Tag Archives: Team India

Every minute went by like an hour: Sunil Chhetri looks back at ‘sweet’ Qatar draw!

Representing your country on the big stage against the top nations – it is the dream of every football player and making it come true requires tremendous sacrifice over the years. The ball becomes your best friend, the pitch becomes your temple and taking care of your body becomes the …

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Mizoram FA sends letter to Sports Minister regarding no Arjuna Award for Jeje Lalpekhlua!

The Mizoram Football Association has send an official letter to India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports inquiring about what they termed the disregard of Jeje Lalpekhlua for the Arjuna Award. The letter amongst other things said the following: Firstly, the Mizoram Football Association offers sincere congratulations to all the …

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How a team dinner ‘turned the tide’ for the Blue Tigers before historic Qatar clash!

Preparations to take on Asian giants Qatar in the second match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers were in full swing for the Blue Tigers and with two days to go for the game, an announcement by head coach Igor Stimac caught the players by surprise. “The coach told …

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Gouramangi Singh: We need to feature in every AFC Asian Cup!

One of the most decorated National Team defenders in recent times, former Blue Tigers captain Gouramangi Singh termed the qualification to the 2011 AFC Asian Cup – Qatar as a “wake-up call” for Indian Football. In a live chat with AIFF TV, Gouramangi, talking about the significance of the qualification …

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Gurpreet Singh Sandhu: I can’t repay Colm-sir & Tanumoy-sir their debt!

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, the numero uno goalkeeper for the Blue Tigers, felt nostalgic while sharing the impact of Colm Toal and Tanumoy Bose on his career during a live chat on AIFF TV. “It literally gives me goosebumps recalling the time I worked with Colm-sir (Toal) and Tanumoy-sir (Bose). It …

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420 Grams S02E52: Throwback to Glory Days of Indian Football, the 1962 Asian Games Gold Medal!

Journalists Jaydeep Basu and Siddharth Saxena of the Times of India sat with the 420 Grams crew to look back at Indian football team’s gold medal run at the 1962 Asian Games. The discussion, naturally, revolved around a time when Indian football took more steps forward, than back. The discussion, …

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India lifted 1962 Asian Games football gold today!

I still feel goosebumps when I go back to that evening of 4th September 1962. The Senayan Main Stadium in Jakarta was jam-packed with a partisan 1,00,000-strong Indonesian crowd cheering for Korea Republic at the top of their voice. But we had our support too. Any guesses? Strange as it …

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Gouramangi Singh: Defending was important, but scoring goals gave me confidence!

Former Indian National Team captain Gouramangi Singh Moirangthem stressed on the “importance of utilising the little opportunities that central defenders get” to go bombing forward on set-pieces, stating that his International goals gave him “a lot of confidence”. In a live chat with AIFF TV, the former India defender reminisced …

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Mehtab Hossain: I couldn’t sleep after we defeated Cameroon in Nehru Cup final!

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam once famously said, “Dream is not the thing you see in sleep. It is the one which doesn’t let you sleep.” In my case, I could not sleep after fulfilling a dream I held since childhood. Every footballer aspires of winning trophies for the Nation and …

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