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<div id="page-title"><h1>Phoenix co-owner thrilled with India Tour</h1><h1> </h1><p>Finally we are pleased to announce an agreement in principle with our
Indian Football associates to invite two of their up and coming young
players to attend the FSE in Wellington.
FIFA
secretary-general Jerome Valcke will be meeting leading Indian
industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Pawan Munjal during a four-day visit to
the national capital from Wednesday as the world soccer body looks at
India as a major football destination.
Ambani-owned Reliance Industries
(RIL) and Munjal's Hero Group are big spenders in Indian sports.
RIL-IMG have the marketing and broadcast rights of the AIFF while the
Hero Group is one of the chief sponsors of cricket and hockey
tournaments.
Valcke, who will be accompanied with, FIFA Director of Member
Associations and Development, Thierry Regenass, will also meet sports
minister Ajay Maken and its is been seen as the world body's attempt to
garner the support of the Indian government for the U-17 World Cup. FIFA
in principle has agreed to award India the hosting rights of the U-17
World Cup in 2017.
A top official told IANS that Valcke will also provide the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with its organisational review that was conducted by a FIFA delegation in August.
"The organisational review will talk about technical and strategical support the AIFF can get from FIFA," the official said.
Valcke will also review FIFA's 'Win in India with India' initiative,
which has seen world football's governing body investing $8 million into
the construction of a technical centre in Mumbai as well as eight turf
pitches in Mumbai, Shillong, Imphal, Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune and Goa.
"The upcoming visit is proof of FIFA's continued commitment to India.
We look forward to FIFA's support in order to take Indian football to
the next level," said AIFF secretary general Kushal Das.
"It's our goal to further enhance our development and grassroots
programmes, thus giving anyone who wants to embrace the game in India a
chance to play. I believe in the next five to seven years we'll see
quite a few Indian players moving to Europe," he added.
The visit coincides with the 75th year of AIFF's foundation and 50
years since India's second and, until now, last gold medal in the Asian
Games football tournament.
Subroto Cup kicks off with a grand opening ceremony
New Delhi: The 53rd Subroto Cup football tournament kicked off on Monday with a grand opening ceremony that was graced by Air Marshal JN Burma and London Olympics bronze medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt.
Addressing the gathering of school children from across the country, Dutt emphasised the need for right training at young age for proper development of the sport. “It is very heartening to see these children get exposure at a very young age. I
This honor was bestowed upon Nabi probably because of his performance in the Nehru cup and he deserves it! So excited to see an Indian player make this list. Chettri makes the list as a Substitute as well!!!
What is the road map now for the Indian team? We
hope to play a few matches in October and November. I believe the AIFF
will be arranging a few matches. The key is to qualify for the Asian
Cup. I will also monitor players’ performance during Federation Cup....
... great news it it turns out o be true... Hope to see India Upset a few established names...
> Arsenalkid700 said:
> @Rudra I dont have any complaints about Subroto Cup, it is an amazing tournament that is the building ground for many India internationals and from the promo I saw, very skillful.
What my complaint is, is that we are letting in some European clubs. What is the point? We have done this for other tournaments and it has done nothing.
Dude you are badly mistaken here..this is the finest school level tournament we have and great opportunity,exposure for boys below 14 also...This is the tournament where apart from the earlier mentioned players Sunil Chhetri was also discovered and I was watchng in the stands!!!! Subroto Cup is where my love for Indian football started when 10-15 years ago Sangram High school,Bengal defeated Ort Netanya of Israel in the finals...it will remain etched in my memory forever
@Ronny you are mistaken my friend, I live the Subroto Cup and I hope it continues for many, many years as it is great for Indian schools and the development of Indian football.
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Indian Football associates to invite two of their up and coming young
players to attend the FSE in Wellington.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/sport/phoenix-co-owner-thrilled-india-tour/5/133548
How about this one!!!
FIFA secretary general to meet Ambani, Munjal
FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke will be meeting leading Indian industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Pawan Munjal during a four-day visit to the national capital from Wednesday as the world soccer body looks at India as a major football destination.
Ambani-owned Reliance Industries (RIL) and Munjal's Hero Group are big spenders in Indian sports. RIL-IMG have the marketing and broadcast rights of the AIFF while the Hero Group is one of the chief sponsors of cricket and hockey tournaments.
Valcke, who will be accompanied with, FIFA Director of Member Associations and Development, Thierry Regenass, will also meet sports minister Ajay Maken and its is been seen as the world body's attempt to garner the support of the Indian government for the U-17 World Cup. FIFA in principle has agreed to award India the hosting rights of the U-17 World Cup in 2017.
A top official told IANS that Valcke will also provide the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with its organisational review that was conducted by a FIFA delegation in August.
"The organisational review will talk about technical and strategical support the AIFF can get from FIFA," the official said.
Valcke will also review FIFA's 'Win in India with India' initiative, which has seen world football's governing body investing $8 million into the construction of a technical centre in Mumbai as well as eight turf pitches in Mumbai, Shillong, Imphal, Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune and Goa.
"The upcoming visit is proof of FIFA's continued commitment to India. We look forward to FIFA's support in order to take Indian football to the next level," said AIFF secretary general Kushal Das.
"It's our goal to further enhance our development and grassroots programmes, thus giving anyone who wants to embrace the game in India a chance to play. I believe in the next five to seven years we'll see quite a few Indian players moving to Europe," he added.
The visit coincides with the 75th year of AIFF's foundation and 50 years since India's second and, until now, last gold medal in the Asian Games football tournament.
Source - http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a325138.html
Subroto Cup kicks off with a grand opening ceremony
Addressing the gathering of school children from across the country, Dutt emphasised the need for right training at young age for proper development of the sport. “It is very heartening to see these children get exposure at a very young age. I
This honor was bestowed upon Nabi probably because of his performance in the Nehru cup and he deserves it! So excited to see an Indian player make this list. Chettri makes the list as a Substitute as well!!!
What is the road map now for the Indian team?
We
hope to play a few matches in October and November. I believe the AIFF
will be arranging a few matches. The key is to qualify for the Asian
Cup. I will also monitor players’ performance during Federation Cup....
... great news it it turns out o be true... Hope to see India Upset a few established names...
http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_players-realise-their-potential-india-s-football-coach_1736325
http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/09/04/cameroon-footballers-want-to-play-in-indias-i-league/
> Arsenalkid700 said:
> @Rudra I dont have any complaints about Subroto Cup, it is an amazing tournament that is the building ground for many India internationals and from the promo I saw, very skillful.
Dude you are badly mistaken here..this is the finest school level tournament we have and great opportunity,exposure for boys below 14 also...This is the tournament where apart from the earlier mentioned players Sunil Chhetri was also discovered and I was watchng in the stands!!!!
Subroto Cup is where my love for Indian football started when 10-15 years ago Sangram High school,Bengal defeated Ort Netanya of Israel in the finals...it will remain etched in my memory forever
Ok I got a bit needlessly nostalgic there :P
@Ronny you are mistaken my friend, I live the Subroto Cup and I hope it continues for many, many years as it is great for Indian schools and the development of Indian football.
Again my complaint is about the European clubs.