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Technical Committee deliberates on scouting procedure for India U-16 Team!

The Technical Committee of the All India Football Federation met via video conferencing on Saturday, May 27, 2023, under the chairmanship of former India captain IM Vijayan. The Technical Committee members, Pinky Bompal Magar, Climax Lawrence, Arun Malhotra, Harjinder Singh and Eugeneson Lyngdoh were present in the meeting, along with …

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India U-17s beat FC Augsburg U-17 for second straight win in Germany!

India U-17 Men’s Team bagged another training game victory in Germany, beating FC Augsburg U-17 3-1 at Paul Renz Akademie in Augsburg on Friday, May 26. It was India U-17s’ third training game and second win in Germany. The Blue Colts had gone down 1-3 to a U-16/19 mixed side …

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India drawn with UAE, Maldives and China in AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers!

The India U-23 Men’s Team were placed alongside United Arab Emirates, Maldives and China in Group G of the 2024 AFC U23 Asian Cup – Qatar Qualifiers after the Official Draw held at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Group G of the Qualifiers …

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Groups finalised for 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers!

The draw for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup – Qatar Qualifiers was finalised at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday, May 25. The hopefuls were divided into 11 groups – 10 groups of four teams each, with the last group containing three. Qatar, …

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Gurpreet Singh Sandhu: Back-to-back International commitments good for Blue Tigers!

The India Senior Men’s National Team are set to play an unprecedented number of matches, with back-to-back international tournaments lined up on home turf – the Intercontinental Cup in Bhubaneswar, and the SAFF Championship in Bengaluru, followed by the Kings Cup in Thailand (September) and the Merdeka Cup in Malaysia …

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Adaption at the heart of Nikhil Poojary’s comeback story!

Nikhil Poojary is back in the national team after almost four years. His last outing – the 0-0 draw against Qatar in the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in Doha in September 2019 – might have been one of India’s more impressive results of recent times, but Poojary that day was …

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