The All India Football Federation condoles the death of A.D. Nagendra who passed away yesterday on January 26, 2022. Nagendra, a former Indian defender, was a part of the Indian squad for the Merdeka Cup in 1969. He was also a member of the then Mysore state Santosh Trophy from …
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Head coach Thomas Dennerby has faulted the AFC’s organising committee for the COVID-19 outbreak that forced India senior women’s national team out of the Asian Women’s Asian Cup. The Hosts had over a dozen players test positive along with many of the support staff. AIFF boss Praful Patel, meanwhile, released …
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Former India international A.D. Nagendra, who also was a member of the then Mysore state Santosh Trophy winning team, passed away at the Sakra Hospital at 8.30pm today, January 26. The 79 year old, who was a dependable defender as a player, was a Governing Board member of the Karnataka …
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Former India goalkeeper and captain Brahmanand Sankhwalkar, has on Republic Day, 2022, been conferred the Padma Shri, making him the eighth exponent of the beautiful game to have won the award. Brahmanand, who has represented India in 42 International matches and captained the country in seven of them, had made …
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Australia star Sam Kerr has lent her support to the Indian women’s national team, issuing a heartfelt video message to the AFC Women’s Asian Cup hosts on Wednesday. India’s participation in the tournament came to an end on Sunday, when COVID-19 cases and injuries meant they were unable to name …
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Indian women’s football team coach Thomas Dennerby on Wednesday, January 26 blamed the AFC for the country’s ouster from the ongoing 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup, alleging that the bio-bubble set-up by the continental body wasn’t fool proof as the home team players got affected due to COVID-19 positive hotel …
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Former India international goalkeeper and captain Brahmanand Sankhwalkar will be one of the recipients of the 2022 Padma Shri. Brahmanand Sankhwalkar joins an illustrious club of footballers who have received the Padma Shri in Gostho Pal, Sailen Manna, Chuni Goswami, PK Banerjee, Bhaichung Bhutia, Sunil Chhetri and Bembem Devi. 67 …
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The eTigers will be in action again for Match Week 2 of the FIFAe Nations Online Qualifiers 2022 Play-ins stage on January 27/28, 2022. India finished top of the table in Match Week 1 with 16 points and also currently lead the consistency ranking in the region with 300 points. …
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XtraTime brings you a special tribute for the late Subhas Bhowmick who died on Saturday, January 22 after illness in Kolkata. Samaresh Choudhury and Goutam Sarkar were amongst the brest friends of Subhas Bhowmick. While a still shocked Samaresh Choudhury is still mourning, Goutam Sarkar spoke at length to XtraTime …
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January 23, 2022 will be remembered as a black day for Indian football as the Blue Tigresses, the India Women’s national football team, could not play their game against Chinese Taipei in the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai due to multiple positive …
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