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VIDEO – Superpower Football: Sit-down with India coach Stephen Constantine (PART 3)!

“I love what I do & would do it for free, but I have THREE DAUGHTERS going to college on a MORTGAGE!” is what Indian Football Team​ boss Stephen Constantine said amongst other things in the third part of his interview with Superpower Football.

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Look back 2017: India breaks into top 100 of world football!

In a stellar year for Indian football, the FIFA Ranking of the Indian National Team went from zenith to zenith, breaking into the top 100 of world football and leaving behind the demons of March 2015 where India languished at 173 in the FIFA ladder. In January 2017, India achieved …

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Look Back 2017: 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup shatters stadium attendence!

In a stellar year for Indian football wherein India hosted its first FIFA World Cup, the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup India, stadium attendance touched an all new high, etching India’s name in history. The transition from the ‘sleeping giant’ to the ‘passionate giant’ was all too visible in the …

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I-League: Indian Arrows & Shillong Lajong FC to start afresh on Boxing Day!

Indian Arrows and Shillong Lajong FC, the two youngest outfits are looking to shrug off their last defeats and kick-start a fresh campaign when they lock their horns at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on the only Boxing Day fixture of the I-League today. Indian Arrows, after their stupendous …

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How was the year 2017 for Indian Football???

As 2017 slowly comes to a close, I, Arunava Chaudhuri (arunfoot) take a look back at the year gone by in Indian football in a series of write-ups on what all happened across the calendar year 2017 including the highlights, the good and the bad, and finally the outlook into …

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SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship: India girls lose final to hosts Bangladesh!

India finished as runners-up after going down 0-1 against hosts Bangladesh in the final of the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In a closely contested game Shamsun Nahar’s individual brilliance is what that took the game away from the young Indian girls. Her strike in the 41st minute …

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VIDEO – Superpower Football: Sit-down with India coach Stephen Constantine (PART 2)!

Indian Football Team​ boss Stephen Constantine explains why he doesn’t select certain players, and how he’s raked about a lakh rupees in penalties from latecomers in the second part of his interview with Superpower Football.

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FIFA World Rankings: At end of 2017, India stay 105th, Germany retain top spot!

Earlier in the day, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the December rankings, India stay 105th position behind Georgia, but ahead of Kenya; while Germany stay top. India have 320 points, the same like than last month and …

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India Women’s U-15 suffer 0-3 loss to Bangladesh but qualify for final!

The India U15 side suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hands of hosts Bangladesh in their final group encounter of the ongoing SAFF U15 Women’s Championship in Dhaka today (December 21). After registering comfortable victories against Bhutan and Nepal in the first two matches, the eves met their match against …

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Look Back 2017: India qualify for third AFC U-16 Championship in last four attempts!

India U-16 National Team, under the tutelage of Bibiano Fernandes, qualified to the AFC U16 Championship which will be held in Malaysia next year. Meanwhile, this will be our youngsters’ third-time participation in last four attempts. Punjab-born prolific attacker Vikram led the team who, in the process, beat Palestine 3-0 …

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