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The enthralling build-up to Asia’s most prestigious football spectacle will reach new heights when a star-studded, action packed 2019 AFC Asian Cup Interactive Roadshow debuts on August 26 at Dubai Mall — the first of many activations across all four host cities: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Sharjah. Adding …

Bengaluru FC will hit the ground running when they begin life and the season under new coach Carles Cuadrat with a high-stakes AFC Cup Inter-Zone semifinal against Turkmenistan side Altyn Asyr at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The Blues, who are attempting to qualify for the semifinal …

Currently in their last exposure tour prior to the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship in Malaysia, Bibiano Fernandes, India U-16 National Team Head Coach says the team has “improved significantly” since the time the boys played the qualifiers in Nepal. In an interview after the team’s 1-2 loss to Oman, Fernandes …

After conquering the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship, defeating Bangladesh 1-0 in the final of the Tournament, Head Coach of the Indian U-15 Women’s National Team Firmin D’Souza has wasted little time and is back to the drawing board for the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship qualifiers in September. In an exclusive …

After finishing the WAFF U-16 Championship at the second spot above defending AFC U16 Champions Iraq, Jordan and Yemen, India U16 boys went down fighting 1-2 against Oman in a friendly fixture played in Turkey today, August 20. After Oman scored on either side of the half-time, Vikram scored from …

The legendary Bembem Devi who was in her first Coaching assignment in the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship says she’s extremely happy to be playing an active role to redefine the youth setup of women’s football in our Country. After India’s triumph in the final against Bangladesh, Bembem spoke at length …

India U-15 Girls Coach Firmin D’Souza attributed the success in the SAFF U-15 Championship to “hard work”. Moments after India were crowned champions in the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship by defeating Bangladesh by a solitary goal in the final in Thimpu, D’Souza stated, “We stuck to our task. There were …

India U-15 Girls were crowned Champions of the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship after defeating defending champions Bangladesh U-15 by a solitary goal in the final played at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan today, August 18. Sunita Munda’s strike in the 67th minute made all the difference between the two …

The Indian U-15 Women’s National Team will clash swords against Bangladesh U-15s in the Final of the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan on August 18 in a re-match of the 2017 edition finals of the SAFF Championship. Ahead of the clash against Bangladesh in …

Less than two weeks after the Indian U-16 National Team finished runners-up to Japan in the five-nation WAFF U-16 Championship, the squad will be participating in the tri-nation Istanbul Cup in Turkey as part of their exposure for next month’s 2018 AFC U-16 Championship in Malaysia. The colts will be …