National Team

It is crises time for Indian football. Twelve I-League clubs have formed their own association and are bargaining for a share of the TV and marketing revenue from the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The national team slumped to...

The tri-series between India, Pakistan and Bangladesh scheduled in Fulham's Craven Cottage has been cancelled. CMG, who were organizing this tour, have cancelled the tour because of 'unforeseen reasons'. However, according to IANS, "Sources in the AIFF said that the cash crunch owing to...

Baichung Bhutia, the name synonymous with Indian Football, has taken the final call on his retirement today citing frequent and persistent injury as the main problem.

2nd September, 2012 – A date Indian football fans will never forget. On this day, India defeated Cameroon in the Nehru Cup finals. Yes, it is true that this Cameroon team was not the same ‘Indomitable Lions’ which features...

Indian football team is currently in Khujand, Tajikistan for a FIFA international friendly on 14th August, 2013. Indian players are preparing for the upcoming SAFF Championship and would want to make the most out of this friendly. Indian Football...

“We have some new faces in the squad. All of them please step forward,” Wim Koevermans pronounced in the team meeting. Sandip Nandy, Lalkamal Bhowmick, Arata Izumi, Shouvik Ghosh, CK Vineet and Gurjinder Kumar obeyed the orders. And then,...

Nehru Cup to kick-off from 23rd August 2012 NEW DELHI: It’s official. Wim Koevermans is India’s new Senior National Team Coach. The Dutchman, whose last assignment was with the Republic of Ireland as High Performance Director, was unveiled by Kushal Das,...

India will play Tajikistan in an international football friendly today in Khojan, Tajikistan. The match will kick off at 5pm local time which is 5:30 pm IST. There is no live telecast of the match in India. However, live streams...

Immediately after announcing his retirement from International Football, Mahesh Gawli spoke to www.the-aiff.com about his exploits for Team India. He spoke at length about his tenure with the National squad, the memories, his teammates, the next ‘big’ defenders and what...