Mumbai: In a bid to increase competition and give "better incentives" to the players, the All India Football Federation plans to add four more teams to the existing 14 in the I-League next season. "The I-League as it stands today, we are going to add four new teams. We were thinking of two new teams but by the time the entire process goes through, we will be adding four new...
10:24 AM, May 24, 2013
Sports ministry is yet to hear from the AIFF the specific assurances demanded by FIFA. ...
04:55 PM, Feb 14, 2013
FIFA wants to host the tournament in India as part of its developmental plan in the country. ...
06:42 PM, Jan 23, 2013
Praful Patel will seek to convince Blatter about India's ability to host the 2017 Under-17 Football World Cup. ...
07:49 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Dutta said it was big victory for the foursome of club president Swapan Sadhan Bose, secretary Anjan Mitra, assistant secretary Srinjoy Bose and himself. ...
07:41 PM, Jan 15, 2013
The AIFF on Monday decided to lift a two-year ban on Mohun Bagan while fining the Kolkata club two crores. ...
04:17 PM, Jan 15, 2013
As many as 11 I-League clubs have reportedly appealed to AIFF to review the two-year ban imposed on Mohun Bagan in December. ...
06:12 PM, Jan 14, 2013
Patel, a union minister, said the AIFF followed its constitution and the spirit of the government's sports code while conducting the elections. ...
08:09 PM, Dec 20, 2012
IOC had banned the IOA for selecting a tainted official at elections held in line with the controversial government sports code. ...
03:19 PM, Dec 20, 2012
New Delhi: Nobody said it to his face but when All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel said last week India's goal was to qualify for the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar, his sunny optimism bordered on grim absurdity. With FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke sitting next to him, the AIFF chief announced it minutes before signing a 10-year agreement with soccer's governing body to develop the game...
01:05 PM, Sep 13, 2012
New Delhi: In fresh trouble from the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday out the government on notice with Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel staying away from their ministries, but stopped short of formally resigning from the Cabinet. However, the move was enough to worry the government as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not delay in reaching out to NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, calling...
11:06 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: Hours after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reached out to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, calling him a valuable colleague, the Congress tried to downplay the differences between the parties. Addressing mediapersons in New Delhi, Congress spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi said that all the issues would be resolved through discussions. He asserted that there was no problem between the Congress and the NCP. "Sharad Pawar is a senior...
04:46 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: Key UPA ally and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar is sulking again over not being made number two in the Union government. According to sources, Pawar and his close aide Praful Patel are even ready to quit the Cabinet. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel on Thursday skipped key UPA Cabinet meet for the second time in a row. While the...
09:15 PM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: There's a new name in the growing list of Presidential hopefuls. For the first time on Thursday, two political parties came out with a joint name for President. Former Speaker PA Sangma, who had been lobbying for a Scheduled Tribe as the next President, has got support from AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. However, Sangma so far has failed to get his own party,...
09:30 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: A day after the stunning 2G blow in the Supreme Court, there was more trouble for the UPA government on Friday as an India-born Canadian claimed that he paid Union Minister Praful Patel a 250-thousand dollar bribe in 2007. According to the Canadian, he paid the bribe to help Canadian firm Crypto Metric bag a 100-million dollar deal with Air India for a facial-recognition security system. However, the...
05:48 PM, Feb 03, 2012
