International Football

Ajax Amsterdam appoints John van ‘t Schip as interim head coach with the former Ajax player signs a contract with the club running from October 30, 2023 until June 30, 2025. Van ‘t Schip and Ajax have agreed to him stepping into a function in technical management from July 1, …

The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has banned Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish Football Association (RFEF), from all football-related activities at national and international levels for three years, having found that he acted in breach of article 13 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code. This case relates to the events …

Sreenidi Deccan FC on Sunday, October 29 announced a technical partnership deal with Portuguese giants SL Benfica. This ambitious long-term project aims to provide training, using SL Benfica’s methodology, for young athletes aged between 6 and 18. The attendees included Sreenidhi Educational Group Chairman Dr. KT Mahhe, All India Football …

India’s Paris Olympics dreams ended at the Lokomotiv Stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Sunday, October 29, when they went down fighting to Vietnam 1-3 in the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament Group C encounter. Having lost their second consecutive match in a row, India are now out of contention for …

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, …