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New Zealand has given tough fights to quality sides Brazil and England in the practice games. (Photo: Shripad Naik)

FIFA U-17 World Cup: New Zealand make their presence felt

Coming out of a long winter, New Zealand hardly had any international game behind them barrring the U-17 World Cup qualifiers.

03 Oct 2017 12:09 AM

Making Maharashtra proud

The Kolhapur boy is the lone player in the Indian U-17 World Cup team who grew up playing football in Maharashtra.

02 Oct 2017 4:30 AM

India, who is hosting FIFA U-17 World Cup for the first time, is in Group A with USA, Colombia and Ghana. (Photo: PTI)

India have the potential to win FIFA U-17 World Cup, says coach Luís Norton de Matos

The Portuguese stated that his boys are absolutely up for the challenge.

30 Sep 2017 5:10 PM

Brazil are in Group D along with European champions Spain, Niger and North Korea. (Photo: AFP)

Flamengo agreement prevents Brazil forward Vinicius Jr from coming to India

Vinicius had an agreement with Flamengo that he can travel to India only if they win the Cup in Brazil, which did not happen.

30 Sep 2017 1:23 PM

Brazil eye Cup title at majestic venue

Having visited India and the revamped stadium during the World Cup draw, Amadeu said he dreams of lifting the glittering silverware here.

27 Sep 2017 6:43 AM

The counter at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi wore a deserted look on Thursday, the opening day of physical ticket sales. (Photo: Asian Age)

FIFA U-17 World Cup: Slow start to counter sales

Reports suggest about 20 per cent of tickets have been sold online so far.

22 Sep 2017 1:54 AM

In the tournament’s opening day’s double header at the JLN, Colombia face Ghana and India take on USA. (Photo: AFP)

U-17 World Cup: Ticket counters open in Delhi from today

Delhi will host eight matches from October 6 to October 16, including all three of India’s group matches.

21 Sep 2017 2:59 AM

Maharashtra CM launches Logo for FIFA U-17 World Cup

They also unveiled the FIFA U-17 World Cup Winner’s Trophy, to mark 30 days to go for the tournament.

12 Sep 2017 12:18 AM

Football fans in Mumbai watched the game enthusiastically from the stands and cheered for both teams in a match that ended 5-4 in favour of the FIFA Legends.

Football legends leave DY Patil in awe

Fernando Morientes scored four goals while Bala Devi was the standout performer for the Indian icons, scoring two goals and assisting another.

07 Sep 2017 3:55 AM

Action from a friendly match between Fifa Legends and an Indian selection side to promote the Fifa Under-17 World Cup at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday. The Legends won 5-4. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

‘Grooming players after Cup essential’

The Fifa Legends side consisted of Carlos Valderrama, Fernando Morientes, Marcel Desailly, Jorge Campos and Emmanuel Amuneke.

07 Sep 2017 1:09 AM

Legends to play exhibition game at DY Patil

Football fans in Mumbai will get the opportunity of watching the football legends live for free with the trophy being present at the venue.

05 Sep 2017 12:23 AM

The format of the U-20 World Cup is same as the FIFA U-17 World Cup with 24 teams playing out of six venues. (Photo: AIFF)

AIFF express interest to host FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2019

AIFF president Praful Patel stated that this would be the next "logical step for the development of football in India."

05 Jul 2017 11:46 AM

The DY Patil Sports Stadium will host the opening game and one of the semi finals of what will be India’s first ever FIFA tournament.

Preparations continue at DY Patil with 100 days to go

The venue was ratified by FIFA back in October 2016.

28 Jun 2017 12:31 AM

Joy Bhattacharjya has closely worked with the IPL, and now he is lending his expertise to Indian football. (Photo: Castrol Cricket/ Youtube Screengrab)

Joy Bhattacharjya: Building Indian football legacy ahead of FIFA u-17 World Cup 2017

FIFA u-17 World Cup 2017 project director Joy Bhattacharjya gets candid about India's preparations for its biggest football tournament.

15 Apr 2017 6:55 PM

The occasion was the presentation of footballs to MPs of both houses of Parliament by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. (Photo: Lok Sabha)

LS speaker presents footballs to MPs to promote FIFA U-17 World Cup

MPs, cutting across party lines, participated with enthusiasm in a mass awareness programme for promoting sports culture in the country.

29 Mar 2017 7:07 PM

The 85,000 capacity Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan, which was refurbished by spending crores of rupees for the October 6-28 tournament, will host the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup final. (Photo: PTI)

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup: Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata to host final

The two semifinals will be held in Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium and Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium in Guwahati.

27 Mar 2017 4:52 PM

FIFA U-17 World Cup, to be hosted by India for the first time, will be played from October 6 to 28. (Photo: PTI)

Babul Supriyo is vice-president of FIFA U-17 World Cup LOC

The announcement was made by AIFF president Praful Patel on Wednesday.

15 Mar 2017 6:00 PM

AIFF appointed Lios Norton de Matos (second from left) as the new head coach of the U-17 Indian national team. (Photo: Twitter)

AIFF appoints Luis de Matos as new U-17 national team head coach

Luis de Matos has played in Belgian top flight club Standard Liege, helping them attain the second spot on the table in his second season.

01 Mar 2017 5:33 PM

Luis Norton de Matos during his time as coach of Benfica 'B'. (Photo: Twitter)

De Matos favourite to take over as India U-17 coach

Portuguese coach Luis Norton de Matos has emerged as the favourite to become the new head coach of the India U-17 football team.

24 Feb 2017 5:35 PM

Sports Minister Vijay Goel and AIFF president Praful Patel with 'Kheleo'. (Photo: PTI)

'Kheleo' unveiled as official mascot of FIFA U-17 World Cup

The clouded leopard 'Kheleo' was unveiled by the AIFF as the official mascot of the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

10 Feb 2017 3:26 PM

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