Asia

After a loss to hosts Mongolia in the previous match the equation of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship qualifier stays very pretty simple for Coach Firmin D’Souza’s wards. It’s a do or die at the moment in the last match against Laos and only a win will be able to …

After defeating Vietnam U16s 1-0 to kick-off their AFC U-16 Championship campaign, Head Coach of the Indian U-16 National Team Bibiano Fernandes stated that there is “still work to be done”, and the team could have won by a fancy scoreline in their first match. “We have toiled hard to …

The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) Medical Committee has agreed at its meeting this week to commission its first-ever injury study on Women’s Football which will focus on epidemiology and injury analysis based on data available from its women’s competitions. While still in the conceptualisation phase, members agreed to conduct the …

Vikram Singh’s 86th-minute penalty led the India U-16 boys to a 1-0 win over Vietnam in their first match of the AFC U-16 Championship group stage at the UM Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia today, September 21. In a match where India dominated possession and had as many as four …

Amidst extreme weather conditions, where the average temperature has been hovering around zero degree Celsius for the last couple of days, India U-16 girls staged a gritty display but that was not enough against the hosts Mongolia as they went down fighting 1-2 at the MFF Stadium in Ulaanbaatar today, …

Women’s football in Asia continued to build on its strong foundations with the conclusion of the second Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Football Development Seminar on Thursday, September 20 which brought together some of the world’s leading women’s football experts in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The three-day seminar opened in style …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Development Committee has approved the recommendation of a new game-changing Member Associations guidance tool at its meeting on Wednesday, September 19 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Advance 11 will serve as a benchmarking assessment report of eleven football development categories, which include legal and governance, …

Malaysia and Mongolia are almost 5,000kms apart. Nothing between the two nations is similar, let alone common tradition. However, for the Indian Youth Teams currently playing and training in both the nations, the commonality is of epic proportions – an attempt to create a historical footnote in Indian football history. …

Even after two back-to-back victories in the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Qualifiers against Hong Kong and Pakistan respectively, the extreme climate in Ulaanbaatar has been ‘a real headache’ for Coach Firmin D’Souza. India will play hosts Mongolia in their third group stage match on Friday, September 21. “Snowfall has been …