Besides writing on my blog arunfoot.com, I now regularly do my arunfoot Videoblog on Facebook LIVE on the latest in the world of football with a special focus on Indian and German football. In the latest installment I speak about the following: 1. The group draw of the 2017 FIFA …
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Picture a typical 23-year-old urban guy. Parties, discotheques, loud music, fast cars, you get the drift. But not Sandesh Jhingan! His on field exploits attracts a fair share of the limelight, but, off it he likes to stay away from the hustle and bustle. The soft spoken guy is actually …
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The two-match International Friendly series between India U-22 and Singapore U-22 ended 1-1 when India U-22 boys went down by a solitary goal to Singapore U-22 in the second International Friendly played at the Choa Chu Kan Stadium in Singapore on Wednesday, July 12. India had beaten Singapore 1-0 in …
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‘Bangkok mein sabse achcha Italian restaurant kaun sa hai? ……… You know Spaghetti Bolognese and a glass of red wine….’, quipped Shah Rukh Khan in his film Don 2. Replace Bangkok with Bærum, Norway and this would have been a perfect clarion call for Gurpreet Singh Sandhu. But no, he …
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Who better than Indian Football expert Arunava Chaudhuri as Superpower Football asked me for an insight on the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup draws and how it looks for the Indian U-17 team.
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A day before India U-23 gear up to face Singapore U-23 in the second International Friendly between the two Teams in a span of three days, National Coach Stephen Constantine, presently in charge of India’s U-23 campaign, feels there is “no room for complacency.” “We will not be complacent,” he …
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The draw for the upcoming SAFF U-15 Championship and SAFF U-18 Championship was held yesterday at the Bangladesh Football Federation House in Dhaka. The SAFF U-15 Championship would be played from August 18 to 27 in Kathmandu, Nepal with defending champions Bangladesh drawn in Group A alongwise Bhutan and Sri …
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When Eugeneson Lyngdoh had walked into the dressing room of the Indian National Team in March 2015, India were languishing at 173 in the FIFA Rankings, facing a stern test against Nepal in the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Qualifiers under newly appointed Head Coach Stephen Constantine who had taken over …
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The Indian Women’s Senior National Team will be commencing their preparatory camp in New Delhi from July 16 – 26, 2017 for their back-to-back International Friendly matches against Malaysia later this month. The Indian Women will take on the Malaysian National Team in Malaysia on July 29 before clashing again …
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Indian National Coach Stephen Constantine, presently in charge of the India U-22 National Team feels that were quite “some lessons learnt” from India’s International Friendly against Singapore U-23. When reminded that a dominant India had actually won the match by a solitary goal, Constantine smiled, adding: “We gave away the …
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