In their plea, the star footballers have made an appeal to the AIFF to take all the possible steps to conduct the upcoming football season successfully.
AIFF confirmed that they have delayed the upcoming season of the ISL and are yet to get a single commercial right for the football league.
The companies with a minimum net worth of INR 250 crore were eligible to bid while guaranteeing a minimum of INR 37.5 crore payable or 5% of gross revenue, whichever is higher to AIFF for ISL commercial rights.
FSDL and AIFF held their discussion in Bengaluru on August 25 and drew a plan to resolve the deadlock.
India face Tajikistan in their opening match of the CAFA Nations Cup
AIFF issued a statement following the passing of the National Sports Governance Bill 2025.
It is to be noted that Khalid, is set to take over the role from Manolo Marquez, who stepped down from the position last month after a mutual agreement with AIFF following disastrous performance by the team.
India to participate in the tournament as the replacement of Malaysia
There have been no contacts between Xavi Hernandez or Pep Guardiola with AIFF to take over as head coach of Team India.
AIFF were given a list of 170 names for the role of new Head Coach after which they shortlisted just three names.
Inter Kashi also shared a cryptic post on their social media stating that, “Truth Alone Triumphs” after their appeal was upheld by the CAS
Amidst these scenes, Chhetri has appealed to servants of Indian football to stay calm and unite to cross this hurdle together.
ISL 2025-26 will be the 12th edition of the prestigious football competition and 30th edition of top-tier football tournament in India.
Notably, the AFC Women’s Asian Cup is scheduled to be held in Australia in March 2026.
Croatia-born Igor Stimac was sacked from the position of Indian football team’s head coach in June this year. He was ousted after the Blue Tigers were eliminated from the second round of FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
It is to be noted that Marquez, who currently manages FC Goa in Indian Super League (ISL) replaced Crotian Igor Stimac.
AIFF Chief Kalyan Chaubey shared his delight after appointing the Spaniard for his new role while thanking FC Goa for releasing him.
Andy Murray’s mother Judy lashed out at the media for leaking her son’s confidential medical reports. She also dismissed the media’s claims of Murray withdrawing from Wimbledon 2024.
The governing body released a statement on Friday, June 21, and said that it would respond to Stimac’s scathing attack shortly.
The Blue Tigers lost to Kuwait 2-1 and failed to reach the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Round 3.
In the open letter, the clubs highlighted their issues and concerns while calling for immediate action to tackle this problem going on for years in several sporting disciplines including football
Poland captain Robert Lewandowski is set to miss their 2024 European Championship opener after suffering a bicep muscle tear.
The Supreme Court observed that Kalyan Chaubey is delaying court orders wilfully, and non-bailable warrants will be issued if he doesn’t appear before the Calcutta High Court.
Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Mirabai Chanu opened up after her six-month injury break and spoke about her expectations from Paris Olympics.
AIFF released a statement on Tuesday and stated that the federation has decided to suspend Sharma until further notice.
Indian star shuttler Lakshya Sen unofficially confirmed his berth for the Paris Olympics via ranking quota.
AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey has constituted a new three-member committee to investigate the alleged assault on Khad FC women footballers.
After discussing with 14 senior members of the federation, the AIFF President, Kalyan Chaubey decided to form a five-member committee that would have further discussions with Stimac.
Brazilian footballer Endrick scored his first goal at the Santiago Bernabeu when his national side clashed against Spain.
As per the reports, SAT called AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey and other officials for an open discussion about the plan of action.
In a simple ceremony, the AIFF President formally presented Chhetri with a team jersey that was signed by all players and staff members of the current squad.
Real Madrid and Manchester City will be playing the repeat of UEFA Champions League semi-final from 2023 season in this year’s quarter-finals round.
Delhi FC owner Ranjit Bajaj shared the suspicious videos of the Delhi top division match between Ahbab FC and Rangers FC, alleging match-fixing.
AIFF sacked Prabhakaran as the secretary general of the national sports body in November 2023
Coco Gauff recorded a 6-1, 6-1 win over Varvara Gracheva to set up a semi-final against fellow American Emma Navarro.
