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Today News Headlines for School Assembly, August 14, 2026: Over 2,000 JPSC candidates had cleared prelims before exam cancellation

August 14, 2026 10:43 am

Today News Headlines for School Assembly, August 14, 2026: Know important National, International, Sports, Business, and GK current affairs updates especially curated for students, teachers, and morning assemblies.

AIFF U-turn on mandatory Indian striker directive: 'It's for coach to decide'

July 08, 2026 6:59 pm

The AIFF softened its stance on mandatory Indian strikers while handing ISL commercial rights to the league's 14 clubs.

AIFF wants to change its name to Football Federation of Bharat, approaches govt

June 20, 2026 8:28 pm

Among other key decisions that were announced was to have ISL and IFL clubs keep one Indian striker on the field for "the entire 90 minutes" of matches, have the national anthem and "Vande Mataram" play in all "matches conducted under the aegis of the AIFF" and a start date of of September 4, 2026 for the 2026/27 season of the ISL.

Why AFI wants to vet athletes' contracts with sponsors

April 14, 2026 10:58 pm

Federation says it wants to protect sportspersons and private entities; latter say 'there could have been a better way than issuing a diktat'

AIFF brings clubs into evaluation process for long-term commercial partner, KPMG to scrutinise feasibility of bids

March 29, 2026 8:04 pm

The AIFF said that the three bids that have been made for the ISL, Federation Cup, IWL and IWL 2 will be turned over to audit firm KPMG, who the federation said "will prepare comprehensive comparison tables evaluating the feasibility and key aspects of the bids".

ISL clubs urge AIFF to not take any binding decision on commercial rights during ExCo meeting

March 29, 2026 12:27 am

The ISL clubs have been embroiled in a conflict with the AIFF, with recent developments focusing on the commercial rights tender.

AIFF receives ISL rights bids worth over ₹2,000 crore; decision due March 29

March 28, 2026 11:21 am

The bids for the commercial rights were opened after the truncated ISL season began on February 14, following the end of the long-term impasse between AIFF and their former commercial partners, Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL).

Former AIFF general secretary Kushal Das dies

March 13, 2026 10:20 pm

Before entering football administration in 2010, Das had served as Chief Financial Officer of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and International Management Group (IMG) India.

Japan thrash India 11-0 in Women's Asian Cup: A scoreline that was never going to be any different

March 08, 2026 9:41 am

India defended for their lives and still conceded 11. But the real failure happened long before kick-off in Perth

I-League gets new name, new format, new governing council

January 28, 2026 9:50 pm

Second tier of domestic game now called Indian Football League with clubs having say in commercial aspects

Sunil chhetri, Captain Fantastic

August 05, 2018 9:39 am