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India Senior Men’s Team Head Coach Igor Stimac announced a 23-member squad for the 49th King’s Cup to be held from September 7-10, 2023 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. India (ranked 99th) will face Iraq (ranked 70th) in the semi-final on September 7 at 16:00 IST at the 700th Anniversary Stadium. …

LaLiga and the T3N Sport & Investment Group, a sports investment and innovation company, have signed a pioneering agreement for international expansion with sports-residential and educational complexes that will serve the sports industry. These complexes will house the different programs of LaLiga Academy, LaLiga’s grassroots football initiative, focusing mainly on …

When India last participated in the King’s Cup in Thailand in June 2019, it was, in a sense, the beginning of a new era. After an excruciating last-minute exit from the AFC Asian Cup group stage just five months before, Igor Stimac took charge, kicking off the next cycle for …

Following the success of the first event in 2019, during which FC Barcelona was crowned champion, the LaLiga Hope Cup has returned to Kunming with six Under-16 LaLiga teams facing six Chinese clubs from August 26 to 30. The opening ceremony, attended by government authorities, marks the tournament’s initial phase, …

In a bid to harness the ever-growing popularity of futsal, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) concluded the AFC Futsal Train the Trainers Coaching Instructors Selection Course 2023 on Saturday in the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur. The six-day long programme saw instructors and coaches from 19 Member Associations (MAs) …

India Senior Women’s team Head Coach Thomas Dennerby announced a 22-member squad for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, to be held from September 21 to October 6, 2023. The India Women’s team, ranked 61st in the FIFA Rankings, are placed alongside Chinese Taipei (ranked 38th) and Thailand (ranked …

India U-16 Men’s Team head coach Ishfaq Ahmed named a 23-member squad for the SAFF U-16 Championship to be played in Thimphu, Bhutan from September 1-10, 2023. The Blue Colts are placed in Group A of the tournament alongside Nepal and Bangladesh. Hosts Bhutan, Maldives, and Pakistan make up Group …

Tajik attacker Komron Tursunov has become a well-known and well-loved name in Indian Football, especially in the I-League over the recent few seasons. The 27-year-old first landed in Kolkata, where he won the I-League title with Mohun Bagan on his first try, instantly becoming a crowd favourite. Since then, he …

As excitement ramps up ahead of the return of the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup next month, participating clubs received a timely refresher of competitions’ ins and outs earlier this week. With the 2023/24 editions of both tournaments set to kick off with the first round of Group Stage …