Dear colleagues,
Please find below two reports: 1. India to play Nepal in Pune on August 31, 2015. Quotes from National Coach Stephen Constantine have been incorporated in the report. 2. A report on FIFA lauding AIFF’s gesture to become the first Country to play Nepal post the series of earthquakes which struck the Himalayan Kingdom in April 2015. Quotes from FIFA RDO Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran and AIFF General Secretary Mr. Kushal Das have been incorporated into the copy. Also find attached two pictures: 1. India play Nepal in an International Friendly in Pune on August 31. 2. FIFA has lauded AIFF’s gesture to play Nepal after the series of Earthquakes which hit Nepal in April 2015. *Please credit AIFF Media for the pictures used.* *Please follow our Official Twitter Handle @AIFFMedia for more exclusive updates.* For further information feel free to contact AIFF Media Manager Nilanjan Datta @+91-9873185150. Regards, AIFF Media Team -------------------------- *INDIA TO PLAY NEPAL IN AN INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY ON AUGUST 31* *AIFF Media Team* *NEW DELHI:* India are the first Country to welcome back Nepal into International Football post the series of earthquakes which struck the Himalayan Kingdom in April 2015. *For the entire report click on **www.the-aiff.com* <http://www.the-aiff.com/> *For more exclusive updates, follow our Official Twitter handle @AIFF Media.* -------------- *FOOTBALL AND ITS HEALING POWER * *By Nilanjan Datta, AIFF Media Team* *NEW DELHI:* It was there and the very next moment it had fallen. It shook again and the debris piled up. Tremors followed one after another; tragedy followed, the trauma continued. As the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal fights back amidst the debris to rebuild the Beautiful World it once used to be, Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran, FIFA Regional Development Officer for South and Central Asia, recently back from a tour to Nepal stresses on Football’s Healing power to recreate the lush. “I need to laud All India Football Federation for being the first Nation to bring Football back into the veins of the Nepalese people,” he tells www.the-aiff.com, referring to AIFF’s invitation to Nepal to play a FIFA Friendly. *For the entire report click on **www.the-aiff.com* <http://www.the-aiff.com/> *For more exclusive updates, follow our Official Twitter handle @AIFF Media.* -------------- Media Department, AIFF. Alternate: [email protected] Website: www.the-aiff.com
