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No Time for Indian football, Praful Patel Opts to Focus on FIFA (420 Grams, S1, Ep. 20)
08 Apr 2019
Praful Patel's election to the FIFA Council comes at a time when football in India is facing one of its biggest crisis -- clubs in the country's top flight, the I-league, are in open conflict with…
Vaibhav Raghunandan
India to Host 2020 U-17 Women’s World Cup; Indian Football Should Make it Count
20 Mar 2019
With no proper grassroots academies, club teams or financial incentives, women’s football in India lives an ad-hoc existence. With the country set to host the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2020, the…
Vaibhav Raghunandan
Emiliano Sala’s Death, Hakeem al Araibi’s Life and Football’s Ugly Face
13 Feb 2019
FC Nantes and Cardiff City FC’s tiff over transfer money of the deceased Emiliano Sala, and FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC’s) lack of intent and effort in releasing Hakeem al Araibi…
Vaibhav Raghunandan
Qatar vs UAE: Blockade Derby, the Ugly Truth of West Asia Politics
30 Jan 2019
Qatar football team beat the UAE 4-0 to enter the final of the AFC Asian Cup 2019. The match, however, was marred by unruly and ugly behaviour from the UAE fans, something that was not expected…
Vaibhav Raghunandan
Football Leaks and Der Speigel Investigation: Game at the Heart of a New Era of Manchester Capitalism
16 Nov 2018
Football Leaks: In a four-part investigative report, German publication Der Speigel shed light on the current owners of Manchester City Football Club and their attempts to circumvent financial fair…
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Neymar, Lionel Messi and Ronaldo Under Suspension Cloud at World Cup
29 Jun 2018
FIFA’s amended suspension rule means big names are walking the tightrope -- one more yellow for Neymar, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo could see them miss the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
Renedy Singh
Renedy Singh: Why Argentina has Flattered to Deceive in the World Cup
23 Jun 2018
Big names have been cagier around smaller opponents due to a lack of team chemistry.
Subodh Varma
FIFA World Cup, Brought to You by Big Business
15 Jun 2018
It was back in 1974 that big companies started paying FIFA to get advertising rights – now the mega-event is dependent on them.
Leslie Xavier
FIFA World Cup 2018: The VAR is on in Russia
12 Jun 2018
Has FIFA jumped the gun with the introduction of VAR? We put the question to Newsclick's World Cup panel
Renedy Singh
FIFA UNDER 17 World Cup:The Perfect Introduction to Indian Football
30 Oct 2017
But to become a footballing nation we will have to keep putting in the hard work away from the big stadiums in the big cities.