The 2027 women’s World Cup will take place in Brazil, FIFA announced Friday at its 74th Congress in Bangkok. Brazil had been considered the front-runner over a joint bid by Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany (BNG) because of its stadiums and ability to accommodate participants and fans. Brazil hosted the men’s World Cup in 2014 […]
चर्चा है फुटबॉल की। हाल में, एक महिला फुटबॉल प्रदर्शन काफी चर्चा में रहा। 60 लड़कियां पटना ज़िला के ग्रामीण छेत्र से आकार संत ज़ेवियर कॉलेज मैं फुटबॉल खेले। नव गठित बिहार वुमेन’स स्पोर्ट्स प्रमोशन असोशिएशन का पहला प्रयास था । जोगीबेग दुरुखी, पटना सिटि की शफ़ा परवीन ग्यारहवी वर्ग, कॉलेज ऑफ कॉमर्स की छात्रा […]
“My father’s dream of becoming a footballer has now become my dream and I will definitely fulfill it”, says Preeti , the daughter of a daily wage labourer. In higher secondary school now, she says she had to settle for the arts stream rather than science because of financial constraints. “I am old enough to […]
Patna: The football field at St Xavier’s College was where four girls’ soccer teams showed off their gaming skills under a monsoon sky. While the Football for Women’s Empowerment on the 3rd of July might not have made it to the top of the sporting pages in the local newspapers, there is a distinct possibility […]
When you hear the word “Football”, what strikes you first? May be the names Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or Diego Maradona or even Baichung Bhutia and Sunil Chhetri. Now, Can you tell us the name of a woman football player? H’m … an Indian woman footballer? You might be thinking of taking to Google Baba […]
फूटबाल दुनिया का सबसे प्रसिद्ध खेल है। वर्ल्ड ऐटलस नामक वैबसाइट के अनुसार पूरी दुनिया मे इस खेल के फैंस की संख्या लगभग 4 अरब है। फूटबाल विश्व कप एक ऐसी प्रतियोगिता है जिसमे सभी देश भाग लेना चाहते हैं। भारत लगभग 125 करोड़ से भी अधिक आबादी वाला देश है। पर यहाँ फूटबाल का […]
The FIFA Women’s World Cup is on, and it’s a party in France. First, let’s tell you about the matches you can watch today Sunday 9 July on the telly. Indian standard time: At 7:00 pm it’s an exciting Brazil vs Jamaica, and at 9:30 it’s England vs Scotland. Some of us like to watch […]
Women’s football should be made more accessible to girls and women worldwide, and that’s what a new move between the UN and FIFA is all about. Gender equality on and of the pitch, this is the new thrust. FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) and the UN Women (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and […]
When this girl won a medal in a football game, she opened up a whole new field for her classmates. How? Read on! Fourteen year old Anshu Singh from Gaunpura viilage in Phulwarisarif , about 27 kilometres from Patna, is a ninth grader in Sada Public School, Phulwarisarif. Her father, Neeraj Kumar Singh, is better […]
In ‘Backward’ Bihar, where entire village communities frown on women playing sports, a labourer buys a plastic ball for his daughter to pursue her football dreams… “My father is my very first coach. When I was small, he bought a plastic ball, and he taught me to kick it around,” says Priti Kunari, a feisty […]
On Father’s Day, we bring you from a small village in the state of Bihar, an aspiring girl footballer’s story about her Dad the Superhero … her dad who may be a poor man, but with the heart to say, ‘my child, keep on dreaming’. Fourteen year old Moni Kumari is a girl who just […]
While Christano Ronaldo may be the flavour of the season as the Fifa World Cup unfolds, let me tell you about another sprightly little football player. No, she won’t make it to Russia this year, but that’s not gonna stop her from fighting her own battle to stay in the beautiful game in her small […]
