Having marched into 2019 with a new sense of purpose, the Indian women’s football team is currently enjoying a purple patch. Having won their 5th South Asian championships in Nepal earlier, the women backed it up by a best-ever performance in the qualifiers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Veteran Aditi …
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After the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) latest Technical Committee meeting on April 15, 2019, 420 grams caught up with key members of the body. Former internationals Shyam Thapa, Henry Menezes, Abhishek Yadav and Ishfaq Ahmed went into some detail about what lies ahead in terms of not just the …
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Derrick Pereira, among India’s most experienced football coaches, recently led the Indian Under-23 men’s squad to the AFC Championship qualifiers. Though India lost both games, the young side showed plenty of positives. In this exclusive interview to Arjun Pandit, Pereira looks back at the challenges of putting the team together …
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I-League champion club Chennai City FC gave fans of underdog stories something to cheer about on April 4 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. Coach Akbar Nawas created a complex tactical game plan that his young squad executed with impressive confidence in a game where Bengaluru FC, the Indian Super …
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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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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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Englishman Stephen Constantine is in year four of his second stint as head coach of Indian football team. In this period, the national squad has equalled its best-ever FIFA world ranking and qualified for the 2019 Asian Cup. It will be India’s fourth appearance in the tournament’s 62-year history and …
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