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The Indian Women’s Team is high on confidence after achieving its first ever result against 34th ranked Vietnam in an International Friendly, and the players believe that such matches against strong opposition facilitates confidence in setting higher targets for the future. Head Coach Maymol Rocky felt, “More than the result, …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) refers to recent media reports on the Asean Club Championship and the possibility of the tournament’s winner participating in the newly expanded 2021 FIFA Club World Cup in China. The AFC wishes to reiterate that AFC representative teams to the FIFA Club World Cup will …

India began their AFC U-19 Championship 2020 qualification campaign with a 0-2 loss against Uzbekistan on Wednesday, November 6 at the Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. The match was goalless after the break, with both sides threatening to score, but the Uzbeks scored twice in …

Following an assessment of the current security situation in Iraq, FIFA and the AFC have informed the Iraqi Football Association that the country’s upcoming joint 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar and 2023 AFC Asian Cup – China qualifiers against Iran and Bahrain, which were scheduled to be hosted in …

The second FIFA International Friendly between India and Vietnam played at the Vietnam National Training Centre ground in Hanoi ended in a 1-1 draw on Wednesday, November 6. Both the sides scored on either side of the half-time. Thai Thi Thao put the hosts in the lead in the 39th …

India head coach Igor Stimac announced his 26-member squad for the forthcoming joint 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup joint qualifiers against Afghanistan and Oman which are scheduled to be played in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) and Muscat (Oman) on November 14 and 19 respectively. Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem, whose …

Spanish LaLiga side RC Celta Vigo and the government of the Maldives signed a sponsorship and collaboration agreement on Monday, November 4 that will foster a fruitful relationship between the two institutions over the next three years. The signing of the agreement, which took place in A Sede’s Salón Regio, …

The ever-improving stature and reach of the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) competitions was further underlined at the first meeting of the AFC Marketing Committee for the term 2019-2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Tuesday, November 5. AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, who opened the meeting chaired by …

There is now just one month until the iSportconnect Dubai Summit! iSportconnect are looking forward to hosting the event, which will take place at the Dubai Sports Council‘s headquarters on December 5. iSportconnect have also revealed that Saeed Mohammed Hareb, General Secretary of the Dubai Sports Council, will be giving …

A stern test awaits head coach Floyd Pinto’s side as they get set to kick off their qualification campaign for the 2020 AFC U-19 Championships – aiming to become the first Indian side to feature in the competition’s main draw since 2006. Drawn in Group F of the qualifiers, they …