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Team India

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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India respect Maldives but fear no one ahead of SAFF Cup final!

A day prior to taking on Maldives in the final of the SAFF Cup, National Coach Stephen Constantine declared that though they “respect Maldives”, India fears “no one”. Constantine was speaking at the official pre-match press conference in Dhaka on Friday, September 14. The match is scheduled to kick-off at …

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India U-16s Lalrokima: We danced & ran around the hotel after we qualified!

While it was the FIFA U-17 World Cup that was top of the list for Indian football fans last year, it’s the AFC U-16 Championship, that will be in the sights for the Indian football fans in 2018. One young man on whom coach Bibiano Fernandes will bank on for …

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India U-16 Girls coach Firmin D’Souza: Ready to toil hard on the field of play!

Ahead of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Qualifiers in Mongolia, Head Coach of the Indian U-16 Women’s National Team sounded “confident of the team’s ability to play tacky football”. The Indian Women come on the back of winning the SAFF U-15 Championship in Bhutan and have been drawn in Group …

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India’s Bose & Thapa: Captaincy has made us more responsible & confident!

They say that leaders are born not made. But a true leader is him who accepts the challenge to guide the team through the thick and thin. The Indian National Team playing in the ongoing SAFF Cup has had new Captains and the duo – Subhasish Bose and Anirudh Thapa …

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