TheFootballLink - Media Presence - 5 Nov 2014

TheFootballLink

MEDIA PRESENCE

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e are a Company involved in exploring the Football ecosystem across India where all

the stakeholders in Indian Football collectively organize various case studies & initiatives to

understand & advance Football as a business, advertising & brand building platform, and as a sustainable medium for social development, healthy lifestyle & entertainment. We have organized more than 140 initiatives including Football Academies, Tournaments, Scouting Festivals, Coach Development programs, Seminars, Leagues & Research papers with special emphasis on Boys/Girls Grassroots Football both for privileged and underprivileged. Through these projects we have directly worked with more than 20,000 children and youth.

This booklet illustrates the various media coverages we have recieved in the past three years in our efforts to promote grassroots football across India.

-TheFootballLink Team

NDTV's coverage of Indian Football Team Captain, Sunil Chhetri's visit to TheFootballLink Trust's Child and Youth Development Program center in Vikaspuri.

NDTV

Chetan Misra, founder of TheFootballLink, got nominated for Times Now Amazing Indians - Spark the Rise Awards in recognition of his work in the field of ‘Social Development through Sports’.

TIMES NOW - AMAZING INDIANS

THE TIMES OF INDIA

THE TIMES OF INDIA

Young Turks, one of India’s first dedicated & longest-running show on young entrepreneurs, does a story on TheFootballLink Founder CNBC-TV18’s YOUNG TURKS

Coverage of TheFootballLink Seminar with more than 100 Delhi Football Coaches CNN IBN LIVE

Live Coverage of Delhi’s biggest Futsal Tournament - TheFootballLink F3 CNN IBN LIVE

IMG and FIFA’s premier TV show FIFA Futbol Mundial came to India to cover TheFootballLink Girls Power Tournament with Anglian Football as part of their focus on girls football in India FIFA FUTBOL MUNDIAL

India’s first ever Football entertainment show, Total Football, at TheFootballLink Interational Festival 2012 with Coaches from AC Milan and Manchester City FC TOTAL FOOTBALL

Girls Football tournament which took place as part of TheFootballLink Kashmir Festival 2013 CNN IBN LIVE

The Hindu covered the Mohalla Football Festival, an initiative by TheFootballLink Trust to promote football amongst underprivileged children while instilling moral, social and ethical values to wean them away from crime and drugs THE HINDU

The Sunday Guardian covers TheFootballLink Trust’s Child and Youth Development Program center at Madhu Vihar THE SUNDAY GUARDIAN

TheFootballLink organizes Delhi's first ever Grassroots course in association with the Sports Authority of India and Dehi Soccer association at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium ALL INDIA FOOTBALL FEDERATION

The Hindu covers TheFootballLink Trust's mini-football festival, organized at the Father Agnel Orphanage in Greater Noida THE HINDU

Fever Pitch covers the Kashmir Football Festival, organized by TheFootballLink in association with the J&K Football Association. The one-week long programme featured more than 2000 children participating FEVER PITCH

Arunava Chaudhuri covers TheFootballLink Trust's Mohalla Football Festival, an initiative to keep the underprivileged children away from crime and drugs through football ARUNAVA

“TheFootballLink Trust fights crime and abuse with football”

“Fighting crime and promoting a healthy lifestyle through football” THE HINDU

ARUNAVA

“Bridging the opportunity gap for the underprivileged through football” ARUNAVA

“Ambedkar Stadium lights up as 500+ underprivileged children play football” SPORTSKEEDA

“Learning time for football coaches in AIFF classrooms” THE ASIAN AGE

“A reason to smile” THE HINDU

“Football for the underprivileged kicks off at the Ambedkar Stadium” KOLKATAFOOTBALL.COM

“TheFootballLink Junior League to promote youth football” DAILY BHASKAR

“FootballFirst plans to hold tournaments for even younger kids to discover India’s very own ‘Messi’s and Rooney’s”

“AC Milan and Manchester City coaches to train Delhi School Kids”

CNN IBN

NDTV

THE TIMES OF INDIA “There are others recruited by companies in sports sectors like FootballFirst” THE TIMES OF INDIA

“World Class Coaching at the FootballLink International Festival” HINDUSTAN TIMES

“TheFootballLink International Fest kicks off” THE INDIAN EXPRESS

“The Week long TheFootballLink International festival ends today!”

