Constantine writes book on Football training

Former Indian national coach Stephen Constantine, now national coach of Malawi, is releasing a book in the coming week called "A Year in the Championship" on the training that he conducted at Championship side Millwall FC during the 2005/06 season.
More than 150 easy-to-read diagrams illustrate the practices along with clear explanations of the important coaching points. This combination will enable you to use the practices with your team in a clear and effective way.
A book surely worth reading and learning from if you are into coaching. I cant wait to read it!!!(:

Mohun Bagan name Carlos Roberto Pereira da Silva as new coach

Mohun Bagan named Brazilian Carlos Roberto Pereira da Silva as their new club coach, and announced their 30 players for the new 2007/08 season.Indian international Baichung Bhutia has been given the captains role, while Dharamjit Singh will be the clubs vice-captain. here is the list of payers for 2007/2008.

Goalkeepers: Imran Khan (retained), Sangram Mukherjee (retained), Shilton Pal (retained),
Pralay Datta (Chirag United).
Defenders: Sanjeev Kumar Maria (retained), Deepak Kumar Mondal (retained), Bijay Baspore (retained), Nanjangud Shivananju Manju (Mahindra United), Peter Siddiqui (Mahindra United),
Rauf Sher Khan (Mahindra United), Subhashish Roy Chowdhury (Mohammedan Sporting Club),
Habibur Rehman Mondal (Mohammedan Sporting Club), N Mohan Raj (Hindustan Aeronautics SC), Rahul Bhattacharjee (Calcutta Customs).
Midfielders: Dharamjit Singh (retained), Lal Kamal Bhowmick (retained), Suman Datta (retained), Chinmoy Sarkar (retained), Rahul Kumar (retained), Lukram James Singh (Mahindra United), Shanmugam Venkatesh (Mahindra United), Jamir Ali Mondal (Mohammedan Sporting Club),
Muttath Sudheesh (Mohammedan Sporting Club), Parminder Singh (JCT, Phagwara),
Tapan Maity (Calcutta Port Trust).
Forwards: Jose Ramirez Barreto (retained), Baichung Bhutia (retained), Pachau Lalam Puia (retained), Ayan Chowdhury (retained), Ishfaq Ahmed (Dempo SC).

India not to bid for AFC Asian Cup 2011

India has withdrawn from the race to stage the AFC Asian Cup 2011 because they would not be able to meet the huge infrastructure requirements, a senior federation official said on Thursday.
"We are not making a formal bid," All India Football Federation (AIFF) secretary Albert Colaco told Reuters.
Qatar submitted their bid on Tuesday to stage the competition ahead of the Thursday deadline.
Qatar are expected to be joined by three-times champions Iran, who hosted the tournament in 1968 and 1976.
"We need two international standard stadiums in each of the cities where matches will be played. It is very tough"Colaco said.

India up 4 spots in FIFA!!!

Indian has move up 4 spots in latest FIFA world Rankings realised by the governing body of world football. India is now ranked 161 in the world and is still progressing. They have also move up one spot in the Asian Zonal Rankings to be be at 31.

Former Coach Bob Bootland dies

Bob Allison Bootland ,Former Football Coach died of a heart attack in Bambolim ,Goa on Wednesday,13 June 2007. The 73 year old Englishman from Newcastle was the first foreign Indian club coach, and had coaching assignments with Dempo SC ,Vasco SC Goa ,Tatas ,JCT and Indian Football team in 1982. This is a really tragic moment for Indian Soccer Press. Bob left behind 2 kids and a wife that we will all care for with respect. May his sole rest in peace.

Beijing Olympics Qualifiers 2008

On June 6, 19 players and 7 officials (India Under 23) went to play in their Beijing Olympic Qualifier match against Thailand at Bangkok. At the end of the first quarter it was 1-0. in the eightieth minute Thailand scored again and the game ended with a score of 2-0 Thailand wins. Here are the list of players who represented India but failed to succeed.
Subhashish Roy Choudhary(Gk)
Debabrata Roy(Def) Rocus Lamare (Mid) Gouramangi Singh(Mid) Marlangki Suting (For)
Sunil Kumar (Def) Gurjinder Singh(Def) Praveen Rawat (For) Tarif Ahmed (For)
Syed Rahim Nabi (Capt/For) Arindam Bhattachrja(Gk) Joaquim Abranches (For)
Manjit Singh (For) Branco Cardozo (For) Anupam Sarkar(Def) Warun Deep (Def)
Jerry Zirsanga (Mid) Robert Lalthlamyana(Def) D. Ravanan(Def)

Viva Kerala Anounces squad for 07-08 season

Viva Kerala has announced its new team members. Three Ghanaian players have been signed, one from Ghana's Nation Team, one from their U-21 and one from their u-17 teams. Anil Kumar and Badmus Bambu have both been dropped from the team. Kerala fans were excited to hear that their team is in the new pro league and were assured that they would place in the top 5 of the Pro league!