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150 Health and Physical Education - XI Do You Know? Modern football Durand Cup started in the Britain is regarded as the home to modern association year 1888 in Shimla and it football. Within Britain and Scotland, the game was popular the second oldest tournamenfrom eight century and again played with different variations. in the world. Presently, this In medieval times, towns and villages played against the tournament is being organisrival towns and villages — and kicking, punching, biting and in New Delhi every year witgouge were allowed. Hundreds of people took part and the the help of Indian Defence games could last all day. It was same until the game started Services. being promoted in schools in England as an integral part of the school curriculum. The need for uniform standards and Activity 5.6 rules acceptable to everyone was the need of the hour. This Collect information about tled to the role of Cambridge University in unifying the schools various types of free kicksand the clubs to a meeting in 1863 for establishing common football. acceptable rules. Football Association Challenge Cup was started in 1872, which is regarded as the world’s oldest football championship. In the year 1888, ‘Durand Cup’ was started in Shimla (India) and in modern time Durand cup for football is regarded as second oldest football tournament in the world. Later in 1904, FIFA (Federation International de Football Association) was formed with France, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and Germany as the founder members. History of Football in India Football in India has been a popular sport introduced in nineteenth century by the British army, from the capital at Calcutta. Durand Cup started in 1888, founded by the then India’s Foreign Secretary, Mortimer Durand at Shimla. Durand Cup is the third oldest football tournament after Football Association (FA) Cup and Scottish Cup. Clubs like Mohan Bagan, which is the oldest current team, was formed in 1889. Indian Football Association (IFA) Shield is the fourth oldest tournament in the world which was founded in 1893 and is still being played. Durand Cup was shifted to Delhi. Since 1950, every year it is organised under the supervision of Indian Army. Before the birth of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) in1937,Indiawaslackingaconstitutednationalorganisation for football. Since, football gained immense popularity year after year, a need for the proper administration of the game was considered. The association that governed football in West Bengal, Indian Football Association (IFA), was given the status of the de-facto governing body of football. That time all the foreign tours of Indian football team were organised by IFA. AIFF was affiliated to FIFA (international governing body of football) in 1948 and to Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1954. AIFF has played a key role in promoting Reprint 2026-27