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While it was the FIFA U-17 World Cup that was top of the list for Indian football fans last year, it’s the AFC U-16 Championship, that will be in the sights for the Indian football fans in 2018. One young man on whom coach Bibiano Fernandes will bank on for …

Ahead of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Qualifiers in Mongolia, Head Coach of the Indian U-16 Women’s National Team sounded “confident of the team’s ability to play tacky football”. The Indian Women come on the back of winning the SAFF U-15 Championship in Bhutan and have been drawn in Group …

They say that leaders are born not made. But a true leader is him who accepts the challenge to guide the team through the thick and thin. The Indian National Team playing in the ongoing SAFF Cup has had new Captains and the duo – Subhasish Bose and Anirudh Thapa …

With India having secured a summit clash with Maldives in the final of the SAFF Cup to be held at the Bangabandhu Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday, September 15, Head Constantine reflected the “final will be a tough one”. “Maldives have shown their worth in the semifinal against Nepal. A …

Hailing from the small town of Lunglei in Mizoram, Lalbiakhlua Jongte has been a consistent fixture as one of the goalkeepers in the India national team for the AFC U-16 Championships, which is set to be played in Malaysia, later this month. Although he has been playing the beautiful game …

If given a chance to re-write history, Jeakson Singh probably would not. That bullet header in the 82nd minute against Colombia in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup made him the first Indian goalscorer in a FIFA World Cup. If given a chance to feel the same way after he …

India is a country rife with quality Goalkeepers. From experienced customers like Subrata Paul to senior National Team star Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, to right down to India’s 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup hero – Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem, the goalposts in the country seem to be in secure hands. With this …

A young Indian national football team defeated archrivals Pakistan 3-1 in the second semifinal of the SAFF Cup 2018 at the Bangabandhu Stadium in Dhaka to set-up a final against the Maldives. After a goalless first-half, Manvir scored his first in the 49th minute only to double the score-line twenty …

The Indian U-16 football team is all set to kick off its campaign at the upcoming AFC U-16 Championships 2018 having secured their spot last year in September by finishing second in their group. The young colts picked up a total of five points from three games, three of which …