Tag: U 17 World Cup

The CoA, headed by former Supreme Court judge A R Dave, had been overseeing the affairs of the AIFF since the May 18 order of the top court, which ousted Praful Patel as the president of the federation.

Guwahati: Mexico advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup after playing a goalless draw against Chile here on Saturday. Mexico have two points from three matches and are the fourth best team among the sides who finished third in all the six groups. From this group, England and Iraq bagged the top two […]

New Delhi: India are bracing up for another tough test against Ghana here on Thursday as they need a win by a big margin to keep their hopes alive for qualification to the Round-of-16 of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup. India have suffered two losses from as many games in Group A, against the United […]

New Delhi: India chief coach Luis Norton de Matos on Thursday said his wards would like to create history when they take on the field against the United States in their first match of the Under-17 football World Cup here on Friday. Matos said the players are positive ahead of their opening match and will […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, FIFA General Secretary Fatma Samoura and Head of FIFA tournaments Jaime Yarza will be amongst the spectators on the inaugural day match between host India and the United States in the U-17 World Cup here on Friday. “PM Modi, FIFA General Secretary, Head of FIFA tournaments will be there […]

New Delhi: The central government has exempted import duty on sports items and a wide range of goods for the upcoming Under-17 football World Cup India, which will run from October 6 to 28. The first FIFA event to be held in India will be spread over six cities starting October 6 and have 52 matches. […]

Kolkata: All tickets for the 10 matches of the FIFA U-17 World Cup to be held in India from October 6-28 here have been sold out in less than 12 hours after the first phase of tickets were launched. With football supporters of the city lapping up tickets for the 10 games which will be […]

Kolkata: Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Friday said all remaining renovation work for the upcoming FIFA Under-17 World Cup should be completed by May 30 along with Kochi which he said is lagging behind. On an inspection tour of centres which will host the youth football showpiece for the first time from October 6-28, […]

Kolkata: Out of favour with the All India Football Federation (AIFF) due to differences in opinion, former India captain Bhaichung Bhutia is no longer advisor to both the AIFF and President Praful Patel. In fact, India’s most decorated footballer was removed from the post last December, a source close to the development has revealed to […]

Kolkata: FIFA on Thursday categorically said concerns over air quality will not stand in the way of Delhi hosting U-17 World Cup matches but precautions will be taken to address the issues post-Diwali — when the pollution level will be at its highest. Recently questions have been raised about Delhi’s pollution adversely affecting conduct of […]

Kolkata: England swaggered their way into the FIFA U-17 World Cup triumph and the invigorating final against Spain was as much a celebration of attacking football as it was about an incredible turnaround here tonight. The Three Lions colts hammered The La Rojas juniors 5-2 in the highest-scoring final in the history of this age-group […]

New Delhi: In a goof-up by the organisers, former goalkeeper Bhaskar Ganguly was not called for felicitation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi just before India’s U-17 World Cup match against USA here on Friday, despite his name being there in the list. Prime minister Modi felicitated the captains of Indian football teams that played in […]

Margao: Indian U-17 World Cup team is working hard to fine tune their skills before they leave for New Delhi on Sept 28 to play against US, Ghana and Colombia in the group A league matches. The Indian team play their inagural match against US on October 6 and coach Luis Norton de Matos is […]