Team India

After a roller-coaster season that saw him make his senior India debut and then miss out on almost four months of action due to injury, Amarjit Singh Kiyam had begun the ongoing off-season with a steely determination to work harder than everyone else, and enter the new campaign with a …

Jeje Lalpekhlua conveyed “a big salute” to medical staff and all others who are putting in their “best efforts” amidst the crisis caused by COVID-19. Coronavirus has affected more than 3 lakh people, and cost 13-thousand-odd lives around the world. “A big salute to the medical staff and all others …

With the latest edition of the Indian Super League having been completed, it is time for the players to recharge their batteries and prepare themselves for the next campaign. For midfielder Anirudh Thapa, who hails from Dehradun, the “right kind” of rest after a long season is important, as he …

Following consultation with Asia’s member associations, FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have agreed to postpone the upcoming Asian qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar as follows: Matches originally scheduled to take place during the international window of March 23-31, 2020 and June 1-9, 2020 are …

Experience has made Mohun Bagan wing-back Ashutosh Mehta a better player — so much so that he is now a contender to make it to the National Team squad feels former I-League-winning coach Khalid Jamil. Jamil, who had seen Mehta grow under his tutelage — first at Mumbai FC, and …

The 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification round 2 matches which were scheduled to be played in March and June 2020 have been postponed till further confirmation. In a letter the AFC wrote, “FIFA and AFC will discuss further details of the postponed matches and communicate to the …

In a unique moment in the history of Indian football, three generations of Indian women footballers gathered at the Benaulim Grounds in Goa today to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8. In an event organised by the Local Organising Committee for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – …

FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) met at the Home of FIFA in Zurich to discuss football activities in Asia. For both FIFA and the AFC, the well-being and health of all individuals involved in football matches remains the highest priority, and as such, a formal proposal to postpone …

The Indian U-16 National team’s exposure tour to Tajikistan has been cancelled post-outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The India U-16 boys, currently the SAFF U-15 Champions, were slated to depart to play two Friendlies against Tajikistan U-16 National Team on March 5. Tajikistan are the current runners-up of the 2018 …

The Indian National Team will be playing their last Group E league match of the joint 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers against Afghanistan in Kolkata on June 9, 2020, the Emergency Committee of AIFF has approved. The Blue Tigers will be flying to Kolkata directly from Dhaka …