The wait for the return of International football continues with the rescheduling of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup joint qualifiers by FIFA and AFC. However, the announcement has not dampened the spirits of the Blue Tigers. Goalkeeper Gurpreet Sigh Sandhu sounded out the mood for …
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Yesterday, the latest FIFA Women’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the third rankings of 2020, India stay in 55th position alongside Northern Ireland behind South Africa and Belarus, but ahead of Venezuela. India have 1432 points, the same as last quarter and they …
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Indian national team custodian Gurpreet Singh Sandhu joins us on AIFF TV all the way from Down Under, as he speaks about how he has spent his lockdown, his memorable performance against Qatar and a number of interesting anecdotes!
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As India gets set to celebrate its 74th Independence Day tomorrow, August 15, Blue Tigers goalkeeper and Arjuna awardee Gurpreet Singh Sandhu wished fans across the world and stated that playing for the country “is a feeling like no other.” In a chat with AIFF TV, he stated, “There’s no …
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I have had the honour of playing some memorable matches wearing the Indian jersey. However, if I have to choose my favourite one – it has to be the final of the AFC Challenge Cup in 2008 – where we defeated Tajikistan 4-1 in New Delhi – that too on …
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The Indian football team will not see any action this year with the Asian qualifying matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup getting postponed to 2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Asian Football Confederation postponed all men’s qualifiers scheduled in October and November for the 2022 World Cup and …
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Iconic Indian goalkeeper ‘Spiderman’ Subrata Paul lauded fellow custodian Gurpreet Singh Sandhu as he went down memory lane looking back at their relationship saying that his younger colleague “has many glorious years in front of him”. In a live chat with AIFF TV, Subrata congratulated Gurpreet for “winning the Arjuna …
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Early morning at 5am a crowd of villagers gather around the village ground in Longja in the Chandel district of Manipur – barely a couple of hours from the Indo-Myanmar border. A group of boys ranging from ages 8-20 have all formed a huddle around a nimble figure donning the …
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Former Blue Tigers joined in to mourn the sudden demise of their former teammate Laishram Manitombi Singh, who they recall, “was an absolute fighter” on the pitch. Manitombi was a part of the Blue Tigers side that famously lifted the LG Cup in Vietnam, 18 years back, which was India’s …
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The 420 Grams crew sits down with former India players Renedy Singh and Ishfaq Ahmed to pick their India’s Best XI to play in the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. This video went online as a live chat on Sunday, August 10.
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