7 months ago
Colaco regrets India not within 100 FIFA rankings
New Delhi, July 10 - All India Football Federation's - first professional secretary Alberto Colaco has a major disappointment as he prepares to step down after eight years -- not seeing India break into the top 100 in the international football federation - rankings.
Colaco, whose tenure ends after the Nehru Cup in August, told IANS that his desire to see India in FIFA's double-digit ranking and ...
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9 months ago
Coca-Cola to expand football talent hunt in India with eye on future
Johannesburg, May 20 - Coca-Cola, which conducts grassroots level talent hunt to build future football stars in 25 countries, will expand a similar initiative in India to cover 50 cities with the aim of producing top-drawer soccer talent who can represent the country.
The joint venture of the global beverage major with the All-India Football Federation - was restricted to the under-16 age-group ...
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9 months ago
Football talent hunt to cover 50 Indian cities
Johannesburg, May 20 - Global beverages major Coca-Cola's football talent hunt initiative will be extended to 50 Indian cities this year as against eight last year.
The joint venture with the All-India Football Federation - was restricted to the under-16 age-group last year, but will now encompass the under-18 as well.
As part of the eight-city national initiative last year, 16 promising footb ...
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9 months ago
IPL is a big hit with South African students
Pretoria, May 19 - Students have been flocking to the stadiums to watch the Indian Premier League as the match timings allow them to soak up the fun and frolic and return home before it is too late in the evening. Most places here are considered unsafe after sunset.
Though the matches are scheduled to suit the prime time Indian viewers, the students here find it ideal to watch without their pare ...
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9 months ago
IPL boon for jobless South African youth
Johannesburg, May 18 - Indian Premier League - has come as a windfall for jobless youth in South Africa.
The 37-day tournament has not only provided the unemployed here some work, but also saved youth from being sucked into gang wars.
Youngsters like Moses, Lucas and Warner are not only thanking their stars, but also the IPL for bringing it to South Africa.
While Moses works as a carrier ...
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9 months ago
Cronje-friend Banjo spotted in IPL hospitality box
Johannesburg, May 18 - Quite a few eyebrows were raised when Hamid Qasim Banjo, who shot into limelight in the Hansie Cronje match fixing scandal that rocked world cricket in 2000, walked into the VIP lounge at the New Wanderers stadium Sunday.
Banjo walked out of the hospitality box after watching just two overs of the Indian Premier League - match between Deccan Chargers and Kings XI Punjab.
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9 months ago
AFC Cup dream keeps Odafe at Churchill
New Delhi, May 1 - For star forward Odafe Onyeka Okolie the dream of playing for the I-League champions Churchill Brothers in the Asian Football Confederation - Cup is tempting enough to reject blank-cheque offers from the two top Kolkata clubs.
Not that Churchill's eight-figure annual package is any less attractive for the Nigerian to think of a shift, it is just that he wanted to go back to Ko ...
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10 months ago
Africans bring raw power and excitement to Indian football
New Delhi, April 12 - African footballers with their raw power and silken touch have invaded India like never before. They have given a new thrust to the game in the country at a time when Indian football is striving to catch up with the world's best.
Around 400 Africans are playing in various clubs in India and have swarmed the football fields in the last two decades. Many of these players come ...
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1 year ago
AIFF officials want professionals to run Bharati Academy
New Delhi, Jan 19 - Now that All India Football Federation - acting president Praful Patel has said that the work on the proposed Bharati-AIFF academy in Goa will kick-off by this month-end, his colleagues in the federation are keen that it should be run professionally.
Three senior members of the AIFF, all vice-presidents, have talked of corporatised professional set-up to administer the Rs. 1- ...
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1 year ago
India should target five medals at London Olympics: Bindra
New Delhi, Dec 7 - The Beijing Olympics were undoubtedly India's best performance so far on the individual level and gold medal winning shooter Abhinav Bindra feels the country should target five medals at the 2012 London Games.
India brought home one gold and two bronze medals from Beijing with the 26-year-old Bindra becoming the country's first individual gold medal winner.
Bindra, who has si ...
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