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Reports are coming through that Louis Saha former Manchester United and France forward has been signed by IMG – Reliance. He is the first marquee player signed by IMG – Reliance for their upcoming IPL- Style league.
There names of seven other marquee players will be revealed in the days to come.
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According to a report from Goa, AIFF is planning to implement certification for Grassroots centers. Once Implemented, it will bring all grassroots centers/school in a state under the state association. It will also ensure certain requirements are fulfilled and the centers will follow a same philosophy of development.
In future anyone who runs a grassroots center in a school, club or community can apply for affiliation with the respective state associations by fulfilling some basic criteria. The criteria are basic and are focused more on ensuring that the grassroots principles of AIFF and FIFA are followed.
Once the criteria is fulfilled, grassroots centers will be provided and affiliation certificate which will be valid for a year.
According to reports Guwahati in Assam is confirmed to host the proposed IPL Style IMG – Reliance football League.
Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium- Guwahati.
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Guwahati and Hyderabad were optional venues with one of them to be selected eventually for the tourney. With IMG – Reliance and Sports Authority of Assam (SAA) signing an MOU on 17th October, it is confirmed that the league will be played in Guwahati.
It is understood that according to the MOU, the city will host seven matches of the proposed league, RS 2 lakh will be the rent for the infrastructure per match and a per day rent of Rs 60,000 will be paid by IMG – Reliance.
As part of the renovation of the stadium, new floodlights will be installed which will enable high quality telecast of the matches. The turf work is also expected to commence soon to prepare the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium, Guwahati for the league.
Today it got confirmed that Indian goal keeper Subrata Paul and defender Gourmangi Singh will be traveling to Denmark for a two month long trial with Danish Premier League club FC Vestsjaelland.
Reports now suggests that IMG – Reliance is in talks with European clubs to arrange exposure trips for their other contracted players. IMG – Reliance would be keenly looking for opportunities for their contracted players as they are all currently cooling heels without playing time. 50 players contracted to them have missed out on the ongoing I-league as IMG – Reliance could not reach and agreement with I-league clubs.
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Celebrating their 20th league title Manchester United along with their sponsors DHL is planning to tour their Premier league trophy to various locations in the world.
After a send off in Manchester later this month, the trophy will tour will kick-off in Rio De Janeiro on 30 October. In November the trophy will tour various locations in Latin America. In December trophy will be taken to various locations in Asia.
In the month of January Manchester United Trophy will tour India. The trophy tour locations in India are Delhi and Bombay. Exact Dates for the tour is yet to be announced.
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NEW DELHI: All India Football Federation confirms another International Friendly for the Indian Senior National Team against Nepal on November 19, 2013. India would now be playing on both the FIFA dates in November 2013 as an International Friendly against Philippines had been confirmed earlier.
As per the October FIFA Rankings India are ranked at 154 while Nepal are at 165.
India and Nepal have played 14 International Matches between them with India having won 9 matches. Nepal have won 3 matches including their 2-1 victory in the 2013 SAFF Championships in Kathmandu when the two Teams last met. Two matches have ended in a draw.
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According to reports, Kozhikode District Football Association (KDFA) will conduct a district Schools Football League this year. DSFL will have twenty teams playing in the home and away format.
If everything goes according to plan, the league will kick off on November 1st. KDFA has received entries from 30 odd schools and 20 schools, including Malabar Christian College Higher Secondary School, St. Joseph’s Boy’s Higher Secondary School and Zamorins HSS are confirmed for the league participation.
Any school which has a good ground and a “D” licensed coach can take part in the league. However, these norms have been relaxed as of now, since many schools lack “D” licensed coaches.
The champion school from the district league will win a prize money of 10000 Rs and will secure entry to the state level competition.
I.M. Vijayan- Kerala Police
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Kerala Police once a big name from Kerala in football has lost its sheen now but according to reports as part of their Our Responsibility to Children (ORC) scheme, Kerala Police is planning to set up a football academy in Thiruvanthapuram.
I.M. Vijayan the legendary footballer from the state will be donning the role of the head coach of the academy. Former players Jo Paul Ancheri and P.P Thobias has also extended their cooperation for the proposed academy.
The academy is a brain child of commissioner P Vijayan, who told TOI : “We are not just trying to groom good footballers, but also boost their academic brilliance,” . The proposed academy will be launched in association with the Kerala social security mission (KSSM).
It is understood that another football coaching center in Thrissur is headed by former Kerala Police footballer C.V. Papachan.
AFC A License Course course will be held in Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala. The course will start on October 18th and will go on till November 16th.
Team India technical director Rob Baan and Mr. Vincent Subramanium from Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will be conducting the course. Coaches from all over India is expected to take part in the course.
Luis Mario Aguiar, Levino Pereira and Lino Pereira (Goa); Narayana Menon, Xavier Pious, P.K. Rajeev, V.P. Shaji, Bino George, Jo Paul Ancheri (Kerala); Gautam Ghosh, Satyabrata Bhowmick, Bastab Roy; Achinta Kumar Belel and Anita Sarkar (West Bengal); Kamalkanta Singh (Assam); John Kenneth Raj and C. Ravi Kumar (Karnataka); Arindam Biswas (Pondicherry); N. William Koso and Roko Angami (Nagaland); Bitan Singh and Surmala Chanu (Manipur); Bobby Nongbet (Meghalaya); Mita Michiteru (Japan).
With inputs from AIFF Media article from : http://www.the-aiff.com
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As we reported earlier, the auctions for franchises were pushed to October end, but IMG – Reliance seems to be quietly building up their plans for the proposed IPL – style football league.
The latest buzz in the advertisement industry is that IMG – Reliance is looking for a creative partner for their league. Agencies such as McCann Erickson, Leo Burnett and Ogilvy are in the fray.
McCann Erickson currently holds the creative duties of the Reliance owned IPL team Mumbai Indians. In the coming days, it will be more clear who will be offered the creative duties for the proposed IPL Style football League.