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The Indian National Team will be playing their last Group E league match of the joint 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers against Afghanistan in Kolkata on June 9, 2020, the Emergency Committee of AIFF has approved. The Blue Tigers will be flying to Kolkata directly from Dhaka …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) officials will meet with FIFA this week to discuss the status of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup – Asian Qualifiers scheduled for March and June 2020. Due to the heightened health concerns and ever extending travel restrictions around the spreading …

Representatives of the East Zone Member Associations (MA) with competing teams in the AFC Champions League 2020 have agreed to extend the dates of the knockout rounds to allow for more time to complete the disrupted Group Stage fixtures. Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, it was agreed that Group matches …

The AIFF Emergency Committee has formally approved the Saltlake Stadium in Kolkata as the venue for the joint 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifier between India and Afghanistan on June 9, 2020. The Saltlake Stadium had witnessed the India vs Bangladesh match on October 15 last year which …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Medical Committee confirmed yesterday in Sri Lanka, that the Qatar Football Association (QFA) and the United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAE FA) have expressed interest to host the 7th AFC Medical Conference in 2022. The Committee will evaluate both biddings from the QFA and UAE …

The India U-16 Boy’s National Team is set to travel to Tajikistan to play two international friendlies against the Tajikistan U-16 side next month. The team, that has been training in Goa since December last year, is set to take-off for Tajikistan on Thursday, March 5. Head coach Bibiano Fernandes …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Executive Committee has decided to postpone the 30th AFC Congress initially scheduled for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 16, 2020. Following the unavoidable postponement of the AFC Audit, Finance and Legal Committee meetings as well as the AFC Executive Committee meeting because of heightened health …

The Blue Tigers are scheduled to play an international friendly match away against Tajikistan in on March 31, 2020, the venue for which, will be confirmed at a later date. Tajikistan, who are currently ranked 121 in the FIFA rankings, recently played against the Igor Stimac-coached boys in the Intercontinental …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is to call further emergency meetings with the representatives of MAs and its Leagues from both the East and West regions next week as the AFC continues to manage the worldwide impact of the Covid-19 outbreak. The meeting of the East Zone representatives will be …

Indian national team head coach Igor Stimac has called-up 43 players for the preparatory camp ahead of the joint 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Qatar on March 26 in Bhubaneswar. With the ISL finals only to be played on March 14, coach Stimac decided to divide …