The India U-16 Boy’s National Team is set to travel to Tajikistan to play two international friendlies against the Tajikistan U-16 side next month. The team, that has been training in Goa since December last year, is set to take-off for Tajikistan on Thursday, March 5. Head coach Bibiano Fernandes …
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Dempo Sports Club today announced that two more of their Academy boys have been shortlisted and invited to train with the India Under-16 team reporting at the AIFF Training Centre in Fatorda. Centre-Backs, Delmon Rebello and Shayne Don Afonso will join their Eagles teammate Shameek Caine Vas who is already …
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The India Under-16 boys are set to visit Indonesia later this month to play two friendlies as part of their preparations for the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship in Bahrain in September/October. Indonesia is set to host India on Thursday, January 23 and Wednesday, January 29 both at the Gelora Delta …
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India U-16 head coach Bibiano Fernandes pens down his views in the following article titled, ‘Playing the Beautiful Game with a smile!’ The most common conception of hindsight is mainly dual, either happy or painful. But in the innumerable grey shades of life, the white and the black get blurred …
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The National Team coaches across all age categories met in Kolkata on Wednesday, a day after the India Senior Men’s Team’s World Cup Qualifier against Bangladesh on October 16, bringing about an exchange of ideas in the City of Joy. The meeting was attended by Igor Stimac (Head Coach, Senior …
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The Indian under-16 boys football team is on a bit of a roll. Under coach Bibiano Fernandes, they have played 42 games since February 2019 and are on a 14-game unbeaten run in international competition. Last week, the boys qualified for the AFC Under-16 Championships in style, topping the group …
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India played out a 1-1 draw against hosts Uzbekistan, at the JAR Stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Sunday, September 22, to finish top of Group B with seven points on the table in the AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers. Sridarth gave India the lead in the second half, but Rian Islamov …
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India marched on to their second win in as many games in the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship Qualifiers, after drubbing Bahrain 5-0 at the Transport Institute Stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Friday, September 20. Striker Sridarth and winger Shubho Paul were the star performers of the day, scoring a brace …
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Amidst the melee of young players stood a lanky figure in the very epicentre of everyone’s attention. “The number of goals you have scored against a team does not matter. Every match day is a new day. You must respect your opponents at all times,” comments India U-16 Head Coach …
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Winning streaks are a thing of wonder. One win leads to another, and the team rides the momentum to keep winning one after the other. Most recently, the Senior Indian Men’s Team experienced such a streak back in 2016-17, winning nine matches on the trot, an effort that saw them …
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