Hailing from the small town of Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, young striker Siva Sakthi Narayan burst onto the big stage seemingly out of nowhere over the last two seasons. The young striker joined the Bengaluru FC reserve side on August 1, 2020, and impressed in the following Durand Cup campaign grabbing …
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I once more gave answers to a plethora of questions on Indian football on a livestream of the Indian Food and Football channel. Host Sayan Sarkar and I speak about Team India at the King’s Cup and Indian football.
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India secured the top spot in Group A of the SAFF U-16 Championship to seal their berth in the semifinals, defeating Nepal 1-0 at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan, on Wednesday, September 6. The Blue Colts produced a dominant performance against Nepal and were denied by the woodwork on …
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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, …
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I once more gave answers to a plethora of questions on Indian football on a livestream of the Indian Food and Football channel. Host Sayan Sarkar and I speak about Team India at the King’s Cup and Indian football.
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India’s opening encounter in the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers, Group G, which was scheduled to be played on Wednesday, September 6, has been cancelled following The Maldives’s last-minute withdrawal from the tournament. The meet has now been reduced to a three-team group featuring India, UAE and hosts China. India …
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India are just a point away from securing their berth in the SAFF U-16 Championship 2023 semi-final, but the Blue Colts’ focus remains squarely on their last Group A match against Nepal. India began their campaign with a 1-0 victory over Bangladesh and are set to face Nepal at the …
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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 …
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Order and chaos! They may be antonyms, but both are essential in building a football team, especially one that is in the middle of a tournament. The India U-16s experienced international football for the first time when they beat Bangladesh 1-0 in their opening match of the SAFF U-16 Championship. …
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The beautiful game often presents opportunities to those who play it. Perhaps more so to the attackers than to the ones at the other end of the pitch. But every once in a while, it’s the defenders who turn up at the right spot at the right time, and fire …
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