Asia

India U-16 girls were held to a 1-1 draw by eventual table-toppers Laos in their final fixture of the first round of the 2019 AFC U-16 Women’s Championship – Thailand Qualifiers at the MFF Stadium in Ulaan Baatar today, September 23. Following the result, Laos, having amassed 10 points from …

It was on December 11, 1959 that India last defeated Iran. A 3-1 win, courtesy strikes from Chuni Goswami, Yusuf Khan and Tulsidas Balaram in the AFC Asia Cup Qualifiers. Since then, India has never ever defeated Iran in any format of any men’s competition across all age groups. A …

As part of their preparation for the forthcoming 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the UAE, the Indian National Team will be playing an International Friendly against China on October 13. The match which will be held in the scheduled FIFA October window will be played at the Suzhou Olympic Sports …

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 …