Kuala Lumpur: All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Praful Patel was on Saturday elected to the FIFA council during the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress. He is the first Indian to be elected to the highest decision-making body of world football. According to sources, Patel received 38 out of possible[Read More…]
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Praful Patel set to be first Indian in FIFA Executive Council
By Jaydeep Basu New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) might be fighting a legal battle in the Supreme Court over the validity of its constitution vis-a-vis the National Sports Code (NSC) but President Praful Patel is set to don the bigger role on the world stage this week.[Read More…]
FIFA bans Chelsea from signing players
London: The governing body of world football FIFA on Friday confirmed that English Premier League club Chelsea have been banned from making any signings for the next two transfer windows after breaching rules over signing minors. Chelsea were found guilty of 29 cases of breaching Article 19 of FIFA’s rules,[Read More…]
Fifa urges Thailand to stop Bahraini footballer’s deportation
The footballer holds refugee status in Australia, is being held in a Bangkok prison on an Interpol warrant issued by Bahrain. He was on a holiday in Thailand when authorities detained him at an airport on November 27. In 2014, he was sentenced in absentia in Bahrain to 10 years[Read More…]
Real Madrid end 2018 with special session for fans
Madrid, Real Madrid on Monday finished 2018 with a special training session at the club’s sports city in Valdebebas cheered on by fans and supporters. The 2018 UEFA Champions League and 2018 FIFA Club World Cup champions sailed through the last practice of the year at the Alfredo Di Stéfano[Read More…]
Ballon d’Or 2018: Luka Modric ends decade-long duopoly of Messi and Ronaldo
Luka Modric the winner of Ballon d’Or 2018, has put an end to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s decade-long dominance over Ballon d’Or award. Modric became first Croatian to lift this award after already been named as FIFA’s Best Men’s Player this year. Croatian captain and Real Madrid midfielder, Modric[Read More…]
Ronaldo, Modric, Salah shortlisted for The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award
Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), Croatia midfielder Luka Modric (Real Madrid) and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) were shortlisted on Monday for The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award for 2018. The three finalists were announced at an event in London in the presence of football greats, including Peter Schmeichel, Sol Campbell, Nwankwo[Read More…]
U-20 COTIF Cup 2018: Indian football team makes history, beats Argentina with 2-1
A 10 man U-20 Indian Football team registered a historic win of 2-1 against Argentina in the COTIF Cup, in Spain on 6 August. Coach Floyd Pinto describes as one of the “biggest days for Indian Football” as they shock the 6-time U20 World Cup champions Argentina. India stunned the[Read More…]
FIFA probing empty seats for Uruguay-Egypt World Cup duel
Moscow: World football’s governing body FIFA has launched an investigation to determine why there were thousands of empty seats for the World Cup match between Egypt and Uruguay in Yekaterinburg on Friday. More than 6,000 seats — around 20 per cent of the venue’s capacity — were unoccupied during the[Read More…]
FIFA announces 2018 World Cup national slogans
Moscow: The worlds governing football body, FIFA, published on Thursday a list of official logos for each of 32 participating teams in the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup and the logo of hosts Russia is Play With an Open Heart. The votes have been counted. The fans have spoken, FIFA[Read More…]
India climb three spots to 99 in FIFA rankings
New Delhi: The Indian football team jumped three places to 99 in the latest FIFA rankings for the month of February released on Thursday. The Stephen Constantine-coached side will take on Kyrgyz Republic in a 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying match on March 27 at the Dolon Omurzakov Stadium in Bishkek.[Read More…]
Late PR Dasmunsi’s son expresses shock on ‘funeral tour’ of father on heartfelt note
Two days after the noted politician and Congress leader Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi breathed his last, his teenaged son Priyadeep Dasmunshi penned a heartfelt note on his Facebook post. Priyadeep, who wish to take forward his father’s legacy in politics, displayed shock on how he was told to take his father’s[Read More…]
Indian football 50-100 years behind many countries: Sol Campbell
