Hours after arriving in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, India head coach Igor Stimac stated that the Blue Tigers need to overcome “tough challenges” imposed by Afghanistan, besides braving adversities, when they face-off in the Group E encounter of the joint 2022 FIFA World Cup / 2023 AFC Asian Cup …
Read More »
India’s under-19 men’s football team played and lost three successive games at the just-concluded qualifiers for the AFC Under-19 Championships. In this episode of the 420 Grams, they look at the pipeline for the national team, examine the problems in the system despite the high levels of publicity and hype, …
Read More »
The Blue Tigers’ defensive unit feels that “coming away with clean sheets” will be of paramount importance when they play two back-to-back matches away against Afghanistan and Oman in the next joint 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers within six days. “Maintaining clean sheets will be of paramount …
Read More »
One day before reaching Dushanbe, Blue Tigers’ coach Igor Stimac voiced that winning against Afghanistan is “the only thing” the team is focusing on right now after they wrapped up the solitary training session at the Dubai Sports City in Dubai today, November 12 morning. “We have a steep task …
Read More »
A pumped up Indian Men’s Senior National Team squad will leave the Indian shores tonight, November 11 for their joint 2022 FIFA World Cup / 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers forthcoming back to back matches against Afghanistan and Oman. The 26-member squad will have their first overnight halt in Dubai …
Read More »
Adil Khan, whose last-gasp equaliser salvaged a draw for India against Bangladesh at the Saltlake Stadium in Kolkata in the last FIFA World Cup qualifier revealed that he’ll be happy “scoring a few more goals” for the Blue Tigers in the future. “It was the moment of truth for us …
Read More »
The India squad for the FIFA World Cup/AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Afghanistan and Oman is out and some in form players are missing! Who do you think should have made it?
Read More »
For the second day in succession, the Blue Tigers hit the training ground in New Delhi in preparation for their joint 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers against Afghanistan and Oman slated on November 14 and 19 respectively. After yesterday’s stretching and passing session, the players in the …
Read More »
With an eye on acclimatising to artificial turfs, the Senior Indian Men’s National Team which have started to assemble in Delhi from today, November 9 ahead of their back to back joint 2022 FIFA World Cup / 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers didn’t waste any time to hit the “artificial …
Read More »
Team India and Kerala Blasters centre-back Sandesh Jhingan has informed via social media that he has had a successful ACL operation in Mumbai. Sandesh wrote on Twitter alongside a photo, “My surgery has gone really well and now I am on the next stage of my comeback. Just wanna thank …
Read More »
Arunava about Football A look at football & the world through my eyes!