MAIL TODAY

“Beautiful game gets boost with FootballLink” THE ASIAN AGE

“Top international coaches to train kids of the Capital” THE STATESMAN

“TFL Junior League kicks off” THE PIONEER

“TheFootballLink International Festival with AC Milan and Manchester city scouts begins today” BUSINESS STANDARD

THE TIMES OF INDIA “A week long international soccer festival brings together coaches, school kids, corporates, NGO’s and scouts from international clubs” THE ASIAN AGE

“Largest Football Festival in Kashmir begins today” KASHMIR TIMES

“Week long TheFootballLink Kashmir Festival starts in the capital today” KASHMIR READER

“Seminar to Promote Junior Football in New Delhi” THE TIMES OF INDIA

“TheFootballLink Kashmir Festival kicks off in grand style” GREATER KASHMIR

“Enjoy a week of football at the Thyagraj Stadium” THE SUNDAY STANDARD

“Exciting week long Football Festival”

“Action packed week for football lovers” DAINIK JAGRAN

“Coaches from Manchester City and AC Milan lined up for the TFLIF” AMAR UJALA

“Footballing mega event with multiple tournaments to begin this Sunday” HINDUSTAN

“TheFootballLink International Festival ends with a bang” HARI BHOOMI

VIRAT VAIBHAV

“AC Milan and Manchester City Coaches to conduct coaching camp for Delhi Kids” NATIONAL DUNIYA

“TheFootballLink International Festival begins today” VIR ARJUN

“AC Milan and Manchester City coaches to train children in Delhi” AAJ SAMAJ

“TheFootballLink International Festival ends with a bang” PUNJAB KESRI

“Chetan Misra, 30, is a football enthusiast who tapped into India’s boom of cultivating champions” TEHELKA

“Over 5000 football players of all ages come together to take part in the largest football festival of the country” JET WINGS

“TheFootballLink International festival kicks off” JANSATTA

“Week long football extravaganza with International Coaches in Delhi” CURRICULUM

“Largest ever display of football talent in the country” SPORTSKEEDA

“International Football Festival at Delhi with Bolton Wanderers”

“Football festival with a social difference” YAHOO NEWS

KOLKATAFOOTBALL.COM

“Coaches from Manchester City and AC Milan to train the capital children” ZEENEWS.COM

“The largest football festival in India underway” APN NEWS

“FootballFirst Sports, a young budding company aiming to promote the beautiful game”

“5000 football players get ready to play the country’s largest football festival”

THE HARD TACKLE

WEB NEWSWIRE

“Week long football showcase begins at the Capital”

“Largest football festival in India kicks off” SPORTSWIRE

“Football fever grips Delhi as the country’s largest football festival begins” INDIA BLITZ

THE SPORTS MIRROR

“FootballLink International Festival ends successfully” MANAGEMENT COMPASS

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by Chetan Misra

“Why Football, the most popular sport in the world, is giving us Indians a lot less than it gives to people in other countries? Why is it that, despite having the best minds and the second largest population in the world, we are unable to

into the current scenario of Indian Football and explores the likes/dislikes, social behavior, business attributes & performance of the complex ecosystems at play in India, especially New Delhi.

Chetan Misra graduated from Delhi Public School, RK Puram, New Delhi, completed his Electrical Engineering/Economics degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta and then worked as a Research Engineer in Washington DC. He is Level II, England.

Having played Football throughout his school and college days, being a keen observer/coach of the game, and most importantly, an avid Football fan, he researched on the social, entertainment & business successes of the Football industry worldwide with a special focus on the highly successful girls a developing country like India from three perspectives Business sustainability of the programs, advancement of Football & social impact through sports. In early 2010, he came popularize the world’s most popular game in its second most populous country.

He, along with other Football enthusiasts, founded FootballFirst Sports Pvt. Ltd with a focus on setting up grassroots coaching an online and on-ground platform which organizes various initiatives and programs centered around Football. He has also conducted various case studies and has written research papers on ways to connect Police & Society.

In 2011, he launched the ‘Can Football?’, a social campaign which revolves around questions to highlight ways in which potentially huge industry, to spread happiness that a game brings and to harness our national pride as fans with India becoming a Football powerhouse in Asia & the world.

He has received various accolades and recognition for his work in India and is currently working on a program with the Delhi Police to use Football as a tool for Child & Youth Development while building a stronger & harmonious relationship with the society.

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