The Indian senior national team has been forced to make a change amongst its goalkeepers with young Dheeraj Singh replacing experienced Amrinder Singh in the SAFF Championship squad. Amrinder Singh will miss the trip to the Maldives capital Male due to a positive COVID-19 test in Chandigarh. This give young …
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Indian Men’s Senior National Team head coach Igor Stimac has named a list of 23 players for the forthcoming SAFF Championship which kicks off in the Maldives from October 1 onwards. The final of the championship is slated for October 16. The players and the support staff will assemble in …
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The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) has released the fixtures for the postponed 2020 SAFF Championship to be played from October 1 to 13 in the Maldives. India will face Bangladesh (October 3), Sri Lanka (October 6), Nepal (October 8), and hosts Maldives (October 11) with the top two sides …
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The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) has decided to hand the hosting rights of the postponed 2020 SAFF Championship to the Maldives. Originally it was planed to be played last year in Bangladesh, but they pulled out of hosting the tournament due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Then the Maldives and …
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The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) held its Executive Committee meeting on Monday, December 28 virtually to plan for the year 2021 and take other decisions. SAFF president Kazi Salahuddin presided over the meeting with SAFF general secretary Anwarul Huq and members in attendance. Amongst the decisions taken was that …
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The South Asian Football Federation held a video conference with their seven member associations – BFF (Bangladesh Football Federation), BFF (Bhutan Football Federation), AIFF (All India Football Federation), FAM (Football Association of Maldives), ANFA (All Nepal Football Association), PFF (Pakistan Football Federation), and FFSL (Football Federation of Sri Lanka) – …
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On the eve of their joint 2022 FIFA World Cup / 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers against Afghanistan at the Republican Central Stadium in Dushanbe on Thursday, November 14, senior members of the Blue Tigers family recalled the time when they overcame their old foes to lift the 2016 SAFF …
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India coach Stephen Constantine, after going down in the SAFF Cup 2018 final against Maldives narrowly, stated that the team “didn’t disappoint anyone but ourselves” as they “didn’t do enough to win the game”. “We didn’t play the game according to our potential and that’s where the lack of experience …
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The Indian National Team went down 1-2 against Maldives in the Final of the SAFF Suzuki Cup 2018 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka yesterday, September 15.
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The Indian National Team went down 1-2 against Maldives in the Final of the SAFF Suzuki Cup 2018 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka today, September 15. Maldives scored a goal-a-piece in either half, and the only Indian goal came in added time of the second handed courtesy of …
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