Month: June 2020

Sabyasachi Bagchi: Following an order of the Delhi High Court, the Sports Ministry withdrew the annual recognition of 54 Nationals Sports Federations (NSFs), including tennis, badminton, football, table tennis, chess, swimming, on Thursday. The latest letter from the Ministry, addressed to the Director General, Sports Authority of India, stated, “in compliance with the Order dated 24.06.2020 … Continue reading Do you know why the Sports Ministry has withdrawn the provisional annual recognition of 54 NSFs including the AIFF? Continue Reading →

XtraTime Web Desk: Social distancing was gone for a toss as thousands of Liverpool supporters celebrated the club’s first Premier League win in 30 years. The fans kept celebrating the whole night on the streets of Anfield and in front of the stadium. Soaking in the celebrations was the Liverpool footballers as well. Players including Virgil … Continue reading Premier League: Liverpool footballer’s party whole night, club to release 8 footballers Continue Reading →

XtraTime Web Desk: Australian limited overs captain Aaron Finch has sets sights on the 50 over World Cup in 2023 which will be held in India. Finch has already started plotting about the marquee event. “I’m a cricket nuffy so you are always thinking about it, especially being captain and with what’s coming up with the … Continue reading Australia captain Aaron Finch sets sights on 2023 World Cup in India Continue Reading →

XtraTime Web Desk: Liverpool was crowned the champions of Premier League for the first time after Chelsea registered a 2-1 win over Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Thursday night. The club from Anfield came tantalizingly close to winning the league last season when they ended up just one point behind City. Jurgen Klopp’s side has … Continue reading Premier League: Klopp and Liverpool’s success did not come overnight Continue Reading →

Xtra Time Web Desk : The Indian Football Association (IFA) is planning to start the upcoming football season from the third week of August. The new football season will begin with the different leagues across divisions followed by the IFA Shield. The IFA secretary Joydeep Mukherjee on Friday summoned a few former footballers like Subrata Bhattacharya, … Continue reading IFA mulling the idea of starting the new football season from the third week of August Continue Reading →

Is it just me, or are there a lot of rugby league players injured at the moment? It seems like there are so many faces that are missing. While it’s understandable given the circumstances – players lacking match fitness, plus skeleton ground and medical crews – the numbers tell a rather painful story.   Checking … Continue reading What’s the best team you could make from the NRL’s horror injury list? Continue Reading →

XtraTime Web Desk: Indian National Team goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan emphasised on the “roles played by parents to expose the girl child to different situations, and allow them to play.” In a live chat with AIFF TV, Aditi one of the flag bearers of Women’s Football in India urged all parents to understand and drive the passion … Continue reading Legacy of the U-17 World Cup will allow the girl child to play more, feels Aditi Continue Reading →

IFA secretary Joydeep Mukherjee is taking a great initiative for the betterment of Bengal Football. He is all set to build a “Striker Academy” comprising of promising forwards of Bengal. Joydeep has called a meeting at the IFA on Monday to discuss on this matter. It is learnt that the academy will have U-13, U-15 … Continue reading IFA set to build a”Striker Academy” Continue Reading →

The announcement from FIFA that the Australia-New Zealand bid had won selection for the 2023 women’s World Cup has sent the football community over the moon. But now that we’ve won this bid, it’s time to look to the next men’s bid while there’s momentum. The 2022 edition will be held in Qatar (grr…) while … Continue reading Now let’s try to host the men’s World Cup Continue Reading →

Peter V’landys is flat chat. Even in idle, the ARL Chairman with the slicked-back hair still looks fast. Probably even too fast to stop and have a laugh, unless he owns the joke. Ripping the shackles off the game in lockdown then watching the unsuspecting wilt is up there with sending your best mate to … Continue reading Top-eight twists will be a formality as warp-speed fallout takes hold Continue Reading →