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Jaydeep Basu
AIFF Gets to Hide Behind Covid-19 Pandemic While Footballers Rust and Wither Away
29 May 2020
The AFC’s regulation that requires every club to play a minimum of 27 domestic matches to be eligible for the Asian Champions League will be circumvented this season due to the Covid-19 pandemic.…
Jaydeep Basu
Amphan And Covid-19: The Double Blow Has Rocked Foundations of Bengal Football
26 May 2020
For academies already struggling for financial aid because of the damages inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the super cyclone has added a new devastating blow. For most, training facilities, and…
Jaydeep Basu
The Business of Football is More Important Than Football Itself
22 May 2020
While the Bundesliga’s return has thrilled many football fans across the world, the reason for them doing so reveals a darker truth about the global game. More and more spectators have been driven…
Jaydeep Basu
PIO Hue and Cry Begins Again in Indian Football as Fortunes of National Team Slide
15 May 2020
Time and again, the issue of inducting Persons of India Origin (PIOs) in the Indian football team has been raised by the foreign coaches at the helm and buried. Igor Stimac has now asked for it and…
Jaydeep Basu
AIFF to Cap Foreign Players in I-League Clubs This year, to Implement 3+1 Rule
11 May 2020
Senior All India Football Federation (AIFF) officials took the decision to cap the number of foreign players in I-League on May 11, during a meeting with representatives of the clubs over a video…
Jaydeep Basu
All the Details of the AIFF Technical Committee Discussion on May 8
09 May 2020
The Shyam Thapa-led committee has recommended reducing the number of foreign players to fall back in line with continental norms. But why has this been such a long time coming? And what will be the…
Jaydeep Basu
Jarnail Singh: The Tough Guy of Indian Football’s Golden Era
07 May 2020
Forged in the life-and-death struggle of partition, Jarnail Singh, arguably India’s best ever defender, never knew fear – be it tackles or taking on any role the team demanded. The Mohun Bagan and…
Jaydeep Basu
Chuni Goswami Obituary: A Perfectionist with a Midas Touch
01 May 2020
Chuni Goswami had an innate ability to turn everything he touched into gold. As a footballer, he led the Indian team to its best ever performance, and his club Mohun Bagan to many title conquests. On…
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Game of Thrones in Lockdown: Impossible to Quarantine Politics in Indian Football
29 Apr 2020
The politics of administration in Indian football has a long and colourful history. Instances of intimidation, bribery, coercing and blatant electioneering chequer the past. The nation is in lockdown…
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Indian Football’s Clarity At the Top Must Not Distract Us From Problems At the Grassroots
22 Apr 2020
The cancelled season, as approved by the AIFF, will cause a domino effect across all levels of Indian football and will impact youth football the hardest. Distributing prize equally among the I-…