Mumbai FC Coach Khalid Jamil has been nominated by the AIFF to attend a special Talent search & Training of Football Coaches in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He will be accompanied by Pradip Brahma and Aslam Khan from SAI. He has already left for Brazil, will be back for Mumbai FC game on 29th.
Mumbai FC Coach Khalid Jamil has been nominated by the AIFF to attend a special Talent search & Training of Football Coaches in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He will be accompanied by Pradip Brahma and Aslam Khan from SAI. He has already left for Brazil, will be back for Mumbai FC game on 29th.
Calcutta: If everything goes well, Indian football is all set to revive an age-old tournament this year.
New sports minister of the state, Madan Mitra, announced his plans to resuscitate the Darjeeling Gold Cup on Saturday after having a meeting with the All India Football Federation general secretary Kushal Das and vice-president Subrata Dutta, at the Salt Lake stadium.
Mitra discussed plans for the upcoming calendar year and it was decided that the tournament is likely to be played around September. The Darjeeling Gold Cup once used to be a launch pad for several footballers and its sudden discontinuation, more than decade ago, came as a jolt for the budding players from the hills.
In other important decisions, Mitra also announced that a phase of this year’s Federation Cup would be played in Calcutta. The rest of the matches will be played in Pune.
Moreover, a football tournament would be organised in Jangal Mahal from June 15-25, where the Bengal team will participate along with different teams from the region. “We want to encourage the youth of the region to take the sport seriously,” Mitra said.
With the controversies surrounding the artificial turf of the Salt Lake stadium, Mitra said that he would look into the matter so that the ground condition can be improved.
FIFA Official lashes out at Slow Pace Of Development
Gurgaon, Jun 10 (PTI) India today came in for sharp criticism from a top FIFA official who said the slow pace of development is not helping the country''s cause as far as the growth of the football is concerned.
"Due to its potential, India is the only country that FIFA has made specific commitments to support AIFF. But delays in completion of projects undertaken have resulted in slower development of football in India," said Thierry Regenass, director, Member Associations and Development Division, FIFA.
There were, however, some words of encouragement as well for the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
"FIFA would love to come to India. India should bid for the Under-17 World Cup and that would certainly provide a huge impetus to the development of infrastructure and the game of football in India," Regenass added at the International Football Arena (IFA) round table here today.
According to AIFF general secretary, Kushal Das, Indian football urgently needs a world-class technical director more than a good coach to lift the game in the country.
"Our need at this juncture is to find a world-class technical director. Unless we have a good technical director it is no point having a great coach," Das said.
"AIFF will be closely examining the relevance of every domestic tournament. To take football to the grass-root level and talent hunt, AIFF will work closely with its partners at every level," he added.
Speaking at the roundtable, former Chelsea star Graeme Le Saux reiterated that the top Premiership club will enter the Indian market at the opportune moment.
"We are scouting for the right partner and are in dialogue with like-minded people. It has always been Chelsea''s endeavour to develop football around the world and India is no exception. It''s just that we need to gauge the viability and commitment of our Indian partner," Le Saux said.
AIFF will continue its old ways of running Indian Football
New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is likely to allow the clubs to use some of their I-League players to play in the local leagues this season, sources said.
The pro league committee, constituted by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), had earlier recommended that all I-League clubs should field a separate set of players for their local league engagements.
“This is unlikely to happen for the time being,” said a source. “The clubs may be allowed to field five to six I-League players in a local league match,” he said adding the quota of foreigners would also not be reduced.
Source :- Telegrapindia
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AIFF will continue its old ways of running Indian Football
Obviously AIFF is the same old circus with new clowns in it <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt="" title="Mr. Green" /><!-- s -->
Obviously, they are bungling idiots … confirmed … headed by Praful Patel. They may also have an interest in keeping Indian football undernourished so that they may suck the FIFA funds without creating major public ruckus.
Just compare the J League, which started in almost same time (may be a couple of years earlier), and it will be clear how big idiots the AIFF people are.
To think about they could not start arranging evening matches or even live telecasting during all those years!
AIFF will continue its old ways of running Indian Football
Obviously AIFF is the same old circus with new clowns in it <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt="" title="Mr. Green" /><!-- s -->
Obviously, they are bungling idiots … confirmed … headed by Praful Patel. They may also have an interest in keeping Indian football undernourished so that they may suck the FIFA funds without creating major public ruckus.
Just compare the J League, which started in almost same time (may be a couple of years earlier), and it will be clear how big idiots the AIFF people are.
To think about they could not start arranging evening matches or even live telecasting during all those years!
common guys we should give credit to aiff officials for recent developments like dutch tieup for technical knowledge,the effort for betterment of upcoming i-league by promoting with grand opening ceremony and arrangement made by them to send club officials to japan to get info about how j-league clubs are operated......maybe they are the prime reasons for us to be called as sleeping elephant ...but they getting awakened...
