Football is a game of fine margins and the India U-23 team learned it the hard way in their Group G match against hosts China in the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers at Dalian Suoyuwan Stadium on Saturday, September 9, 2023. The valiant effort put up by Clifford Miranda’s determined …
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The India U23 side has been hard at work ever since arriving at the Dalian Sports Centre four days ago for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qualifiers, even though their scheduled opening match against the Maldives was cancelled at the last moment, leaving them to adjust themselves to the revised …
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Hailing from the small town of Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, young striker Siva Sakthi Narayan burst onto the big stage seemingly out of nowhere over the last two seasons. The young striker joined the Bengaluru FC reserve side on August 1, 2020, and impressed in the following Durand Cup campaign grabbing …
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India’s opening encounter in the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers, Group G, which was scheduled to be played on Wednesday, September 6, has been cancelled following The Maldives’s last-minute withdrawal from the tournament. The meet has now been reduced to a three-team group featuring India, UAE and hosts China. India …
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The India U-23 Men’s Team Head Coach Clifford Miranda announced a 23-member squad for the AFC U23 Asian Cup – Qatar 2024 Qualifiers to be held in Dalian, China from September 6-12, 2023. India, seeking their maiden qualification to the AFC U-23 Asian Cup, will face Maldives (September 6), hosts …
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The quest to reach the AFC U-23 Asian Cup – Qatar 2024 begins for 42 teams next week as they aim to join the hosts at the tournament proper next year. Over the course of a three-matchday week between September 6 to 12, 11 groups – nine of four and …
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Clifford Miranda has been a busy man recently, maybe even more so than in his playing days. The 2022-23 season has been one of reaping the benefits of said hard work – in April, he became the first Indian head coach to lift a major trophy with an Indian Super …
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Candid Football Conversations returns with Arunava Chaudhuri and Rahul Naresh of SportsKhabri discussing about the issue of players release by the ISL clubs for the upcoming AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers and Asian Games football competition. Candid Football Conversations is a collaboration between arunfoot and SportsKhabri.
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A Technical Committee meeting of the All India Football Federation was held on Thursday, August 3 and was chaired by I.M. Vijayan via video conferencing. Other members present in the meeting were Pinky Bompal Magar, Harjinder Singh, Arun Malhotra, Climax Lawrence and Eugeneson Lyngdoh. The AIFF Technical Director, Syed Shabir …
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The India U-23 Men’s Team were placed alongside United Arab Emirates, Maldives and China in Group G of the 2024 AFC U23 Asian Cup – Qatar Qualifiers after the Official Draw held at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Group G of the Qualifiers …
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