CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -“The AIFF is signing a MoU (memorandum of understanding) with the government of Arunachal Pradesh through its sports ministry, ” Chaubey told TOI on Tuesday.

Detailed explanation-2: -Former Indian goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey was elected as the new president of the All Indian Football Federation (AIFF). He will become the first ex-player to hold the top office of India’s football governing body in its 85 years of existence.

Detailed explanation-3: -Union Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, on behalf of the Ministry of Education signed an MoU in Mumbai today with FIFA and All India Football Federation for the ‘Football4Schools’ initiative in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was on June 23, 1937 that football’s apex body saw the light of the day gaining FIFA affiliation a year after the country’s in 1948. AIFF has the distinction of being one of the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the continent’s ruling body of football when it was set up in 1954.

Detailed explanation-5: -The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is the national governing body of football in India. It is a member of FIFA, the international governing body of football and affiliated to Asian Football Confederation.