New Delhi: Former Dutch international Wim Koevermans is all set to take over as the chief coach of the Indian football team for a two-year term, ending a more than a year's search for a full-fledged occupant for the top job. Following All India Football Federation's sacking of Englishman Bob Houghton early last year, Armando Colaco and Savio Medeira - whose contract expires on May 31 - were given short...
02:39 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: The much-anticipated Premier League Soccer (PLS) is likely to move out of West Bengal thanks to the state sports department's non-cooperative attitude, and offers have come from Kerala and Maharashtra to host the football tournament. It was learnt that the Bengal sports department has indicated that the venues may not be free to host matches if the tournament is held next month, with some sources even claiming that...
06:51 PM, Feb 17, 2012
New Delhi: Indian football administrators are eager to use an upcoming visit by FIFA president Sepp Blatter to give an impetus to the sport in the cricket-crazy country. "The FIFA chief will visit India on March 9, giving us an opportunity to showcase the potential of football in our country," All India Football Federation secretary-general Kushal Das told The Associated Press on Thursday. "The world body is already helping us...
02:38 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Kolkata: The auction for the Indian players for the IFA-backed Premier League Soccer, scheduled to be held on Sunday, was postponed on Saturday. "The players' auction will not be held tomorrow. IFA wants to sort out the issues with the AIFF and then we will go on a full-fledged basis. Utpal Ganguli (IFA secretary) is going to New Delhi to sort this out (with AIFF)," Bhaswar Goswami of the Celebrity...
11:42 PM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: The much-anticipated IPL-style Premier League Soccer (PLS) may reach a dead end, with the AIFF set to withdraw permission for conducting the tournament after its all-powerful Emergency Committee meeting on Monday. The tournament, proposed to be held from March 24-May 6 in Bengal under the aegis of the Indian Football Association, had run into rough weather after the AIFF asked world body FIFA to temporarily suspend the six...
08:47 PM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: Indian striker Sunil Chhetri was awarded the AIFF Player of the Year award during the farewell exhibition match of Bhaichung Bhutia against German giants Bayern Munich in New Delhi on Tuesday. Chhetri was handed the award by AIFF president Praful Patel in a presentation during the interval. He was handed a silver plaque and a cheque of Rs. 2 lakh. An elated Chhetri thanked all his teammates and...
06:46 AM, Jan 11, 2012
New York: 'Greater Elephant', a film produced by Pallavi Rohtagi, received the Best Jury Award at the South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) here. Directed by Srinivas Sunderrajan, the comedy is about lost elephant in a big city wiht sub-plots talking about lost childhood, skeptical society and about one's search for self. Hussain Dalal, Naveen Kaushik, Saunskruti Kher, Rajiv Mishra, Shreyas Pandit, Shashi Nambiar feature in the cast of the...
05:41 PM, Dec 27, 2011
Having helped India win the SAFF Cup, Sunil Chhetri ended a successful year by being named the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the Year. ...
01:37 PM, Dec 22, 2011
New Delhi: The All India Football Federation appointed Dutch coach Rob Baan as the new Technical Director of the national football team on Tuesday. Baan has earlier worked in a similar capacity with the Australian Football Federation. Baan is one of the most high-profile coaches to have worked in India, having been an assistant coach at PSV Eindhoven from 1995-98 and also the Technical Director at Feynoord Rotterdam from 1998-2004....
09:16 PM, Oct 11, 2011
New Delhi: Despite objection from some top clubs, the All India Football Federation on Thursday decided to put the cap on the number of matches a player can play in domestic tournaments, including the I-League, to 40. The decision, which aims at keeping the number of matches a player can play in local leagues to the minimum, would hit hard big clubs like Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, Dempo and Churchill...
07:17 PM, Jul 14, 2011
The ex-skipper though admitted that his injury has kept him away from match fitness. ...
12:06 AM, Jun 09, 2011
All India Football Federation signed deal worth Rs 4.75 crore with Panasonic. ...
10:57 PM, Jan 16, 2010
National team players have shot a letter to AIFF President Praful Patel. ...
10:41 AM, Dec 02, 2009
AIFF has decided to have only five nations for the Nehru Cup. ...
02:04 AM, Aug 12, 2009
India football team finished fourth at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. ...
01:03 PM, Aug 05, 2009
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