India 4-1 Thailand – A result beyond the wildest dreams of even the most optimistic of Indian football team fans. 420grams look back at the highlights of the momentous victory over Thailand at the AFC Asian Cup 2019 in India’s opening game of the tournament. Anant Tyagi joins in from …
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Indian football team begins its AFC Asian Cup 2019 campaign against Thailand on January 6. It is a must-win match-up for both teams if they hope to qualify out of a group that also includes host UAE and Bahrain. The 420 Grams crew is joined by freelance journalist Paul Murphy, …
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India football coach Stephen Constantine has announced the final 23-man team that will represent India at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. In this final episode of 2018 the pod squad (Arjun Pandit, Leslie Xavier and Siddhanth Aney) are joined by the truth-telling frog Kermit for a detailed assessment of the …
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Ahead of the biggest football tournament in the history of Indian football, Sunil Chhetri and Co. get a new kit sponsor. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) decided to ditch global sportswear giants Nike in favour of Indian startup Six5Six. Is this a case of promoting “Made in India” products …
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420 Grams’ Arjun Pandit and Siddhanth Aney are joined in studio by former India football captain Renedy Singh to begin their build-up to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. One of India’s previous appearance at the Asian championships was in 2011, after a gap of 27 years. Renedy was a senior …
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The Newsclick Team chronicles the evolution of Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri in the game with anecdotes from footballers Baichung Bhutia, Renedy Singh, Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Eric Paartalu and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu. As Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri’s 150th game for Indian Super League (ISL) side Bengaluru FC coincided …
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Former pro and Star Sports presenter Arjun Pandit joins NewsClick at their studio before the Indian football team’s trip to Amman where they play Jordan on November 17. This is India’s second high-profile friendly (they played China in October) as the squad enters the final phase of preparations for the …
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Sports presenters Anant Tyagi, Arjun Pandit and Nikhil Naz break down India’s 0-0 draw with China on Saturday, October 13, 2018. In this conversation with Newsclick’s Siddhanth Aney, three of TV’s most popular sports pundits discuss the development of India’s men’s football team since the hiring of coach Stephen Constantine …
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