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India likely to play against South Africa and Malaysia

All India Football Federation (AIFF) is leaving no stones unturned to provide the Indian footballers much needed international exposure. According to AIFF, India will be playing two friendlies against Malaysia in November and South Africa in January.   India Vs Malaysia...

India vs Myanmar : Match Preview, The Asian Dream Starts

Pic via AIFF Indian Football Team will kick start their campaign in AFC Asian Cup qualifiers as they take on Myanmar away at the Thuwunna Stadium,Yangon. India have been clubbed in Group A alongside Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar and Macau. India are ranked...

Rob Baan to look for new coach for Indian football team, Armando in the...

The curtain seems to be finally coming down over the Indian senior football team coach Savio Medeira. A disastrous AFC Challenge Cup campaign in Nepal meant the final nail in the coffin. India were the AFC Challenge Cup champions in...
Dawson Fernandes Indian footballer

Indian Football : The story of Goan striker Dawson Fernandes

KHUJAND: There’s always a first time for everyone. With the Tea Session over, the Indian Senior National Team boys walked up to the Hotel Lobby and waited to leave for the first practice session in Khujand ahead of their International Friendly...
India vs Nepal World Cup Qualifier

WCQ – Poor Preparation and Negligence puts Nepal in a Disadvantageous Position Against India

Once again the national football team of Nepal is gearing up for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers against India. It will be a big challenge, no doubt. Is there any hope for this team? Having finally beaten India after...

Good performance will always get rewarded: Wim Koevermans

KOCHI: National Coach Wim Koevermans has brought in a number of new faces for India’s International Friendly against Palestine. In a freewheeling interview with www.the-aiff.com, Koevermans, who coached India to triumph in the Nehru Cup spoke at length about his ‘shadow...

IMG-Reliance to hold training camp for Indian footballers

Taking note of  the severe criticism by Wim Koevermans, IMG-Reliance has proposed to hold training camp for the Indian footballers who have signed for the proposed IPL style Indian football league till such time the players find clubs to...
India vs Tajikistan AFC Challenge Cup

India vs Tajikistan : India’ mistakes in the last encounter

India vs Tajikistan records so far has been extremely fair. India has played Tajikistan 3 times, winning once, drawing once and losing once. Last time the teams met for AFC Challenge Cup, on 9th March 2012, India lost the...

Bhaichung Bhutia is the new chief of AIFF technical committee

Indian football legend, Bhaichung Bhutia, will replace Mohammad Habib as the chief of AIFF's technical committee. It was announced that in the last technical committee meeting this decision had been taken by AIFF's president Praful Patel. It will be interesting to...

Patriotism comes first followed by Professionalism.

Okay, we all are disappointed with yesterday's loss, but that is not my concern. My concern is when India (Asian) is playing against UAE (Gulf) team, why is it that the FIFA didn't bother to check the referee’s nationality. The referee ‘Banjar Al Dosari’...