International Football

Thomas Dennerby had time and again stressed on the importance of the matches against Vietnam and Uzbekistan in the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifiers Round 2. “These are the teams that are on more equal footing with us, and we have to try and win both matches,” he had said after …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) welcomed Football Australia as the latest Member Association (MA) to be endorsed with a 3-star membership under the AFC Elite Youth Scheme. The evaluation for the full membership status was conducted in August 2023 by AFC Youth Panel members as well as experts from the …

Japan seven, India nil. Calling it a difficult day for the Indian women’s team would be an understatement. But there’s no embarrassment at all in losing to a world-class opponent like Japan. A team who put four past eventual champions Spain in the World Cup was always going to be …

India failed to withstand a second-half storm against former World Cup champions Japan in their first match of the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament Round 2, losing 0-7 at the Lokomotiv Stadium, in Tashkent, on Thursday, October 26. Blue Tigresses head coach Thomas Dennerby had set up a low block, …

Earlier today, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the October rankings, India stay 102nd behind Mauritania, but ahead of New Zealand; while Argentina remain No. 1. India have 1.199 points, six less than the last rankings and they …

There are challenges, and then there are challenges. The Indian senior women’s team, who had effortlessly trounced Kyrgyz Republic in the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifiers Round 1 in April, will open their Round 2 campaign against one of the world’s best, Japan. The clash with the former world champions will …