Kolkata, Aug. 3 -- India's first FIFA residential academy for girls with 30 players will start in Hyderabad this month. Under a head coach chosen by FIFA, the academy project at Gachibowli Stadium Complex will also have 30 boys. The boys' cohort will be under-14 and the girls' under-16. Both categories will have 10 players exclusively from Telangana. The decisions were announced on Saturday following a memorandum of understanding between All India Football Federation (AIFF) and the Telangana government at the first Telangana Sports Conclave in Hyderabad. "It is not only the first of its kind in India but also one of the very few globally under FIFA's Talent Development Scheme," said Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy. "It is a strong ...