Kolkata: Former England and Arsenal star defender Sol Campbell said on Saturday that Indian football is 50-100 years behind a “lot of other countries” and need to “catch up” in order to improve. A member of the FIFA member of technical study group, Campbell was speaking to the media after the[Read More…]
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo named FIFA men’s best player
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo was named the men’s player of the year at the Best FIFA Football Awards here. The Real Madrid icon was chosen ahead of Brazilian Neymar and Argentine Lionel Messi in recognition of his achievements over the past year during a star-studded function here on Monday[Read More…]
FIFA bans Lionel Messi for 4 World Cup qualifying games
Lionel Messi has been banned from Argentina’s next four World Cup qualifiers, starting with Tuesday’s game in Bolivia. FIFA says Messi was banned for verbally abusing an assistant referee during a home qualifier against Chile on Thursday. FIFA intervened when the incident was not initially reported by the Brazilian referee[Read More…]
Siddhartha Upadhyay appointed on SAI governing body
Siddhartha Upadhyay, founder of the Society for Transformation, Inclusion and Recognition through Sports (STAIRS), has been appointed on the governing body of Sports Authority of India. “Mr. Upadhyay has been recognised for his efforts to build grassroots football and he will be an asset for the Ministry. He is now[Read More…]
Delhi will not host Under-17 Football World Cup for poor air quality
Due to Delhi’s poor air-quality after it celebrated Diwali, it will not host any matches of the Fifa Under-17 World Cup as officials are concerned about the ill effect which the pollution will have on the player’s health. The eight matches are scheduled to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru[Read More…]
Qatar spending $500 million a week over 2022 FIFA World Cup
FIFA decides to expand World Cup to 48 teams from 2026
Come 2026 and football fanatics will get to witness a bigger football world cup. The World Cup will expand to 48 teams from its current 32, starting with the 2026 edition of soccer’s showpiece tournament, the game’s governing body FIFA decided on Tuesday. FIFA’s decision making body, the FIFA Council,[Read More…]
Cristiano Ronaldo wins FIFA best player award for 4th time
Cristiano Ronaldo won his fourth FIFA best player award on Monday. He began his speech by exclaiming “Wow, wow, wow.” and went on,”it was a year that was magnificent at a personal level and at a sporting level,” the 31-year-old Ronaldo said in Portuguese his acceptance speech. Ronaldo’s 34.54 percent[Read More…]
Best of the lot! Ronaldo will be named Ballon d’Or 2016 winner: Reports
Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to be crowned the latest winner of the Ballon d’Or on Monday night, according to Spanish sports newspaper Mundo Deportivo. Francesc Aguilar, a well-connected journalist within the Barcelona-based sports daily, has revealed that the announcement will be made a 7pm next Monday (8pm, CET) and the[Read More…]
2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup dates confirmed, from Oct 6-28; draw on July 7
The FIFA under-17 World Cup in 2017, which will be held in India, officially has six venues now after the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata was ratified by the FIFA delegation after an inspection on Tuesday. The other five venues that had been ratified before Kolkata are Kochi, Mumbai, Goa,[Read More…]
Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale shortlisted for 2016 Ballon d’Or
Real Madrid wingers Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero were nominated for the coveted 2016 Ballon d’Or football award, a French sports magazine France Football announced on Monday. The magazine said that Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre Emerik Aubameyang and long-serving Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon of Juventus were[Read More…]
Good news! India soar in latest FIFA rankings, jump 11 places to 137
The Indian football team achieved its best FIFA ranking in over six years when the side jumped 11 places to be 137th in the latest list released on Thursday. India, who defeated 114th ranked Puerto Rico in an International Friendly in Mumbai in September, garnered 230 points for the month.[Read More…]
Good news: India moves up 4 places to 148th in latest FIFA rankings
The Indian football team has made a steady ascent to go up to 148th position, according to the latest Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) rankings released by the apex football body. In July 2016, India propelled 11 positions to be ranked 152nd in the world after a 7-1 win[Read More…]