The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022 Local Organising Committee (LOC) have today confirmed the three host cities and stadiums, which will stage the Continent’s premier women’s national team competition. The D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, Ahmedabad’s TransStadia and the Kalinga Stadium in …
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On their return to the international arena, the Blue Tigers played out a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Oman at the Maktoum Bin Rashid Stadium in Dubai, UAE on Thursday, March 25 with Manvir Singh scoring the equaliser in the 55th minute. Immediately after the match, head coach Igor Stimac looked …
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Manvir Singh and Amrinder Singh played crucial roles for the Blue Tigers in their return to International football after a gap of 492 days, as India were held to a 1-1 draw by Oman at the Maktoum Bin Rashid Stadium in Dubai, UAE, on Thursday, March 25. Manvir Singh rose …
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Indian men’s national football team will take on Oman in an international friendly on March 25 in Dubai. This will be India’s first international fixture since November 2019 when it lost to Oman in the FIFA World Cup qualifier. The men in blue will be without its captain and legendary …
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Indian football team head coach Igor Stimac revealed that he cried watching the footage of his India’s defeat to Oman despite leading till the 82nd minute of their opening 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in 2019. India was leading 1-0 through a 24th minute strike from Sunil Chhetri in the …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) welcomes the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)’s dismissal of the appeal lodged by Persepolis FC against the AFC Appeal Committee’s decision of November 5, 2020. On October 3, 2020, the AFC Disciplinary and Ethics Committee found that the Persepolis player, Mr Isa Alkasir, had …
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Head Coach Igor Stimac feels “there is a continuous competition for positions in the team.” A day prior to India’s International Friendly against Oman at the Maktoum Bin Rashid Stadium, in Dubai, UAE tomorrow (at 7.15pm IST) Stimac stated: “When I became the National Team coach, I even mentioned to …
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There’s always a first to many things. Against the backdrop of the pandemic where footballing activities in many a country haven’t kicked off as yet, the Indian Men’s National Team have been at a desert, or rather at an oasis, for over a week now (since March 15) – all …
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FIFA has today launched an invitation to tender (ITT) in Greece for the media rights to the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar, FIFA’s flagship men’s competition. The 2022 FIFA World Cup will be the 22nd edition of the competition and a unique event, as the first FIFA World Cup …
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As Indian football continues to move forward together, four FIFA/Elite AFC Referees and Assistant Referees from India have been invited by the Japan Football Association (JFA) to officiate in two of their International Friendly matches to be held on March 25 and March 29 respectively. These matches will take place …
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