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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, …

There are challenges, and then there are challenges. The Indian senior women’s team, who had effortlessly trounced Kyrgyz Republic in the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifiers Round 1 in April, will open their Round 2 campaign against one of the world’s best, Japan. The clash with the former world champions will …

The Indian senior women’s team have been kept busy for the last couple of months. After camping for more than six weeks in Bhubaneswar, the Blue Tigresses participated in the Asian Games for the first time in nine years. Now, the Thomas Dennerby-coached squad have landed in Saudi Arabia for …

Jamal Musiala will not be an option for Hansi Flick in both coming international matches against Japan and France. The FC Bayern Munich player will not travel as planned to the team’s accommodation in Wolfsburg, where the side has been preparing for next year’s UEFA European Championship, due to a …

Germany head coach Hansi Flick has called up Thomas Müller of FC Bayern Munich for the upcoming internationals against Japan and France. Although striker Niclas Füllkrug (Borussia Dortmund) will meet up with the squad on Monday in Wolfsburg, he possibly will not feature in the two friendlies due to a …

Germany coach Hansi Flick has made seven changes to his squad to kick off the international season, calling up one new recruit – Brighton’s Pascal Groß – and six familiar faces for the games against Japan and World Cup runners-up France. Oliver Baumann (TSG Hoffenheim), Niklas Süle and Felix Nmecha …

The cast for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup in Thailand was finalised on Monday, June 26 with Japan and Uzbekistan advancing from their respective quarterfinals. Japan defeated Australia 3-1 while Uzbekistan struck late goals to beat Saudi Arabia 2-0. Thursday’s semifinals will see Japan playing Iran followed by South …

India may have been knocked out of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup in the Group Stage, but their performance in the last match against defending champions Japan gave hope to football fans across the country. Having gone down 0-3 in the first half of their last match of Group D …

Warriors are not the ones who always win, but the ones who always fight. These set of words could probably never have been any truer than in the 4-8 loss that the Blue Colts suffered at the hands of Japan in their last Group D match of the AFC U-17 …