayat Ground in Dramapur for their Under-14 boys football team as part of the club’s Youth Development Program. Players born on or after January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2004 are requested …
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An exhibition football match was played between the GFDC staff and FC Goa staff to mark the fourth anniversary celebrations of the Goa Football Development Council on Friday, July 29 at the Duler Stadium in Mapusa. The GFDC staff defeated FC GOA staff 6-1. Sandesh Sawant opened the scoring for …
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The Football Association of Odisha yesterday, July 23 launched their eighth Grassroots Centre in Subdega Block of Sundargarh District, which will see 30 boys being trained there regularly with Hemanta Das being the coach of this latest Grassroots Centre. The new training centre was inaugurated at the New Odisha High …
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Delhi Dynamos FC in its endeavor to strengthen its grassroots development programme has tied up with Shaheed Vijay Singh Sports Complex to identify and nurture young talent in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Under this path-breaking initiative, DDFC will set up a state of the art football academy at the sports …
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The 40 youngsters currently part of the Reliance Foundation Young Champs programme had the privilege of meeting the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on Saturday, July 23 at the launch of the Reliance Foundation Youth Sport initiative (RFYS) in New Delhi where Nita Ambani and Minister of Youth Affairs …
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The Football Association of Odisha yesterday, July 22 launched their seventh Grassroots Centre in Kundukela (Sundargarh), which will see 30 girls being trained there regularly with Manjushree Patel being the coach of this latest Grassroots Centre. Bhairav Singh Patel (BDO Sundargarh), was present as the Chief Guest in the inauguration …
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