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A 77th-minute goal by Kaseem Al Zein put paid to India’s hopes of retaining the third place in the 49th King’s Cup 2023 as Lebanon defeated India at the 700th Anniversary Stadium in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on Sunday, September 10. Lebanon, who couldn’t get the better of India in their …

After an agonising defeat on penalties to Iraq, the Indian senior men’s team is set to face Lebanon in the 49th King’s Cup third-place play-off on Sunday, September 10. The contest, which will be the Blue Tigers’ fourth in three months against the West Asians, will kick off at 16:00 …

It was a crushing experience for Igor Stimac’s boys to have the victory snatched away from them in the penalty shootout after a rousing regulation time display at the 700th Anniversary Stadium in the first semifinal of the 49th King’s Cup 2023 on September 7. It was a typical story …

Blue Tigers head coach Igor Stimac and his Iraq counterpart, Jesus Casas, have known each other for more than 30 years. Casas, six years Stimac’s junior, was a youth team player for Spanish side Cádiz CF, where Stimac played for two seasons between 1992 and 1994. On Thursday, September 7, …

Chiang Mai is the second-largest city in Thailand, located in the middle of the lush green Thai highlands, almost 700 kilometres north of the bustling capital of Bangkok, making it a rather outlying town. However, there was no shortage of support for the Indian senior men’s team when they landed …