Team India

Attitude, they say defines a player. Jerry Lalrinzuala had caught the eye of all since his U-16 days when he was an AIFF Academy cadet. Since his stunning strike in the SAFF U-16 final which helped India beat Nepal in front of a hostile 22,000 plus crowd in Kathmandu, Lalrinzuala …

It’s a tale of two youngsters and their two mentors. Incidentally, all four are in the ongoing National Camp in Mumbai ahead of the Intercontinental Cup. Ashique Kuruniyan, summoned for the first time into the National Camp and striker Manvir Singh who made his debut for the Senior Team against …

India will take on Chinese Taipei on the opening day of the much-awaited Intercontinental Cup which kicks-off at the Mumbai Football Arena on June 1, 2018. The other two teams in the competition – Kenya and New Zealand will play their first match against each other the next day. The …

Modern day Football is not just about the season or the specific match day. Rather, talented National Team defender Lalruatthara declared the ‘Emerging Player of the ISL 2017-18’ stresses at staying fit all throughout the season. At a media interaction in Mumbai on the sidelines of the ongoing preparatory camp …

The Football Players Association of India (FPAI) is once again conducting the Fan’s Player of the Year voting for the upcoming 2018 FPAI Indian Football awards. In the FPAI Indian football awards since its inception in 2009 the fans have played a massive role in making this event a grand …

India central midfielder Anirudh Thapa was labelled as the next big thing in Indian Football since his U-16 days. An AIFF Academy cadet then, there was always the danger of him losing focus as he stayed in the spotlight from that age. But then, he has always been a bit …

Indian national team coach Stephen Constantine feels that the Intercontinental Cup is going to be “very important for our development” and the team will “learn more from playing” against these tougher opponents. Speaking on the sidelines of the Indian National team’s preparatory camp here in Mumbai, he said: “I think …

Earlier in the day, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the May rankings, India remain in 97th position behind Palestine, but ahead of Armenia; while Germany stay top. India have 354 points, the same as last month and …

Midfielder Dhanpal Ganesh has been replaced by Vineet Rai, in the Indian National Team camp for the Intercontinental Cup that commenced from yesterday, May 16, 2018 in Mumbai due to the former suffering from Typhoid. The summoned players assembled for the Camp in Mumbai on May 16 while players from …

Even as the entire Indian footballing fraternity have gone gaga over the Indian U-16 National Team emerging champions in the four-nation International tournament in Serbia, Head Coach Bibiano Fernandes isn’t willing to read much into it. “It actually doesn’t mean much as this is only the process for our main …