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Kerala – 50th Inter-District Football Tournament Starts

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Kerala, Football, Kerala Football Association, India, Indianfootball, Soccer, KFAThe 50th Inter-District Football Tournament commenced in Wayanad on the 24th of November.

Matches will be played in the Arappetta ground (which indeed is a picturesque one! ).

Defending champion Malappuram and last year’s runner-up Kasaragod have been given a direct entry into the quarterfinals. Malappuram will play the winners from the Kannur vs Pathanamthitta match and Kasaragod will take on the winners from the Thirvananthapuram vs Alappuzha match.

Fixture :

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Soccer School in Memory of V.P.Sathyan in Kozhikode

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V.P. Sathyan, Soccer School, Football, Kozhikode, Anitha, Kerala, India, CaptainA football coaching school in memory of former Indian football team captain and defender V.P Sathyan will start functioning in Kozhikode from November 24th.

After seven years of his untimely demise, Sathyan’s wife Anitha has come forward to set up the school. The proposed V.P Sathyan Soccer School will adopt the 2002 batch of Sports Promotion and Education Trust (SEPT) footballers. SEPT is another academy based out of Kozhikode. The first batch of V.P Sathyan Soccer School will comprise of 20 kids.

Kerala Football Association president K.M.A Mather, Kozhikode Sports Council president K.J. Mathai and Former India international U. Sharaf Ali will be caretakers of the venture.

Sathyan’s friends, V.P Sathyan trust in Thalassery and well wishers offered support for the venture said Anitha. The objective is to give superior training and mold good players, she said. On November 24th, minister M.K. Muneer will inaugurate the soccer school.

Kozhikode to host Federation Cup?

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With AIFF making the announcement that the upcoming Federation Cup will be held in Kerala, the state is fumbling to decide upon a venue.

It was earlier touted that Malappuram will be hosting the tournament. Kerala Football Association President visited the stadium in Manjeri and expressed optimism in conducting the Federation cup.

Few days after the incident, it is being reported that Kozhikode will be in fact hosting the tournament. The Corporation stadium in Kozhikode is also under renovation. According to reports, there is a lot of work to be finished before November, which seems highly unlikely.

According to another report that has appeared, it seems Kozhikode District Football Association seems to have almost gave up on hosting the Federation Cup.

With the Kochi Jawahar Lal Nehru seems to be courting all kind of wrong attention for the washed out Duleep Trophy matches, Kerala Football Association seems to be in a conundrum about hosting the federation cup.

District Schools Football League to Commence in Kozhikode

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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.

Farook College wins Calicut University Inter-Zone Championship 2013-14

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DSC_0305-1 (1)Farook College won the Calicut University Inter-Zone Championship 2013-14 played at Farook College from Sept 30th to October 3rd. Twelve teams from 4 four zones battled it out.

Christ College Irijanlakuda, Nss Vyasa College Wadakkanchery, Sree Kerala Varma College Thrissur and Farook College, Kozhikode reached semifinals.

In the semifinals Farook College defeated Sree Kerala Varma College in tie breakers and Christ College edged out NSS Vyasa 2-0.

Farook College defeated Christ College 4-0 in the finals and lifted the trophy.

Kerala based NRI appointed as logistics manager for 2013 U-17 World Cup

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Reports in Malayalam media suggest that Kerala based NRI C.K.P. Shanavas has been appointed as the logistics manager for the FIFA U-17 World Cup scheduled to start October 17th in UAE.

Shanavas is a lover of the beautiful game hailing from the city of Kozhikode. He is also an active member of the grass-root football academy – SEPT in the city. Shanavas is the son of late T.M. Rahman who was also the secretary of Kozhikode Football Association.

Shanavas is currently working in a UAE bank – Emirates NBDO.  His employer has granted him 50 days of leave to be part of FIFA U-17 world Cup, which will start on October 17th and go on till November 8th.

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