Annual AIFF winners Bala Devi on receiving the award said that she was happy to have won the award and Manisha Kalyan thanked her well-wishers. Read ahead for more.

“As a professional footballer, it really felt good to train and for a big side like Rangers for a full season,” the 31-year-old said, “I have gained plenty of experience from this stint.”

Bala Devi becomes the first Indian woman to score in a professional European football league. The Rangers FC player scored against Motherwell. Devi joined the Scottish club in January 2020.

“We need to break the chain and it must be a team effort. Let’s work together and defeat this opponent,” Devi said in an AFC release.

“So she can’t go back home, she will remain training there, there is no other way out. We will see the situation. If the league re-starts on April 30, she can stay there and play. “

Bala was also the top scorer of IWL 2019 with an astounding tally of 26 goals from just seven games.

Bala Devi showed excellent form when she emerged top player at the Indian Women’s League (IWL) this year with 26 goals for Manipur Police SC.

Seven Manipuri players are boycotting the Indian women’s football team over difference with the coach, only Ngangom Bala Devi has been called to camp.

Forward Bala Devi is all set to make a come back to the field after an injury and this is the first time she is participating in the Indian Women’s League (IWL). She is playing with Kangchup Road Young Physical & Sports Association (KRYHPSA) and the team’s recent win in the tournament against Sethu FC 5-0 […]

The first Indian Women’s Football League was launched earlier this week. Veteran Ngangom Bala Devi, hailed as the Bhaichung Bhutia of Indian women’s football, was one of the star players present at the launch. While the first edition is to kick-start in New Delhi on Saturday with six teams participating, reportedly, Bala Devi is yet to […]