Guwahati and Kolkata to host world cup qualifiers against Oman and Bangladesh respectively
Guwahati and Kolkata are the likely venues to host the first two home matches of the Indian team in the World Cup qualifiers against Oman and Bangladesh respectively, Goal can confirm.
In a draw held in at the AFC headquarters Kuala Lumpur on July 17, it was revealed that India have been placed in Group E along with Qatar, Oman, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Stimac's men will start their campaign against Oman on September 5 at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati.
After facing a tricky away trip to Qatar, India will once again get the opportunity to make the most of home advantage when they will lock horns against Bangladesh in Kolkata. After a hiatus of several years, the senior India national team will once again set foot at the Saltlake Stadium. India last played in Kolkata on November 16, 2011 in a friendly match against Malaysia when they won 3-2.
To give them best possible advantage aiff selects Kolkata for bangladesh match. What morons !! Tons of away fans will be there and similar weather conditions, probably less travel fatigue for bangladesh than the indian team
Indian football: Punjab and Haryana High Court issues notice to AIFF over TW3 test
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has issued a notice to the All India Football Federation invalidating Tanner Whitehouse 3 (TW3)Bone-Age determination guidelines used by the FA last season in its junior-level tournaments.
Chief Justice Krishna Murari, in a notice, sent to the AIFF, stated that the TW3 tests were inconclusive and can be used only when no other age proof is available. \
The decision of the High Court to issue a notice comes as Tushar Chaudhury, a U-13 Minerva Punjab player, along with his parents, challenged the guidelines in the court after he was denied a chance to play in the 2018-19 Sub Junior League which had a prescribed bone-age limit of 14.4.
The TW3 method uses X-Rays of the left hand and wrist to examine the skeletal maturity of a person and thereby determine their bone age. The bone age obtained from the result of this test was then sole criterion to determine players' eligibility in age-group tournaments, as opposed to chronological age which was the yardstick until the 2017-18 season.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF), in its executive committee meeting earlier this month, had decided to exempt teams playing in state-level tournaments and national championships from the Tanner Whitehouse 3 (TW3) age verification criteria for a year.
Although the state teams will now no longer use the TW3 method for a year, professional clubs taking part in the Indian age-group leagues (Junior, Sub-Junior and Elite Leagues) conducted by AIFF will have to continue the existing arrangement until the guidelines are changed. It must be noted that national teams also use MRI scans instead of the TW3 method.
The new method was criticised by several clubs and AIFF officials, including Executive Committee member Anjali Shah. In January this year, as many as 16 clubs in Mumbai alone had come together in an effort to let both the state association and the Indian FA know their concerns.
Guwahati Stadium is nice. Its capacity (23000 seater ) is more then Ahmedabad and Mumbai. I dont know why people are disliking it. Good Floodlights, nice weather, football loving crowd !!! For 2018, we started our campaign there by winning 2-0 against Nepal.
We should realise that FIFA has stringent criteria for stadiums when it comes to actual World Cup and World Cup Qualification matches. They look at standard Pitch dimensions, space for warm-up, seats among other things.
For Friendlies, AFC Cup, I-League, criteria is slightly relaxed where a range of Longth / width is sufficient.
So Ahmedabad / Mumbai can organise Friendlies , Intercontinental cup.
It will not surprise me a bit if both Ahmedabad and Mumbai stadiums failed the FIFA criteria for WCQ.. Pune would have passed it.
Big Multipurpose Athletic stadiums have ample space and proper infrastructure.
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Guwahati and Kolkata to host world cup qualifiers against Oman and Bangladesh respectively
Guwahati and Kolkata are the likely venues to host the first two home matches of the Indian team in the World Cup qualifiers against Oman and Bangladesh respectively, Goal can confirm.
In a draw held in at the AFC headquarters Kuala Lumpur on July 17, it was revealed that India have been placed in Group E along with Qatar, Oman, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Stimac's men will start their campaign against Oman on September 5 at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati.
After facing a tricky away trip to Qatar, India will once again get the opportunity to make the most of home advantage when they will lock horns against Bangladesh in Kolkata. After a hiatus of several years, the senior India national team will once again set foot at the Saltlake Stadium. India last played in Kolkata on November 16, 2011 in a friendly match against Malaysia when they won 3-2.
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Indian football: Punjab and Haryana High Court issues notice to AIFF over TW3 test
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has issued a notice to the All India Football Federation invalidating Tanner Whitehouse 3 (TW3)Bone-Age determination guidelines used by the FA last season in its junior-level tournaments.
Chief Justice Krishna Murari, in a notice, sent to the AIFF, stated that the TW3 tests were inconclusive and can be used only when no other age proof is available. \
The decision of the High Court to issue a notice comes as Tushar Chaudhury, a U-13 Minerva Punjab player, along with his parents, challenged the guidelines in the court after he was denied a chance to play in the 2018-19 Sub Junior League which had a prescribed bone-age limit of 14.4.
The TW3 method uses X-Rays of the left hand and wrist to examine the skeletal maturity of a person and thereby determine their bone age. The bone age obtained from the result of this test was then sole criterion to determine players' eligibility in age-group tournaments, as opposed to chronological age which was the yardstick until the 2017-18 season.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF), in its executive committee meeting earlier this month, had decided to exempt teams playing in state-level tournaments and national championships from the Tanner Whitehouse 3 (TW3) age verification criteria for a year.
Although the state teams will now no longer use the TW3 method for a year, professional clubs taking part in the Indian age-group leagues (Junior, Sub-Junior and Elite Leagues) conducted by AIFF will have to continue the existing arrangement until the guidelines are changed. It must be noted that national teams also use MRI scans instead of the TW3 method.
The new method was criticised by several clubs and AIFF officials, including Executive Committee member Anjali Shah. In January this year, as many as 16 clubs in Mumbai alone had come together in an effort to let both the state association and the Indian FA know their concerns.