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The deal would make Zee broadcast the National Football League, later the I-League, and other tournaments organised by the AIFF and selected India's international matches. [13] However, in October 2010, the deal between the AIFF and Zee Sports was terminated after differences between both parties related to payment and marketing of football in ...
On 17 October 2016, the women's football league trial kicked off for the first time in India in the city of Cuttack. [35] [36] On 24 January 2017 AIFF President Praful Patel launched the inaugural edition of the Indian Women's League at New Delhi. The league will commence from 28 January with six teams participating in it. [37] [38]
Top left: Rajendra Prasad was the first and longest-serving President of India. Top right: Zakir Husain was the first from a minority religion to become President of India. Bottom left: Pratibha Patil was the first female President of India. Bottom right: Droupadi Murmu is the youngest President and the first President from a tribal community.
The most successful head coach for India was Syed Abdul Rahim, who led India to gold in both the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games while also achieving a fourth-place finish during the 1956 Summer Olympics. The most successful foreign head coaches for India were Bob Houghton and Stephen Constantine; both of them helped the team to qualify for AFC Asian ...
Chaubey graduated from Tata Football Academy in 1995. [4] He played as a goalkeeper and won the award – "Indian Goalkeeper of the Year" – in 1997–98 [5] and 2001–02. He was member of the Indian teams at U-17 Asian Youth Championship 1994 in Iran and U-20 Asian Youth Championship 1996 in South Korea in 1996, the India national team from 1999 to 2006.
The India national football team represents India in men's international football and is governed by the All India Football Federation. The team, which is considered as the best team in South Asia , won two gold medals at the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games while finishing fourth at the 1956 Summer Olympics .
By vigorously promoting the game in Bengal, the IFA became undivided India's premier football body in the early decades of the 20th century. [ 13 ] Through the efforts of Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari (the father of Indian football ), A.R. Brown and B.C. Lindsay of Dalhousie AC , and Watson of Calcutta FC , the IFA was established in 1893. [ 14 ]