The All India Football Federation held a pre-bid consultation meeting with teams interested in the Institutional League to present the plan for the competition and understand the views of the institutional teams
Head coach Ahmed, a former India international himself, believes in the importance of making a good start to the junior international careers of the boys.
Indian men’s football team will be without captain Sunil Chhetri for the King’s Cup tournament in Thailand as head coach Igor Stimac named a 23-member squad for the tournament that will be held in Thailand from September 7 to 10.
The Blue Colts are placed in Group A of the tournament alongside Nepal and Bangladesh. Hosts Bhutan, Maldives, and Pakistan make up Group B. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals.
The India Women's team, ranked 61st in the FIFA Rankings, is placed alongside Chinese Taipei (ranked 38th) and Thailand (ranked 46th) in Group B, as per an All India Football Federation (AIFF) press release.
Tursunov, a regular in the Tajikistan National Team, is no stranger to India at the international level. The Crowns had last played India in the Intercontinental Cup 2019 (where they won 4-2), and are now hoping to play the Blue Tigers again in the Merdeka Tournament in October as well.
While Singh (12’, 62’, 82’) was the star of the show for Blasters, Mohamamed Aimen (9’) and Danish Farooq (57’) also got on the scoresheet to seal a dominant victory for Kerala Blasters FC.
Up against a heavyweight side like Iraq in the first game, it will be a challenge unlike any other the Blue Tigers have faced in 2023. However, head coach Igor Stimac's biggest centre of attention in a hectic month of football is the Asian Games in China, beginning nine days after India's tr
The Blue Colts have been drawn in Group A, alongside Nepal and Bangladesh. Arguably the top three teams in the tournament will face each other in Group A, with only two of them progressing to the semi-finals.
After facing reverses in the first game, both Jamshedpur FC and the Indian Navy football team will look to get their 132nd Durand Cup campaign back on track with a good performance and hopefully three points
Vivek Kumar put the Air Men ahead in the first half after a defensive error, only for Salam Johnson Singh to draw level in the second half. This was BFC’s first game in Group C, while the IAFFT will have one more to go, after having lost the first to Gokulam Kerala, who currently top the gro