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SUNBURNT TERRACE: ISL has provided the fireworks, but where is the patience

DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN FOOTBALL is a long term prospect that requires a lot of patience from participants and stakeholders, but the current focus on ISL seems to be leading corporate interests in the exact opposite direction.

November 03, 2015

Namaste India: Messi greets fans as he is signed as Tata Motors' global brand ambassador

INDIAN AUTOMOILE GIANT Tata Motors Ltd on Monday announced it has signed-up Argentine footballer Lionel Messi as its global brand ambassador for its passenger vehicles.

November 02, 2015

4 monkeys vs 22 players: simians crowned winners as they refuse to leave CFL ground

A MATCH IN THE ONGOING Calcutta Football League (Premier Division B) between United Sports Club and Railway Football Club was abandoned earlier today due to monkeys making mayhem in the ground.

November 02, 2015

India vs Guam tickets are available online; go for West Block A before it runs out!

NEETU BHATIA, Co-founder & CEO at Kyazoonga, has made good on the promise she made at the recently held Star Sports India Football Forum 2015 and made the tickets for the 2018 World Cup Qualifier match between India and Guam available online.

November 02, 2015

India name squad for football WC qualifier against Guam

STEPHEN CONSTANTINE announced a 25-member squad for the forthcoming 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Guam on Sunday.

November 01, 2015

Own goal: Watch Sunil Chhetri call ISL out for trying to sideline the national team

NATIONAL TEAM CAPTAIN Sunil Chhetri, who plays for ISL franchise Mumbai City and is the tournament's current leading goal-scorer, along with Chennaiyin's Stiven Mendoza, who has spoken out about the way it has negatively affected the national team in an interview with NDTV.

October 31, 2015

India Football Forum 2015: a meeting of cautiously optimistic minds; clamour for 1 league

A DAY OF ROBUST DISCUSSION on the present state of Indian football and the potentials of its growth took place at the Star Sports India Football Forum 2015, organized by SportzPower and Event Capital. The 5th edition of this annual conference, held for the first time in Mumbai, saw some of the biggest stakeholders in the domestic sport get together on the stage and frankly discuss the challenges and opportunities regarding the growth of the sport.

October 30, 2015

#FanSpeak: online backlash forces BRICS Cup to change India's lotus-laden jersey

THE INDIAN REPRESENTATIVE TEAM JERSEY for the BRICS Dimplomatic Cup depicts an orange lotus. The kit design sparked debate among football fans online, who suspected that the national team's jersey is being used for political propaganda. The debate prompted the tournament's organizers to abandon the controversial design.

October 27, 2015

High-powered India Football Forum 2015 tomorrow -- Get hefty TFG discount for entry fee

GOVERNENCE, the needs of the modern fan, connecting to the consumer in a fast evolving media landscape, the business potential in grassroots outreach. These are just some of the key issues that will be addressed at this year’s India Football Forum 2015 (IFF), presented by STAR Sports, on Thursday, 29 October, taking place at the St. Regis Mumbai.  

October 27, 2015

SUNBURNT TERRACE: Subroto final, better than any ISL game, shows why football can grow

THE FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT infrastructure present in states like Manipur and Mizoram can be great examples to follow for the rest of the country, but the will to put in the hard work seems entirely missing in AIFF and the state bodies.

October 23, 2015

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