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Sahal Abdul Samad joins global PUMA ambassadors family!

German sportswear major PUMA have announced the signing of India international midfielder Sahal Abdul Samad as a global brand ambassador. Sahal Abdul Samad is one of the most exciting talents within Indian football and the Kerala Blasters playmaker joins India captain Sunil Chhetri and goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu at PUMA …

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Eugeneson Lyngdoh: Despite being a legend Sunil Chhetri is still a kid!

I don’t exactly remember the date. We were camping in Bengaluru and the next evening we were to play our home-match against Macau, where a victory was supposed to earn India a ticket to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. We finished practice early and rushed back to our rooms to …

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420 Grams S02E40: How Rescheduled 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers will impact Indian Football season?

India’s senior men’s football team will, theoretically, play Qatar on October 8 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. The next two FIFA World Cup qualifiers are to be played in Bangladesh on November 12 and at home against Afghanistan on November 17. India are pretty much out of the running …

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Sukhwinder Singh: Sunil Chhetri wasn’t my first option & I had my doubts!

As the Indian Team landed in Pakistan in June 2005 for a Friendly series, all the stakes were heavily loaded against Sunil Chhetri. He was 20 and yet to make his International debut. It was an away series, that too against Pakistan. Moreover, he had an injury concern – all …

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Subrata Bhattacharya: Sunil Chhetri was short & didn’t evoke thoughts that he could score!

It was a fateful morning some 17 years ago when I walked into the Mohun Bagan ground where a bunch of young players had gathered for club trials. It was a common feature as the club always wanted to Catch ’em young. And from a distance when I looked at …

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NDTV: India captain Sunil Chhetri speaks on #ALLforBengal!

Indian national football team captain Sunil Chhetri joined the NDTV #AllForBengal telethon to lend his support to the state of West Bengal dealing with the Cyclone Amphan crisis. Sunil Chhetri said that it is very difficult to give any positive message right now, especially for those who have lost everything. …

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Rejected even by 3rd division clubs in Kolkata, Sandesh Jhingan now relishes the pressure of India captaincy!

Sandesh Jhingan may be one of the hottest properties in Indian Football at the moment, and with him being a free player, the talk of the town every day is speculating his next move to a prospective club. But it was not long back when Jhingan had got rejected by …

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AFC announce revised schedule for India’s 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers!

The Asian Football Confederation has intimated the All India Football Federation about the new match schedules for the Round 2 of the joint 2022 FIFA World Cup / 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. In a letter, the AFC mentioned, “After several months of anxious waiting and now with the improved …

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