Women

At stake are ‘pride, honour and reputation’ for the Indian Senior Women’s Team as they take on Uzbekistan in their last match of the Paris 2024 AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament Round 2 on Wednesday, November 1 at the Bunyodkor Stadium in Tashkent at 5.30pm IST. Back-to-back losses against Japan …

Odisha and Haryana marched into the semifinals of Women’s Football in the National Games in Goa even before they played their last matches in the four-team Group B. On Monday, October 30 both teams emerged winners to take their points tally to six points from two matches. On Wednesday, Odisha …

Tough days at the office have been aplenty for the Indian women’s team this year. The two wins in the first round of the Olympic Qualifiers in Kyrgyzstan seem like a distant memory now. But in sports, there cannot be room for stagnancy. Four losses in a row since then …

Dr Caitano Fernandes is a man in a hurry. It is not because he lacks composure or doesn’t have time on his side. The reason is simple. The Goa Football Association President and SAFF Competitions Committee member strongly believes everything else surrounding his life can wait, but the welfare of …

Mighty Tamil Nadu and Bengal emerged easy winners in Group A of the National Games Women’s Football in Goa on Sunday, October 29. While National champions Tamil Nadu made short work of Jharkhand, winning 3-1 in the morning session, Bengal emerged with a 3-0 victory over Manipur, considered the powerhouse …

India’s Paris Olympics dreams ended at the Lokomotiv Stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Sunday, October 29, when they went down fighting to Vietnam 1-3 in the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament Group C encounter. Having lost their second consecutive match in a row, India are now out of contention for …

Thomas Dennerby had time and again stressed on the importance of the matches against Vietnam and Uzbekistan in the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifiers Round 2. “These are the teams that are on more equal footing with us, and we have to try and win both matches,” he had said after …

Japan seven, India nil. Calling it a difficult day for the Indian women’s team would be an understatement. But there’s no embarrassment at all in losing to a world-class opponent like Japan. A team who put four past eventual champions Spain in the World Cup was always going to be …

After the excitement of a major international multisport event like the Asian Games, earlier this year, the National Games have gotten underway in Goa on October 25, 2023. The 37th National Games is a rather special one for the fans of Indian Football; much of the excitement for the football …