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Two-time Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC have announced a 25-man squad for their 2019 AFC Cup qualifying playoff round against Sri Lanka’s Colombo FC and the big news is the inclusion of local favourite Dhanpal Ganesh, who missed Chennaiyin FC’s entire ISL title defence due to a knee injury. …

The Indian Women’s Team came up short in their first match of the Turkish Women’s Cup against Uzbekistan, as they lost by a narrow 0-1 margin on Wednesday, February 27. India Head Coach Maymol Rocky believes that the early goal proved to be the undoing of her team, as Uzbekistan …

The Indian Women’s national team will take on Uzbekistan in the opening match of the Turkish Women’s Cup 2019 in Alanya, Turkey tomorrow, February 27 with a goal of getting back to winning ways. The Indian Women are preparing for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifiers Round 2 in April wherein …

The India Under-23 men’s team will kick-off their preparations for the U-23 AFC Championship qualifiers with a camp in Goa on March 2. The India U-23s have never qualified for the U-23 AFC Championships, which will see 44 teams in the qualifiers. These teams are divided into two zones – …

Coming on the back of the recently concluded Hero Gold Cup in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, the Indian Senior National Women’s Team left for the Turkish Women’s Cup which kicks-off from February 27. The tournament is part of the Indian women’s preparation for the AFC Olympic Qualifiers Round 2 to be held …

City Football Group, UBTECH and China Sports Capital have today announced the joint purchase of Chinese Club Sichuan Jiuniu FC, in the China League Two, in Chengdu, attended by Government Officials, the Club’s fans and senior executives of the new ownership group. Based in Chengdu in Sichuan Province, Sichuan Jiuniu …

The Indian Senior Women’s Team will be embarking on an exposure tour to Turkey where they will be playing in the Turkish Women’s Cup from February 27 onwards. India have been clubbed with Romania, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in Group A, while France (B), Jordan, Northern Ireland, and hosts Turkey make …

India’s Senior Women’s Team will be facing Islamic Republic of Iran in their first match on the opening day of the Hero Gold Cup at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. The four-nation tournament, the first such competition for the Senior Women’s National team in India is being organised by AIFF …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Disciplinary and Ethics Committee on Friday, February 1 dismissed the protest lodged by the United Arab Emirates Football Association over the eligibility of two Qatar players. This decision comes after the UAE FA claimed that Almoez Ali and Bassam Al Rawi were not eligible to …

The 2019 AFC Asian Cup – UAE schools programme has inspired the next generation of footballers with the engagement initiative reaching its conclusion this week during a final educational event at GEMS Primary School in Fujairah. Over 125,000 children and young people from 150 schools participated in the programme over …