Dnipro FC wins 2016 Nagjee International Club Football Tournament

Ukraine’s Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club (FC) has won the 2016 Sait Nagjee International Club Football Tournament. With this victory, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk became first European team to win this prestigious Football tournament held in India. In summit clash played at the ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016

Soviet football legend Anatoli Ilyin passes away

Soviet football legend Anatoly Ilyin passed away in Moscow, Russia. He was 84. Ilyin was best known for scoring winning goal that had helped Russia (then USSR) to win gold medal in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics against Yugoslavia by 1-0 ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016

Lionel Messi wins 2015 FIFA Ballon d’Or award

Barcelona FC forward Lionel Messi from Argentina has won the 2015 FIFA Ballon d’Or Award. He has earned this title of world’s best football player for record fifth time. Earlier he was conferred with this award in 2010 (inaugural), 2011, ..

India won 2015 SAFF football championships

India has won the 2015 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) championship for record seventh time. In the final match played at Thiruvanantapuram (Kerala), India defeated defending champion Afghanistan by 2-1 goal score. Jeje Lalpekhlua (72nd minute) and Sunil Chhetri (101th) ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2016

Chennaiyin FC wins 2015 Indian Super League Football Champions

Chennaiyin FC has won the second edition of Indian Super League (ISL) Football tournament. In the final played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa, they defeated hosts Goa FC by 3-2 goals score. Till the 87th minute of final ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015

Barcelona FC wins FIFA Club World Cup for 3rd time

Barcelona FC has won the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup for a record third time. In the final match played at International Stadium Yokoham in Japan the winning team defeated River Plate FC by 3-0 goals. Three goals for Barcelona ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015

FIFA bans Nepal football President Ganesh Thapa for 10 years

World football governing body Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has banned Ganesh Thapa, President of the All-Nepal Football Association (ANFA) for 10 years. He was banned by FIFA’s ethics committee over corruption allegations after the Himalayan country’s football team’s ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2015

Bangladesh wins maiden SAFF U-16 title of Football

Bangladesh has won maiden Under-16 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) championship title 2015. In the title clash played at the Sylhet District Stadium the hosts defeated defending champions India 4-2 in penalties shoot out. In the regular play, both team ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015

Uruguay's soccer legend Alcides Ghiggia passes away

Uruguayan soccer legend Alcides Ghiggia has passed away due to heart attack in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was 88. He had scored the winning goal against Brazil in the final match of World Cup 1950 which had helped Uruguay to win ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2015

US wins Women's FIFA World Cup for 3rd time

United States (US) won the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. It is overall third world cup title of US. In the World Cup final match played at Vancouver, Canada US defeated Japan by 5-2 goals score. US captain and skipper ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2015