Tag Archives: Afghanistan

Aizawl FC sign Afghanistan defender Masih Saighani ahead of I-League!

Defending champions Aizawl FC have announced the signing of Afghanistan defender Masih Saighani ahead of the 2017/18 I-League. The 31 year old Kabul-born Masih Saighani fled the war in his country as youngster with his family to Germany and there started to play football. He started his career at SG …

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Afghanistan’s Haroon Amiri & Chennai City FC decide to part ways!

Former Afghanistan captain Haroon Amiri and I-League newcomers Chennai City FC after differences between the player and coach V. Soundararajan have decided to part ways. Differences erupted between head coach V. Soundararajan and allrounder Haroon Amiri around the Bengaluru FC match in which Amiri for himself surprisingly found himself on …

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SAFF Women’s Cup: India kick off title defence with 5-1 Afghanistan win!

The India Women’s Team start their 2016 SAFF Women’s Championship campaign in style by a whopping 5-1 margin over Afghanistan in the Group B opener at the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri today, December 27. Kamala Devi opened the scoreline in the third minute even before the spectators could settle down. …

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SAFF Women’s Cup: India ready for Afghanistan in Group B opener!

The India Women’s Team are gearing up to taking on Afghanistan in their SAFF Women’s Cup Group B opener at the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri at 6:30pm tomorrow, December 27. “We are well prepared and girls are raring to give it a go tomorrow”, head coach Sajid Dar said. “We …

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2016 SAFF Women’s Cup: India & other nations ready for tournament to kick off!

All the head coaches of the 2016 SAFF Women’s Cup barring Maldives and Bangladesh, who are scheduled to reach by tomorrow morning, attended the pre-tournament press conference in Siliguri today, December 25. Mr. Jasmine (Sri Lanka), Kelly Lindsy (Afghanistan), Kumar Thapa (Nepal), Mr. Lee (Bhutan) and Sajid Yusuf Dar (India) …

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2016 SAFF Women’s Cup: India to face Bangladesh & Afghanistan!

The fourth edition of the SAFF Women’s Championship would be played from December 26, 2016 to January 4, 2017 at the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri. Three time defending champions and hosts India have been drawn to face Bangladesh and Afghanistan; while in Group A – Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and …

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Subroto Cup 2016: DSK Shivajians-LIFA go down fighting to Afghanistan U-17s!

DSK Shivajians – Liverpool International Football Academy Under-17s played out a hard-fought opener against Afghanistan before going down 0-1 in the 57th Subroto Cup International Football Tournament, at the NWC ground in New Delhi. Making their debut in the tournament, DSK-LIFA did well to create many close chances before being …

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India U-14 boys lose 0-1 to Afghanistan in AFC Festival of Football!

The Indian Under-14 Men’s National Team went down fighting 0-1 against Afghanistan in their second match of the AFC U-14 Festival of Football in Dushanbe, Tajikistan earlier today. Coming on the back of a 3-1 win over Kyrgyzstan in their opening match, the Indian U-14 Men’s Team dominated possession and …

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