Nov 02, 2017 13:11
KOLKATA: Former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi, who was appointed administrator at the All India Football Federation by the Delhi High Court this week, has said that elections to the AIFF would be announced at the earliest.
Quraishi told the Hindustan Times that he would use his month long experience as administrator at the Archery Association of India, to run the AIFF.
Nov 01, 2017 13:11
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court's ruling on Tuesday declaring the All India Football Federation elections of December 2016 invalid had nothing to do with tenure (as SportzPower initially assumed) and everything to do with the nominations procedure followed by the AIFF.
Oct 31, 2017 16:10
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday declared the election of Praful Patel as All India Football Federation (AIFF) president void while ordering fresh elections to be held within a stipulated time of five months.
The court ruled that the federation elections were conducted without conforming to the National Sports Code.
Oct 31, 2017 13:10
KOLKATA: The total attendance at the the just-concluded FIFA Under-17 World Cup 2017 was a record 1.347 million (1,347,131 to be exact), with Kolkata's iconic Salt Lake Stadium accounting for more than 45 per cent of the overall spectator count.
Oct 30, 2017 12:10
KOLKATA: Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said on Sunday that organisations like FIFA now have started giving importance to India and the country should make the best use of it.
Oct 28, 2017 16:10
KOLKATA: FIFA’s strategic body approved an increase in the prize money for the 2018 World Cup Russia to a total amount of $400 million — 12 per cent up from the $358 million awarded at the 2014 edition.
Oct 28, 2017 16:10
KOLKATA: All India Football Federation president Praful Patel has expressed his “delight and satisfaction at AIFF’s dream project FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 being an astounding success”.
Oct 28, 2017 14:10
MUMBAI: The upcoming England-Spain Under-17 football World Cup final will be broadcast live on the BBC on Saturday.
Coverage will begin at 15:20 BST and can be watched on BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and via BBC iPlayer.
Oct 28, 2017 14:10
KOLKATA: FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said that the fate of India as the host of FIFA Under-20 World Cup in 2019 will be clear in the early part of 2018.
The All India Football Federation sent in its formal bid to the FIFA to host the event in September this year.
Oct 28, 2017 14:10
KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has allocated a 15 acre plot of land for the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) National Centre of Excellence that is proposed to be set up at Rajarhat in the next two years.
