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NEW DELHI: Delegates from FIFA are currently in India for a three-day meeting with the AIFF to help inculcate the Talent Development Scheme (TDS) in the country.

FIFA delegates Juerg Nepfer, head of Technical Development Services, and Chokey Nima, Regional Technical consultant, Global Football Development, South Asia, met with AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey and secretary general Dr Shaji Prabhakaran on Day 1 of the meet.

Jul 22, 2017 15:07
NEW DELHI: Phase 3 of online ticket sales for the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017, which will last until 5 October, kicked off Friday. 
Jun 03, 2017 15:06
MUMBAI: The All India Football Federation held a special general body meeting (SGM), which among other matters cleared the way for the national football body to amend its constitution.   
Feb 28, 2017 09:02
NEW DELHI: The benefits of India hosting the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup are set to be felt far into the future, thanks to an ambitious and far-reaching plan to fast-track the growth of football in the world’s second most populous nation.
Feb 23, 2017 20:02
KOLKATA: The Salt Lake Stadium, which is getting ready to host the FIFA U-17 World Cup in October, will be almost ready for the youth showpiece by the end of March when the FIFA delegation visits for another round of inspection, tournament director Javier Ceppi said here on Thursday.
Feb 22, 2017 14:02
NEW DELHI: Global FIFA partner adidas has announced its association with the U-17 World Cup India 2017 local organising committee, coming on board as the exclusive performance partner for the Mission XI Million programme. 
Jan 31, 2017 11:01
NEW DELHI: Sports Minister Vijay Goel asserted Monday that the decision to sack or retain India’s U-17 football coach Nicolai Adam rests with his ministry, and NOT with the All India Football Federation, as it was from his department that the German national's salaray was being drawn.  
Jan 27, 2017 15:01
NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has stepped up the search for Under-17 coach Nicolai Adam’s replacement after the players revolted against the coach. The Under-17 World Cup is scheduled to be held in October in India.
Jan 11, 2017 08:01
ZURICH: The FIFA Council has unanimously decided in favour of expanding the FIFA World Cup™ to a 48-team competition as of the 2026 edition. World football’s supervisory and strategic body held its third meeting at the Home of FIFA in Zurich on 9 and 10 January, and decided on a new tournament format with the 48 national teams split into 16 groups of three.
Jan 10, 2017 17:01
ZURICH: Football's world governing body FIFA Tuesday voted to expand the to 48 teams from the 2026 edition of the tournament. "The FIFA Council unanimously decided on a 48-team #WorldCup as of 2026: 16 groups of 3 teams. Details to follow after the meeting," FIFA announced on its Twitter feed.