Yes, Ashindia, I agree to you things have started to move recently, albeit at snail’s pace (even the FIFA official complained to the same effect). Ever noted how little developmental news are found when you scan the sports pages of the newspapers, compared to kirket?
Please also note that the OSF tie up came after so many years of starting the I-league; Gala opening ceremony is not at all required even for attracting potential investors more than running the show in an efficient manner; the Japan trip is forced by FIFA and is funded by them. The same goes for the artificial pitches across the country (the AIFF could only decide to select Port Blair as one of the venues that urgently needed the turf). Then where does it leave us as to AIFF’s initiatives? It appears that they are completely devoid of fresh ideas and initiatives, and are capable of conjuring up retrograde steps like extending stay of fan-less PSU teams.
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wow... good news..
New sports minister of the state, Madan Mitra, announced his plans to resuscitate the Darjeeling Gold Cup on Saturday after having a meeting with the All India Football Federation general secretary Kushal Das and vice-president Subrata Dutta, at the Salt Lake stadium.
Mitra discussed plans for the upcoming calendar year and it was decided that the tournament is likely to be played around September. The Darjeeling Gold Cup once used to be a launch pad for several footballers and its sudden discontinuation, more than decade ago, came as a jolt for the budding players from the hills.
In other important decisions, Mitra also announced that a phase of this year’s Federation Cup would be played in Calcutta. The rest of the matches will be played in Pune.
Moreover, a football tournament would be organised in Jangal Mahal from June 15-25, where the Bengal team will participate along with different teams from the region. “We want to encourage the youth of the region to take the sport seriously,” Mitra said.
With the controversies surrounding the artificial turf of the Salt Lake stadium, Mitra said that he would look into the matter so that the ground condition can be improved.
Gurgaon, Jun 10 (PTI) India today came in for sharp criticism from a top FIFA official who said the slow pace of development is not helping the country''s cause as far as the growth of the football is concerned.
"Due to its potential, India is the only country that FIFA has made specific commitments to support AIFF. But delays in completion of projects undertaken have resulted in slower development of football in India," said Thierry Regenass, director, Member Associations and Development Division, FIFA.
There were, however, some words of encouragement as well for the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
"FIFA would love to come to India. India should bid for the Under-17 World Cup and that would certainly provide a huge impetus to the development of infrastructure and the game of football in India," Regenass added at the International Football Arena (IFA) round table here today.
According to AIFF general secretary, Kushal Das, Indian football urgently needs a world-class technical director more than a good coach to lift the game in the country.
"Our need at this juncture is to find a world-class technical director. Unless we have a good technical director it is no point having a great coach," Das said.
"AIFF will be closely examining the relevance of every domestic tournament. To take football to the grass-root level and talent hunt, AIFF will work closely with its partners at every level," he added.
Speaking at the roundtable, former Chelsea star Graeme Le Saux reiterated that the top Premiership club will enter the Indian market at the opportune moment.
"We are scouting for the right partner and are in dialogue with like-minded people. It has always been Chelsea''s endeavour to develop football around the world and India is no exception. It''s just that we need to gauge the viability and commitment of our Indian partner," Le Saux said.
Source :-Yahoo
New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is likely to allow the clubs to use some of their I-League players to play in the local leagues this season, sources said.
The pro league committee, constituted by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), had earlier recommended that all I-League clubs should field a separate set of players for their local league engagements.
“This is unlikely to happen for the time being,” said a source. “The clubs may be allowed to field five to six I-League players in a local league match,” he said adding the quota of foreigners would also not be reduced.
Source :- Telegrapindia
Obviously AIFF is the same old circus with new clowns in it <!-- s
Obviously, they are bungling idiots … confirmed … headed by Praful Patel. They may also have an interest in keeping Indian football undernourished so that they may suck the FIFA funds without creating major public ruckus.
Just compare the J League, which started in almost same time (may be a couple of years earlier), and it will be clear how big idiots the AIFF people are.
To think about they could not start arranging evening matches or even live telecasting during all those years!
Please also note that the OSF tie up came after so many years of starting the I-league; Gala opening ceremony is not at all required even for attracting potential investors more than running the show in an efficient manner; the Japan trip is forced by FIFA and is funded by them. The same goes for the artificial pitches across the country (the AIFF could only decide to select Port Blair as one of the venues that urgently needed the turf). Then where does it leave us as to AIFF’s initiatives? It appears that they are completely devoid of fresh ideas and initiatives, and are capable of conjuring up retrograde steps like extending stay of fan-less PSU teams.