Football
Asian Cup showing has earned Indian football belief and respect, says Constantine
India may have missed a maiden qualification into the knockouts by a whisker, but former coach Stephen Constantine says the team's spirited showing in the Asian Cup football tournament has...
Read more1956 Olympian footballer Zulfiqar passes away
Former Indian footballer Mohammed Zulfiqaruddin, who was part of the fourth place finishing team in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, passed away here Sunday. He was 83 and survived by...
Read moreWin against Thailand best match of my career: Chhetri
Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri on Monday said that his team's first win in the Asian Cup after more than five decades was the best match of his illustrious international...
Read moreWe have to be smart in our approach, says Gurpreet Sandhu
Indian goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu feels that the key to India's success in the upcoming AFC Asian Cup will be in approaching the games smartly, one at a time. The...
Read moreChhetri says India will be difficult to beat in Asian Cup
India will be a difficult team to beat in the Asian Cup football tournament starting on Saturday, especially after their recent draws against more fancied China and Oman, said talismanic...
Read moreWe have 50-50 chance of making it to second round: Bhutia
Former captain Bhaichung Bhutia says India have a 50-50 chance of making it to the second round of the upcoming AFC Asian Cup. The continental tournament is starting from January...
Read moreAFC Asian Cup: India to play Oman behind closed doors
A day prior to playing Oman in a football friendly match scheduled at the Baniyas Stadium on Thursday, coach Stephen Constantine stressed "India haven't come here expecting to play easy...
Read moreMy understanding with Sunil is telepathic, says Jeje
Indian football team forward Jeje Lalpekhlua on Tuesday said that he has developed a "telepathic understanding" with ace striker Sunil Chhetri. Jeje first caught the attention by scoring a hat-trick...
Read moreIndian women thrash Bangladesh 7-1 in 2020 AFC Olympic qualifiers
Bala Devi struck four goals to power the Indian women's football team to a dominating 7-1 win over Bangladesh in their second match of the 2020 AFC Olympic qualifiers here...
Read moreNeed to channelise Chhetri’s energy with encouraging words: Gurpreet
Bengaluru FC goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu on Thursday said that star players like skipper Sunil Chhetri needs words of encouragement to channelise his energies in the right direction and prosper....
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