Women

India U-20 Women’s National Team Head Coach Maymol Rocky, on Monday, January 30 announced the 23-member squad that will travel to Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship next month. The India U-20s began their training camp in Chennai, on January 6, and have been preparing for the upcoming …

Maymol Rocky was a distinguished footballer during her playing days and represented India with considerable success. Later, when she turned to coaching, Maymol turned out to be having all the qualities necessary to become a modern-day trainer. No wonder she was quickly elevated to the post of National Coach, the …

After a two-year injury layoff, Bengal midfielder Sangita Basfore is back in the National camp again. Having previously established herself as one of the Blue Tigresses’ important players, Sangita Basfore believes that making a comeback was what drove her the most during the difficult last couple of years. Her ACL …

“Football has the power to change people’s lives,” an oft-quoted phrase that not many take too seriously sometimes. But Sumati Kumari and Amisha Baxla, the two Jharkhand girls in the current India U-20 Women’s National Team camp in Chennai, refuse to fall into this category. To the two young girls, …

Hardly anyone was surprised when Sunita Munda was called for the National camp for the AFC U-14 regional championship in 2016. Even before turning 14, Munda had proved to be a remarkable talent on the pitch, possessing all the necessary skills to blossom into a fine striker. Her coaches never …