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India’s football aficionados were in for a big surprise when five-time World Cup champion Brazil — the famed Seleção — confirmed an international friendly against the Blue Tigers at the Salt Lake Stadium (Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan) in Kolkata on October 3. Soon after the announcement, a team from the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) visited…
A view of the Kanteerava stadium in Bengaluru, where the Indian team will play against Panama on September 26. File | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar India will host two-time World Cup champions Uruguay for a football friendly on October 6 in Kolkata, the third international match the country will play at home against quality…
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Jamshedpur FC, which won the Indian Super League Shield in 2022, will not participate in the ISL from the 2026-27 season onwards. The club made the announcement after the expiry of the All India Football Federation’s extended July 31 deadline for payment of the first instalment of the participation fee (Rs. 55 lakh). While JFC,…
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Spaniard Manolo Marquez was on July 20 named as the Indian men’s football team head coach in place of the sacked Igor Stimac. Spaniard Manolo Marquez, currently in charge of Indian Super League side FC Goa, was on July 20 named as the Indian men’s football team head coach in place of the sacked Igor…
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Kalyan Chaubey, President of the All Indian Football Federation (AIFF). File | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K The All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Kalyan Chaubey said the new head coach of the Indian national team would be picked based on their ability to bring in results and develop the game in the country. The…
Nearly a decade ago, D. Vignesh, a Bengaluru boy in his mid-teens, was on the lookout for opportunities to play football in a competitive environment. He practised at the Ozone Academy. Outside of the competitions that his institute would register for, he and his group of friends did not have many games to look forward to….
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