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New Delhi<\/strong>: All India Football Federation (AIFF) appointed Anilkumar as the new secretary general on Monday at the Indian Football House in Delhi.<\/p>\n \u201cImproving the quality of football is the priority,\u201d stated Anilkumar in an AIFF press release upon taking office. He recognized the challenges of achieving top-tier status in international football.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s uncertain how long it will take to reach that level, but we begin with the hope of betterment and will persevere until we succeed,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n Anilkumar emphasized the importance of improving India\u2019s FIFA ranking and raising the standard of the sport for global recognition. \u201cWe aim to collaborate with all stakeholders to enhance the quality of Indian football and its international standing,\u201d he confirmed.<\/p>\n The AIFF\u2019s new Secretary General plans to work with clubs, investors, and state governments, and seek insights from AFC and FIFA to identify where Indian football falls short.<\/p>\n He wishes to engage the central government in creating a long-term development strategy for football. Anilkumar, with his rich experience in sports administration from his time with the Kerala Football Association, is hopeful about the future, saying, \u201cTogether with member associations and other Indian football stakeholders, we will advance the game in the days ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] New Delhi: All India Football Federation (AIFF) appointed Anilkumar as the new secretary general on Monday at the Indian Football House in Delhi. \u201cImproving the quality of football is the priority,\u201d stated Anilkumar in an AIFF press release upon taking office. He recognized the challenges of achieving top-tier status in international football. \u201cIt\u2019s uncertain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/download-118.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41395,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41393\/revisions\/41395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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