Manchester United managed to held Liverpool to a 0-0 draw at Anfield in the Premier League.
The FIFA World Cup 2034 is set to be hosted by Saudi Arabia.
Cristiano Ronaldo guided his side Al-Nassr to record a 4-1 win over Al-Riyadh in the Saudi Pro League 2023 on Friday, December 8.
Prabhakaran took the matter to the High Court and asserted that his removal by the AIFF President was illegitimate as only the Executive Committee had the authority to terminate his services.
AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey didn’t comment on their source of information as well as the names of the players.
Cristiano Ronaldo is facing $1 billion class action lawsuit in the USA over Binance crypto.
India lost to Qatar while Kuwait took down Afghanistan in Asian FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers.
The VAR technology was first introduced in FIFA events in 2016-2017.
The AIFF also revealed that Deputy Secretary, M Satyanarayan is set to replace Shaji Prabhakaran as Acting Secretary General.
India beat Japan 2-1 to advance to the women’s Asian Champions Trophy semifinal.
Apart from Collina, former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who is the FIFA chief of global football development, is also expected to arrive in India next month.
The academy is a part of Vision 2047, which aims to make India one of the top four footballing nations on the continent.
Indian Men’s team’s Asiad campaign will kick off is set to begin on September 19.
The process continued in the May-June 2022 period when the Blue Tigers played four games and earned Bhupesh Sharma a reported sum between INR 12-15 lakh.
The Indian men’s football team hasn’t been a part of the continental event for nine years.
India will start their qualification campaign against Kuwait on November 16, 2023, while their final match will be against Qatar on June 11, 2024.
The AIFF has tried to resolve the issue by arranging an open discussion between national coach Igor Stimac and the ISL coaches on Tuesday.
Chaubey revealed that he has been in talks with some countries to arrange invitational tournaments for Indian clubs.
As per the model, the AIFF takes on the responsibility of providing crucial technical support, coach education, and age-appropriate curricula to these affiliated entities.
India is placed in Group A of the Asian Cup and will kick off their campaign against Australia on January 13, 2024.
After the induction of new clubs, five entities placed their respective bids for corporate entries into the Hero I-League
Argentina has only played against India once, which was in 2011 when they beat Venezuela 1-0 in Kolkata.
The ‘#FameHerGame’ is an initiative from FIFA, to find women talent in countries like India to promote the sport of football and give them the equal chance to take part in eSports.
During the meeting, the CWF president laid out the issues with FIFA as they have resisted the inclusion of football in regional events.
According to fresh reports, CBI recently paid a visit to the All-Indian Football Federation headquarters in Delhi and sought more data on five football clubs under investigation.
After the meeting, it was decided that the AIFF will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the QFA.
After winning the AIFF presidential election, Chaubey became first former player to be elected as the head of the Indian football’s governing body.
The majority of the amount – $13,500 is a suspended fine which is will be paid for a repeat offence within two years.
Gokulam Kerala had written to the AFC to reimburse the money spent on the travel of the players and support staff and their accommodation but hasn’t heard from the continental body yet.
Earlier, the Central government earlier moved an application in the Supreme Court to end the tenure of the Committee of Administrators.
The report also revealed the expected names of the 14 executive committee members.
To salvage the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup, the Indian government has virtually accepted all the demands of FIFA, in its application to the Supreme Court.
The Malabarians were scheduled to face a team from Iran on 23 August and one from Uzbekistan on 26 August in Qarshi.
Sunil Chhetri has won the award seven times while this was Manisha Kalyan’s first award.
In case, AIFF fails to meet the deadline set by the world governing body, a ban will be imposed on the sports federation and resultantly, the hosting rights for the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup will be taken away from AIFF.
The report has also claimed that the astrologer hired almost ran a parallel coaching program with recruiting new players for the team being one of his duties.
The tournament will kickstart from September 5 and will be played over a four-week period, with the final match on October 3.
Registrations for the tournament will commence starting March 1 until March 10. A total of 16 best players from India will compete against each other.