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Team India

India U-19 coach Floyd Pinto: Goals only a matter of time!

The India U-19 team is currently in Serbia on an exposure tour and will take on their Serbian counterparts in a second friendly on Monday, which will be held at the Technical and Training Centre of the Football Association of Serbia at Stara Pazava. The first friendly, which took place …

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With history beckoning, India U-16s ramp-up preparations for AFC U-16 Championship finals!

Attempting to create history by becoming the first Indian team to qualify for a FIFA World Cup, the Indian U-16 National Team under Head Coach Bibiano Fernandes is gearing up for the AFC U-16 Championship Finals, in a first, had arrived 12 days prior to the tournament in the host …

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Playmakers unite to play key role for 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the UAE!

Community ambassadors of all nationalities from across Asia came together at Zayed Sports City Stadium for a rousing evening of speeches, workshops and celebration, in the lead up to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the UAE. Over 60 ambassadors or “Playmakers” representing 19 of the 24 competing nations were …

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India U-16s Bikash Yumnam: Strong defence key to success at AFC U-16 Championship!

Sir Alex Ferguson once famously said, “Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles.” The Indian football team, which is set to take part at the upcoming AFC U-16 Championships 2018 in September, will look to follow the same principle in order to reach the last stages of the competition. …

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India coach Constantine: We didn’t disappoint anyone else but ourselves!

India coach Stephen Constantine, after going down in the SAFF Cup 2018 final against Maldives narrowly, stated that the team “didn’t disappoint anyone but ourselves” as they “didn’t do enough to win the game”. “We didn’t play the game according to our potential and that’s where the lack of experience …

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India lose 1-2 to the Maldives in SAFF Cup 2018 final!

The Indian National Team went down 1-2 against Maldives in the Final of the SAFF Suzuki Cup 2018 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka today, September 15. Maldives scored a goal-a-piece in either half, and the only Indian goal came in added time of the second handed courtesy of …

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Goa lad Shanon Viegas hopes to take India to the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup!

The state of Goa is considered to be synonymous with Indian football and with the AFC U-16 Championship 2018 set to kick off later this month, the Indian contingent for the competition too has a distinct Goan flavour in the form of Shanon Viegas, who is a playmaker with an …

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India U-16 Girls open AFC U-16 Women’s Championship qualifiers with 6-1 over Hong Kong!

A hattrick from Lynda Kom enabled Indian U-16 Girls’ Team kick-off their campaign in the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Qualifiers in style when they breezed past Hong Kong 6-1 in their first match in Ulan Bator, Mongolia on Saturday, September 15. Apart from Lynda’s hat-rick, Captain Shilky Devi netted a …

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India’s Manvir Singh: Balwant Singh is like my bade bhaiya!

The man of the moment, Indian National Team striker Manvir Singh who came up with two delectable strikes against Pakistan admitted that since making his National Team debut against Mauritius he has become a more “disciplined” player. “Discipline is something which cannot be ever compromised when you are playing for …

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