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NEW DELHI: Delegates from FIFA are currently in India for a three-day meeting with the AIFF to help inculcate the Talent Development Scheme (TDS) in the country.

FIFA delegates Juerg Nepfer, head of Technical Development Services, and Chokey Nima, Regional Technical consultant, Global Football Development, South Asia, met with AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey and secretary general Dr Shaji Prabhakaran on Day 1 of the meet.

Aug 16, 2022 17:08
NEW DELHI: The Union government on Tuesday made an urgent request in the Supreme Court for an early hearing as FIFA suspended the All India Football Federation (AIFF), and rescinded India's India hosting rights for the upcoming Under-17 Women’s World Cup in October. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud.
Aug 16, 2022 17:08
MUMBAI: The three men manning the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators overseeing the running of the All India Football Federation cannot claim to not have been forewarned. The AIFF on Tuesday joined the "august company" of national governing bodies that have been suspended by FIFA.
Aug 12, 2022 10:08
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) will meet FIFA officials to sort out differences to ensure that the U-17 Women's World Cup is hosted by India.
Aug 10, 2022 11:08
NEW DELHI: Even as the Committee of Administrators running Indian football wastes precious time airing its angst on perceived machinations being enacted by former AIFF president Praful Patel, the Centre, through the Sports Ministry, has filed an application with the Supreme Court seeking modification of the top court’s order dated August 3 so that the election process could be concluded before the deadline set by FIFA-AFC. 
Aug 08, 2022 21:08
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators running Indian football has raised the bogey of behind-the-scenes machinations by ousted All India Football Federation president Praful Patel for a strongly worded missive issued jointly by FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation. 
Jul 26, 2022 20:07
NEW DELHI: FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have questioned key proposals made by the Committee of Administrators running the All India Football Federation in the AIFF draft constitution submitted to the Supreme Court.
Jul 21, 2022 14:07
MUMBAI: What is the common factor between Hockey India and the All India Football Federation? The principals assigned by the judiciary to administer the two national sports bodies are the same - Justice (Retd.) Anil Dave and former CEC SY Quraishi. It is also no coincidence that the world bodies running hockey and football respectively - FIH and FIFA - have serious issues with the way HI and AIFF are being managed.
Jul 01, 2022 14:07
ZURICH: World football’s governing body FIFA on Thursday lifted the "suspension that was imposed on the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) in April 2021 due to undue third-party interference".
Jun 26, 2022 16:06
NEW DELHI: The joint FIFA/AFC mission, which concluded its India visit Thursday, 23rd June, has set the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators currently running the All India Football Federation a deadline of July 31 to amend the statutes of AIFF constitution and conclude elections by September 15.
May 11, 2022 08:05
THE VIDEO GAMES INDUSTRY'S arguably most iconic sports franchise will look very different from July 2024 after Electronic Arts and its subsidiary EA Sports end a three-decade partnership with FIFA, the gaming behemoth announced Tuesday.  Starting next year, the hugely popular FIFA video game franchise will be known as "EA SPORTS FC".