Tag Archives: Sri Lanka

A day in between, and its matchday minus one again! The medical staff stay extremely busy working on the tight muscles and niggles; the technical staff stay busy in looking back at the last match against Bangladesh, and dissecting and planning tomorrow, October 7 one against Sri Lanka. The players …

The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) has released the fixtures for the postponed 2020 SAFF Championship to be played from October 1 to 13 in the Maldives. India will face Bangladesh (October 3), Sri Lanka (October 6), Nepal (October 8), and hosts Maldives (October 11) with the top two sides …

The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) has decided to hand the hosting rights of the postponed 2020 SAFF Championship to the Maldives. Originally it was planed to be played last year in Bangladesh, but they pulled out of hosting the tournament due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Then the Maldives and …

The South Asian Football Federation held a video conference with their seven member associations – BFF (Bangladesh Football Federation), BFF (Bhutan Football Federation), AIFF (All India Football Federation), FAM (Football Association of Maldives), ANFA (All Nepal Football Association), PFF (Pakistan Football Federation), and FFSL (Football Federation of Sri Lanka) – …

Blue Tigers centre-back Sandesh Jhingan quoted Lord Buddha in a message, urging fans to “appreciate” what they have, as he joined a consortium of South Asian football players in a Facebook Live session conducted by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) on Thursday, May 7. The 26-year-old was joined by …

The Indian Women’s Football Team completed yet another dominant display at the 13th South Asian Games 2019, as they trounced Sri Lanka by a massive margin of 6-0 at the Pokhara Stadium in Pokhara, Nepal on Thursday, December 5. Sandhiya Ranganathan scored a first-half brace, while Ratanbala Devi scored one …

The India Women’s National Team Head Coach Maymol Rocky exuded confidence as her team set its course for Nepal, where they will embark on a campaign to defend their South Asian Games gold medal. Women’s football has been included in two previous editions of the South Asian Games (2010 and …

The Indian senior women’s national team has been announced for the upcoming South Asian Games 2019. The football women’s competition of the South Asian Games will take place from December 3-10 in Pokhara, Nepal. The teams participating are India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives. India will open their campaign against …

India U-15 boys churned out yet another fine performance at the Kalyani Stadium as they beat Sri Lanka 5-0 on Tuesday, August 27. Himanshu Jangra was the star of the show, as he scored a hattrick, while Maheson and Shubho Paul also netted one each. India gaffer Bibiano Fernandes made …

Ahead of their third 2019 SAFF U-15 Championship clash, India head coach Bibiano Fernandes said that he is wary of the ‘physically fit’ Sri Lanka before taking them on at the Kalyani Stadium on Tuesday, August 27 after two wins on the bounce against Nepal (5-0) and Bhutan (7-0) respectively. …