It’s not often that a rival coach in football is applauded by journalists at the post-match press conference. Moments after India drew 0-0 with Indonesia to earn a berth in the quarterfinals of the ongoing 2018 AFC U-16 Championship in Malaysia, journalists from Indonesia and Malaysia gave him a standing …
Read More »VIDEO – NewsClick: Renedy Singh speaks about India at the AFC U-16 Championship!
Over the course of a few days India’s U-16 boys football team will vie for qualification to the next FIFA U-17 World Cup. If they succeed, they will be the first Indian team to win qualification to a FIFA World Cup. Renedy Singh, a former India captain who has been …
Read More »India U-16 boys focus on next AFC U-16 Championship match!
There wasn’t much noise in the Indian dressing room after the Indian U-16 National Team qualified for the AFC U-16 Championship quarterfinals for the first time in sixteen years. An air of calmness and determination gripped the dressing room with the squad emotional in their own sense. Emotions ran high …
Read More »VIDEO – AFC U-16 Championship: India 0-0 Indonesia – Match Highlights!
The India U-16s and Indonesia played out a hard fought goalless draw in their final AFC U-16 Championship group match for both nations to qualify for the quarterfinals. Watch the match highlights above!
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After 16 years, the Indian U-16 National Team progressed to the quarterfinals of the AFC U-16 Championship, registering their best ever performance in the group stage of the competition, amassing five points from three matches, as the Indian Colts played out a goalless draw against Indonesia in their final group …
Read More »India’s Jeje Lalpekhlua: Playing at age group level helps build team spirit from young age!
Ace Indian striker Jeje Lalpekhlua feels graduating from the age-group teams to the senior team helps a player go from strength to strength eventually. The 27-year-old striker said, “It helped a lot for me. The maturity, the international game experience which we gained in the age-group tournaments helped us a …
Read More »Jo Bole So Nihaal – The Punjabi Flavour in India’s U-16 Team!
The state of Punjab has been a major contributor to the growth of Indian football and in the last year or so, its role has become more prominent. The first shot in the arm came thanks to the FIFA U-17 World Cup that was held in India, with a number …
Read More »16 years later, India look to equal best ever AFC U-16 Championship performance!
It was back in 2002 when India had last qualified for the quarterfinals of the AFC U-16 Championship – their best-ever performance in the competition so far. Since then, no Indian U-16 team has ever reached the quarterfinal stage. 16 years later, the Bibiano Fernandes-coached India U-16 National Team has …
Read More »India U-16 coach Bibiano Fernandes: We have got better as the tournament has progressed!
Not a man who prefers to dive deep into history, Indian U-16 National Team head coach Bibiano Fernandes smiled when reminded that it was back in 1984 when India had last held Iran to a goalless draw in the Asia Cup finals in Singapore. The morning after his wards held …
Read More »VIDEO – AFC U-16 Championship: India 0-0 Iran – Match Highlights!
After intense 90 minutes, the India U-16s held mightly Iran to a goalless draw at the AFC U-16 Championship group stage at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur on Monday, September 24. Watch the match highlights above!
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