I know football stadium is good... but do u have any idea on the below point from the article:
"Beneze expressed satisfaction over the progress made at the football stadium and said it was the best among over 100 countries he had visited for inspection". <!-- s:clap: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/eusa/clap.gif" alt=":clap:" title="Clap" /><!-- s:clap: -->
i think he is talking about ybk as fifa officials been to kolkatta to see the facilities in pailan group to open an academy over there....
The month that began with Lionel Messi in India will end with the Federation Cup, the two events so disparate that even putting them in the same sentence looks odd. When a senior India football administrator earnestly spoke of the Argentina-Venezuela match being the game-changer, he must
have meant in the distant future. For, the present is somewhere between tense and imperfect.
Last December when the All India Football Federation (AIFF) inked a R 700 crore, 15-year deal with new marketing partners, AIFF general-secretary Kushal Das said it’s time football generated this kind of money.
It hasn’t been a year so we must be patient even as we accept that sport is real time in fast forward. But in the meantime, the I-League happened without a title sponsor and national television coverage, the Super Cup wasn’t held and one season after Mahindra United disbanded, JCT killed its football club. And the AIFF’s talk of top corporates keen on investing in football stayed just that.
Soon after this, Indian Arrows, the AIFF’s development squad, moved to Kolkata because Das said even the best marketing brains couldn’t muster the approximately R 7 crore needed to keep the team in New Delhi. Even someone not clued into India’s economic situation would know that Bengal isn’t the most prosperous state yet.
Corporate India giving football the cold shoulder was evident even when Messi strutted his stuff. Here was the planet’s best footballer at the top of his game teaming with colleagues from Real Madrid and Manchester City but top international brands seeking to enlarge their footprint in India were absent from that Friday evening show at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan. A spokesman for the Kolkata-based organisers said it had tapped everyone but no one showed enough interest.
Does all this point to football missing a connect with India’s moneybags? Does it mean that while it’s all right to watch international football on television, when it comes to investing, too few from India’s burgeoning economy are willing? And this four-and-a-half years after Fifa boss Sepp Blatter exhorted India’s industry captain to invest in the world sport.
Since the National League started in 1995-96, some international brands traditionally associated with football have pulled the plug on deals with the AIFF.
Last season, an Indian major, which, according to internet reports, earned a revenue of $23 billion, did likewise.
So it’s no surprise that the 33rd Federation Cup is happening without a title sponsor. Football needs to have a greater presence in New Delhi and Mumbai, presence that goes beyond the AIFF and its marketing agents having offices there. In the east, North-east and Goa, football sells. From tournaments to teams to an AIFF academy, too many things are moving east in Indian football. If its case is being hard sold elsewhere, it isn’t showing yet.
Kolkata, Sep 20 (IANS) The third edition of the Indian Football Awards organised by the Football Players Association of India (FPAI) will be hosted in the city amidst a glittering ceremony graced by Bollywood stars and sports icons.
‘The award ceremony will be a very colourful event with host of actors and actresses from the film industry as well as past and present sports stars,’ said iconic Indian footballer Bhaichung Bhutia who is also FPAI president.
The award ceremony will be held Sep 26 at a city hotel. Players have been nominated in six categories and would be chosen on the basis of votes given by current players. A player can vote only once and for only those players who do not belong to his club.
Elaborating on the event, former India footballer and current East Bengal winger Alvito D’Cunha said: ‘The event will be one to remember. Actors like John Abraham, Rahul Bose, Minissha Lamba, among others, would be present. The players would also take part in a fashion show.’
Bhutia and D’Cunha were in the city to announce the nominees for the various categories of awards.
The categories include best young player, best foreign player, best Indian player, best coach, best fans player and fans player of the Asian Cup. The winner of the last two categories is to be decided through online voting by fans.
Two hoots ... that's what I give to these stars. They always want piggyback rides on something successful for their carriers. They are out there to help their sagging carriers, not Indian football.
