Tag Archives: Team India

arunfoot/SportsKhabri: Candid Football Conversations #117 ISL double header, India injury woes!

Candid Football Conversations returns with another live show talking about the latest from Indian football, be it the ISL encounters, Odisha FC vs Jamshedpur FC (4-1), NorthEast United FC vs FC Goa (1-1), India’s injury woes ahead of the AFC Asian Cup 2023 plus other Indian football news. Rahul Naresh …

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AFC president Shaikh Salman condoles Prabir Majumdar’s death!

AFC President Shaikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has condoled the death of former India defender Prabir Majumdar, who passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2023, at the age of 77. In a letter to AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey, the AFC President wrote, “Please accept my heartfelt condolences and sympathies …

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2019 AFC Asian Cup: When India’s journey mattered more than the destination!

The AFC Asian Cup 2019 sits dearly in the memories of the modern Indian Football fan. The Blue Tigers lost two of the three matches and failed to make it into the knockout rounds by a last-minute penalty goal conceded against Bahrain. But not everything in life and football is …

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AIFF condoles the demise of former India defender Prabir Majumdar!

The All India Football Federation condoles the demise of former India defender Prabir Majumdar, who passed away in Kolkata on Thursday, December 28, 2023, after a brief illness. He was 77. Majumdar is survived by his wife and a son. A stylish wing-back of the 1960s and 1970s, Majumdar was …

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2011 AFC Asian Cup: When a bunch of bravehearts broke India’s 27-year Hoodoo!

Twenty-seven years is a long time. That’s how much India had to wait to make it to the AFC Asian Cup for the first time since 1984. A sensational 4-1 triumph over Tajikistan in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Final at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi was not only …

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1984 AFC Asian Cup: When India rose rejuvenated like a phoenix!

The year 1984 has been immortalised by English writer George Orwell through his classic novel ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’. Though it has nothing to do with Orwell’s portrayal of a dystopian society, the year 1984 has huge significance in Indian Football, too. It was the year when Indian Football made a huge …

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1964 AFC Asian Cup: When the Indian flag flew high on the banks of the Mediterranean!

Sukumar Samajpati, 82, hasn’t met Inder Singh, 77, for the last 30 years. Yet Samajpati, a crafty right winger in the 1960s with deadly dodges, vividly remembers the passes he played with inside-right Inder Singh to leave the rival defenders baffled in the 1964 AFC Asian Cup final rounds played …

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FIFA World Rankings: India stay 102nd, Argentina stay No. 1!

Earlier today, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the December rankings, India stay 102nd behind Kosovo, but ahead of Guinea-Bissau; while Argentina remain No. 1. India have 1.201 points, the same in the last rankings and stay in …

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