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Even as the footballing fraternity all around look ahead to India’s semifinal clash with Pakistan in the ongoing SAFF Cup, National Coach Stephen Constantine described it as “just another match”. Courtesy India’s back to back victories against Sri Lanka and Maldives by an identical 2-0 margin, India booked a semifinal …

20 football and 10 futsal referees have completed the AFC Elite Referees Selection course which concluded at the AFC House in Malaysia on Sunday, September 9. Centred around the theme of ‘Be the Elite!’, the referees are on track to joining the list of AFC Elite Referees, where if selected, …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has commended and expressed full support for 2017 AFC Champions League winners Urawa Red Diamonds’ “Heart Full Club” activities, which has been part of its hometown community in Urawa, Saitama, Japan for 15 years. The grassroots programme brings the local community as well as children …

India defeated Maldives 2-0 to book a semifinal clash with archrivals Pakistan in the SAFF Cup. The semifinal which will be the first official meeting of the two teams after a gap of 5 years will be played at Dhaka’s Bangabandhu Stadium on Wednesday, September 12. The last time the …

With less than 120 days to go to Asia’s biggest and most prestigious football tournament, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is giving football fans the opportunity to celebrate and showcase their passion for their teams with the launch of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Team Bus Slogan contest. From …

Despite defending champions India staring their defence of their SAFF Cup 2018 campaign in style against Sri Lanka, a day prior to India’s last group league match against Maldives, National Coach Stephen Constantine declared that his team “is not going to start as favourites in any of the matches” in …

After winning the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship in Bhutan, the Indian U-16 Girls National Team look to secure qualification in the 2018 AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Qualifiers which kicks-off on September 15 in Mongolia. India have been drawn in Group B of the qualifiers alongside the hosts Mongolia, Pakistan, Hong …

At an era when most Football players prefer to look west towards Europe to ply their trade in Club Football abroad, there are quite a handful of players from the SAFF region who have opted to migrate to play Club Football in their neighbouring Country, India. Chencho Parop Gyeltshen, nicknamed …

With Sri Lanka conquered, the new look India now look forward to their next challenge – the match against Maldives. The 2-0 result against Lanka did please National Coach Stephen Constantine but he “isn’t happy with the performance”. “We need to rectify the mistakes before the next match. We started …