420 Grams’ Arjun Pandit and Siddhanth Aney are joined in studio by former India football captain Renedy Singh to begin their build-up to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. One of India’s previous appearance at the Asian championships was in 2011, after a gap of 27 years. Renedy was a senior …
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With January’s 2019 AFC Asian Cup set to see India return to the Continent’s biggest stage for the first time in eight years, this wasn’t captain Sunil Chhetri simply hoping for safe passage to the United Arab Emirates in time for the tournament. It’s his vision for where his nation’s …
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India National Team coach Stephen Constantine announced a list of 34 probables for the preparatory camp for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup – UAE. All the players will be reporting to the Camp in Delhi from December 16 onwards, with a squad of 28 members flying to Abu Dhabi for …
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Earlier in the day, the latest quarterly FIFA Women’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the fourth and final rankings of 2018, India dropped three spots to be in 62nd position behind Northern Ireland and ahead of Ecuador. India have 1395 points, 14 less …
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The Newsclick Team chronicles the evolution of Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri in the game with anecdotes from footballers Baichung Bhutia, Renedy Singh, Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Eric Paartalu and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu. As Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri’s 150th game for Indian Super League (ISL) side Bengaluru FC coincided …
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The Star Sports India Football Forum (IFF) 2018 on Friday, November 30 focused on the long-term plan of advancing the game of football amongst stakeholders and major players in the game’s ecosystem in India. Building on this and other touch points, THE ELEPHANT IS STARTING TO RUN was the core …
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If starring in the AFC U-16 Championship in Malaysia, where he scored India’s only goal in the tournament against Vietnam in a 1-0 win was not enough for 16-year-old Vikram Partap Singh, the forward has quickly shuffled his aim and targets glory with the Indian Arrows – AIFF’s development side …
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The 2018 edition of the India Football Forum is set to be held on Friday, November 30 at the Novotel Mumbai from 10am to 6pm. I will be co-hosting the India Football Forum 2018 alongside SportzPower’s Thomas Abraham tomorrow. The title this years India Football Forum is ‘The Elephant is …
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Can business viability soon be a proposition for stakeholders in Indian? That, along with a deep dive on the opportunities opening for fan engagement due to the advancements in the digital arena, particularly on mobile, will be in focus at the Star Sports India Football Forum 2018. Building on these …
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Earlier in the day, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the November rankings, India stay 97th position behind Estonia, but ahead of Faroe Islands; while 2018 FIFA World Cup semifinalists Belgium stays No. 1. India have 1240 points, …
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