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Covid-19: AIFF Women's Football Committee discusses challenges being faced
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Sara Pilot on Wednesday chaired the AIFF Women's Football Committee Meeting and discussed the challenges faced by women's football due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and tried to come up with plans for the different issues thrown in the path of women's foo
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Sunil Chhetri working, scoring goals as if he's 25: Stimac
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], June 8 (ANI): Blue Tigers head coach Igor Stimac has said that striker Sunil Chhetri is still working on his game as if he is 25 and that shows the passion he still has towards the game.
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Very important for India to qualify for AFC Asian Cup: Tim Cahill
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Former Australian footballer Tim Cahill has highlighted the importance of the AFC Asian Cup for the Indian team. The Blue Tigers are already out of contention to qualify for FIFA World Cup 2022 and the focus has now shifted to qualification for the AFC Asian
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WC qualifiers: Chhetri's double strike helps India defeat B'desh, Blue Tig
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], June 7 (ANI): Sunil Chhetri's brace helped India defeat Bangladesh 2-0 in the ongoing FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, and AFC Asian Cup China Qualifiers on Monday at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium at Al Sadd Club in Doha.
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B'desh pretty 'annoying', they disturb opposition with defensive work: Sti
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], June 6 (ANI): Indian national team head coach Igor Stimac, on the eve of the Blue Tigers' match against Bangladesh, described the opposition as a "team with great fighting spirit", that puts in "quality work" on the pitch.
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Anirudh Thapa cleared to rejoin team after subsequent tests: AIFF
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], June 6 (ANI): The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Sunday confirmed that defender Anirudh Thapa has been cleared to join the team squad in Doha, Qatar.
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Will never forget roar that greeted us in match against Bangladesh: Adil K
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], June 6 (ANI): India defender Adil Khan has recalled the side's FIFA World Cup Qualifier match against Bangladesh in 2019, saying that he can never forget the reception the team got in Kolkata.
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Thapa tested COVID positive but CT value good, retest to be done in couple
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): All India Football Federation (AIFF) General Secretary Kushal Das on Saturday confirmed that defender Anirudh Thapa has tested positive for Covid-19. He further said the CT score of the footballer is good and a retest will be done in another one or two days'
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2022 WC Qualifiers: 'Qatar is past' as Blue Tigers gear up for Bangladesh
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], June 5 (ANI): The focal point of Indian Football players have shifted, it's no more about the fight put up against Qatar. That's the past. Rather, it's now about the forthcoming match against Bangladesh in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 preliminary
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Indian Football Association provides food, ration kits to clone-affected f
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): After Cyclone Yaas ravaged a number of areas in the Sunderbans last week, West Bengal's football governing body -- the Indian Football Association -- has extended a helping hand to the budding footballers of the region and their families by providing essentia
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Qatar a 'quality team', it will be difficult game against them: Stimac
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], June 2 (ANI): India senior football team coach Igor Stimac on Wednesday stated that India's goalless draw against Qatar in the first-leg of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Qualifiers came as a "big surprise" to the footballing fraternity.
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Qatar will come out all guns blazing at us, and we need to stick together:
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], June 2 (ANI): A day prior to India's FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Qualifiers, also the preliminary qualifiers for the AFC Asian Cup China 2023, the Blue Tigers, all in an effort to make up for lost time, pressed hard on the lush green. The last time India played Asian champions Qa
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