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During the 2024-25 season, Marquez will continue his role as the head coach of the first team at FC Goa, handling both responsibilities concurrently before assuming the national coaching role on a full-time basis.

Two Himachal Pradesh female footballers were allegedly attacked by the general secretary of the Himachal Pradesh Football Association, Deepak Sharma.

Bhutia, who lost in the AIFF presidential poll in 2022, also said that he did not know what constituted the "breach of trust" which led to Prabhakaran's dismissal.

Stimac has been with the national men's football team for more than four years now. The astrologer with who he was in touch to pick the side got paid reportedly Rs 15 lakh by AIFF.

The aforementioned academy will not function in a standalone manner; rather, it will be supported by around four or five other feeder academies, thus making it a network

The Asian Football Confederation presently ranks India as the 18th-best nation.

India lifted the Intercontinental Cup as it tamed a young Lebanon side by two second-half goals at the Kalinga Stadium on Sunday.

Present in the meeting were AIFF Secretary General Dr Shaji Prabhakaran, Deputy Secretary General Sunando Dhar and senior officials from Gokulam Kerala FC, Mohammedan Sporting Club, Sreenidi Deccan FC, Churchill Brothers FC Goa, RoundGlass Punjab FC, Rajasthan United FC, NEROCA FC, Aizawl FC and TRAU FC.

Kalyan Chaubey is a former goalkeeper with Mohun Bagan and East Bengal. This is a result that was expected as former captain Bhutia did not have many supporters in the 34-member voters' list made up of state association representatives.

On August 15, FIFA had banned the AIFF due to "undue influence from third parties" and had said the U-17 Women's World Cup "cannot currently be held in India as planned. This was after a three-member Committee of Administrators (CoA) was appointed by the Supreme Court to oversee the affairs of the federation.

The decision was taken after FIFA received confirmation that the mandate of the committee of administrators that was set up to assume the powers of the AIFF Executive Committee had been terminated and that the AIFF administration had regained full control of the AIFF's daily affairs.

Notably, the complaint of this entire matter reached the Supreme Court. The court superseded the entire board in May 2022 and constituted a committee to frame a new constitution.

Former captain Bhaichung Bhutia will have to come from a state unit in order to contest the election unlike earlier time when he filed as an eminent footballer.

The bench said the voter list for the AIFF polls would consist of 36 representatives of State/UT member association of football federation as is being sought by FIFA

 The legendary Bhaichung Bhutia on Friday filed his nomination for the president's post in the upcoming All India Football Federation (AIFF) elections even as former player Kalyan Chaubey has emerged as the front runner in the race for the top job. Former captain Bhutia was proposed by his onetime national teammate Deepak Mondal and seconded by Madhu Kumari. Kumari is part of the electoral college as an 'eminent' player.

The club’s president decided to write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him about the helpless situation his players found themselves after world football governing body FIFA moved to ban India for ‘undue third party interference’.

FIFA, the apex football body, has suspended AIFF with ‘immediate effect due to undue influence from third parties’. The top court said the Central government should play a proactive role to resolve the matter to hold the tournament and also lifting of suspension of AIFF is duly facilitated. On August 3, the apex court had passed directions for conducting elections for the AIFF executive committee ahead of the hosting of the U-17 women’s World Cup by India.

A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud said it will hear the matter on Wednesday

This is the first time the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has been banned by FIFA in its 85 year history.

On May 18, the Supreme Court had ousted Praful Patel as AIFF president for not holding elections due in December 2020 and appointed a three- member Committee of Administrators (CoA), headed by former top court judge AR Dave, to manage the affairs of the AIFF.