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it will be a massive boost to football in India
i say we are not ready for it. infrastructure will be built for the event which is good news. hope there is no corruption. technical level of the players i doubt.
kolkatta, mumbai, bangalore and sikkim stadiums are getting some sort of renovation with delhi already having decent infrastructure for football....so if these stadiums get renovated we may need only 2-3 completely brand new stadiums....so i dont think why we are not ready to host a stadium in 6-7 years.....may be this tournament will be the one that is gonna make the positive change to indian football...
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The month that began with Lionel Messi in India will end with the Federation Cup, the two events so disparate that even putting them in the same sentence looks odd. When a senior India football administrator earnestly spoke of the Argentina-Venezuela match being the game-changer, he must
have meant in the distant future. For, the present is somewhere between tense and imperfect.
Last December when the All India Football Federation (AIFF) inked a R 700 crore, 15-year deal with new marketing partners, AIFF general-secretary Kushal Das said it’s time football generated this kind of money.
It hasn’t been a year so we must be patient even as we accept that sport is real time in fast forward. But in the meantime, the I-League happened without a title sponsor and national television coverage, the Super Cup wasn’t held and one season after Mahindra United disbanded, JCT killed its football club. And the AIFF’s talk of top corporates keen on investing in football stayed just that.
Soon after this, Indian Arrows, the AIFF’s development squad, moved to Kolkata because Das said even the best marketing brains couldn’t muster the approximately R 7 crore needed to keep the team in New Delhi. Even someone not clued into India’s economic situation would know that Bengal isn’t the most prosperous state yet.
Corporate India giving football the cold shoulder was evident even when Messi strutted his stuff. Here was the planet’s best footballer at the top of his game teaming with colleagues from Real Madrid and Manchester City but top international brands seeking to enlarge their footprint in India were absent from that Friday evening show at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan. A spokesman for the Kolkata-based organisers said it had tapped everyone but no one showed enough interest.
Does all this point to football missing a connect with India’s moneybags? Does it mean that while it’s all right to watch international football on television, when it comes to investing, too few from India’s burgeoning economy are willing? And this four-and-a-half years after Fifa boss Sepp Blatter exhorted India’s industry captain to invest in the world sport.
Since the National League started in 1995-96, some international brands traditionally associated with football have pulled the plug on deals with the AIFF.
Last season, an Indian major, which, according to internet reports, earned a revenue of $23 billion, did likewise.
So it’s no surprise that the 33rd Federation Cup is happening without a title sponsor. Football needs to have a greater presence in New Delhi and Mumbai, presence that goes beyond the AIFF and its marketing agents having offices there. In the east, North-east and Goa, football sells. From tournaments to teams to an AIFF academy, too many things are moving east in Indian football. If its case is being hard sold elsewhere, it isn’t showing yet.
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‘The award ceremony will be a very colourful event with host of actors and actresses from the film industry as well as past and present sports stars,’ said iconic Indian footballer Bhaichung Bhutia who is also FPAI president.
The award ceremony will be held Sep 26 at a city hotel. Players have been nominated in six categories and would be chosen on the basis of votes given by current players. A player can vote only once and for only those players who do not belong to his club.
Elaborating on the event, former India footballer and current East Bengal winger Alvito D’Cunha said: ‘The event will be one to remember. Actors like John Abraham, Rahul Bose, Minissha Lamba, among others, would be present. The players would also take part in a fashion show.’
Bhutia and D’Cunha were in the city to announce the nominees for the various categories of awards.
The categories include best young player, best foreign player, best Indian player, best coach, best fans player and fans player of the Asian Cup. The winner of the last two categories is to be decided through online voting by fans.
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are we ready for such an big event?
i hope its true <!-- s:pray: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/eusa/pray.gif" alt=":pray:" title="Pray" /><!-- s:pray: -->
it will be a massive boost to football in India