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14 articles tagged with "AIFF"

Oct 12, 2026

India’s Under-17 women only needed a draw in Selayang, and they beat Malaysia 4-0 to reach the 2027 Asian Cup

India’s Under-17 women beat the hosts Malaysia 4-0 to win Group E and qualify for the AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup in China next year.

Oct 12, 2026

India have never scored against Russia’s women, and Sunday’s 8-0 in Kolkata makes it 22 conceded in four meetings

Three Russian players scored twice as India lost the second Kolkata friendly 8-0, three days after a 4-0 defeat in the first.

Oct 9, 2026

India’s first women’s international in Kolkata had six debutants, and Russia won it 4-0

Kira Petukhova’s second-half double pulled world No. 27 Russia clear of a young India side at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan. The two meet again on Sun...

Sep 17, 2026

India’s under-15s got Senegal and Cameroon in Baku, and 12,000 players were watched to pick the 14

India are in Group K of the inaugural FIFA U15 World Cup and Festival alongside Bahrain, Cameroon, Grenada, Laos and Senegal. The matches are 8v8, and...

Sep 16, 2026

India are ranked 138th, and Panama, Brazil and Uruguay are all coming to play them

Brazil have never played a senior match in India and will be the best-ranked opponent the Blue Tigers have faced since 1992. Three World Cup nations a...

Sep 6, 2026

Forlan’s first Uruguay squad has 46 names in it, and the last stop is Kolkata

Luis Suarez is not among the 46 Uruguay named on Saturday. Federico Valverde and Rodrigo Bentancur are, and the tour finishes at Salt Lake on 6 Octobe...

Aug 21, 2026

India gave up a FIFA tournament for one friendly, and the AIFF is talking about legal action

India pulled out of the inaugural FIFA ASEAN Cup to host Brazil in Kolkata on 3 October. After Bhaichung Bhutia questioned the cost, the federation ha...

Aug 20, 2026

Diamond Harbour climbed four tiers in three seasons, and 55 lakh rupees stopped them at the last one

The AIFF has confirmed the Indian Super League will run with 13 clubs in 2026-27. The club that won promotion is not one of them, and nobody takes the...

Aug 19, 2026

Diamond Harbour have until 2pm to pay, and the ISL has moved to 10 October

The Indian Super League will now start on 10 October, five weeks later than the date that had been in circulation. Diamond Harbour FC, who won promoti...

Aug 14, 2026

The ISL restarts on 4 September with 13 clubs, and the clubs now hold the commercial rights

India’s top division returns on 4 September after a summer in which it nearly did not happen at all. Thirteen teams will play it, one fewer than plann...

Aug 1, 2026

Infantino drops the World Cup sell-off, and UEFA says he has lost its confidence

FIFA pulled its plan to sell a 20 per cent stake in the World Cup business three days after announcing it, and UEFA answered by saying Gianni Infantin...

Jul 31, 2026

India draw hosts Indonesia in the first FIFA ASEAN Cup, with Pakistan one group away

The inaugural FIFA ASEAN Cup draw put India in a group with hosts Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Pakistan, a late replacement for China, sit in th...

Jul 28, 2026

The Indian Football League returns on 16 October with a three-foreigner cap

The IFL Governing Council has set 16 October as the start of the 2026-27 season and agreed to limit clubs to three foreign players in the starting ele...

May 12, 2026

0-3 to China hurts, but India’s U-17 women just left a marker the AIFF cannot ignore

India’s U-17 women bowed out of the AFC Asian Cup to hosts China, but the campaign broke a 22-year quarter-final drought for Indian women’s football a...