Former Indian National Team captain and current Assistant Coach of the Indian Senior Men’s National team Shanmugam Venkatesh averred that Indian Football has changed its outlook. In a very detailed interview with AIFF Media Venkatesh tracked down the pathway for evolution highlighting the difference in squads, club football vs international …
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The I-League has often been dubbed as a factory, producing future stars, who then go on to achieve much greater things in the future. The 2020-21 season of the I-League seems to have thrown up another new talent – Shubho Paul. So impressive were his performances in the league for …
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XtraTime shows footage of an extended interview by Boria Majumdar with India football captain Sunil Chhetri. Amongst other things Sunil spoke about the comparisons being made with Lionel Messi, which he said that there is no comparisons to be made.
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It was another great week in Indian football as the Blue Tigers registered a win after over two years and the FSDL reduced the number of foreigners to match the AFC regulations in the Indian Super League!
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It was on this day 16 years ago, that a certain striker named Sunil Chhetri donned the India jersey for the first time, in the match against Pakistan. Since then, that talismanic striker has gone on to play 117 Internationals, and scored 74 goals – the second-most for an active …
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FC Bengaluru United Coach Richard Hood and Superpower Football’s Ankush Sharma explore the idea of Captain Sunil Chhetri assuming the no. 10 position in the National Team. What do you make of this?
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India striker Manvir Singh who headed to the National team after a successful domestic season maintains that nothing is constant as a striker. As XtraTime reports, Manvir has spoken about learning from calm minds like Sunil Chhetri and Roy Krishna.
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XtraTime shows here footage of Team India’s gym training sessions in their preparations ahead of the final game against Afghanistan in the joint 2022 FIFA World Cup / 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in Doha, Qatar.
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India are up against a tough opposition next in the Joint qualifiers as they face Afghanistan. A win over the Afghan contingent will ensure a spot in the third round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers. Richard Hood and Ankush discuss how India have fared in the competition so far!
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Fortunato Franco, a former India international footballer, died on May 10 in Goa at the age of 84. He will be remembered as an icon in Indian football, and a man who was a big part of soccer growth in an otherwise non-footballing nation. With India still developing in different …
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