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05 Feb 2023

Asia Cup 2023: Bad news for Pakistan Cricket

Asia Cup 2023: Asia Cup 2023 was to be held in Pakistan. But now the hosting of the tournament can be snatched from Pakistan.

Indian football team

15 Jun 2022

India football coach Stimac slams AIFF after historic Asian Cup qualification

India's qualification was sealed ahead of their final league match against Hong Kong on Tuesday when Palestine registered a 4-0 win against Philippines in a Group B game in Mongolia. Stimac's side celebrated its qualification with an emphatic 4-0 win over Hong Kong later in the day.

14 Jun 2022

Asian Cup 2023: India qualify for Finals with one match left as Palestine win

Overall, Indian football team have qualified for the continental showpiece for the fifth time – 1964, 1984, 2011, 2019 and now in 2023.

19 Jan 2022

AFC Asian Cup 2022: Hosts India seek positive start against Iran in opener

Hosts India seek a winning start against an under-prepared and lower-ranked Iran in their women's AFC Asian Cup campaign opener.

17 Jan 2022

Games will be played as long as 13 players are available, says AIFF President

The All India Football Federation President Praful Patel discusses the Covid-19 protocols in AFC Asian Cup 2022 .

2020 AFC Champions League

24 Aug 2020

VAR to be used in AFC Champions League from quarter-final stage

The VAR was first used in Asian soccer last year from the last-eight stage of the AFC Asian Cup. The AFC Champions League, Asia`s elite club competition, was suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. The technology was successfully implemented across all 32 games of the AFC under-23 championship in Thailand in January.

Bhaichung Bhutia

23 Aug 2020

More matches, exposure has improved Blue Tigers: Bhaichung Bhutia

Former Indian striker Bhaichung Bhutia believes that more matches and exposure had helped Blue Tigers to improve. Bhutia said that level of competition, the players, the coaching staff -- all are much, much better than before. Bhutia was the first Indian to have 100 international caps and retired in 2011 after an illustrious career spanning 16-years.

12 Aug 2020

FIFA World Cup qualifying matches in Asia postponed until 2021

FIFA announced that the upcoming qualifying matches in Asia for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup will now be played next year The qualifying matches were supposed to take place in October and November this year The new dates will be announced in due course

04 May 2019

Lee Min-sung, Albert Roca among 4 shortlisted for Indian football coach's job

Besides Lee Min-sung and Roca, who tasted immense success at Bengaluru FC, the other two aspirants in the fray are ex-Croatia national team manager Igor Stimac and former Sweden coach Hakan Ericson.

Fabio Cannavaro

29 Apr 2019

Fabio Cannavaro steps down as China football coach

Cannavaro, who won the Ballon D'Or and the World Cup in 2006 as a player, was appointed as China's coach in the face of the China Championship 2019 disputed in March.

29 Apr 2019

AIFF appoint Romanian Isac as new technical director

Isac, who has nearly three decades of experience in various coaching roles in several countries, last worked as the sporting director of three-times J-league Champions Yokohama Marinos FC.

18 Mar 2019

We wanted to win title badly: Bengaluru FC skipper Chhetri on ISL win

After losing to Chennaiyin FC in the final last season, Bengaluru FC won their maiden ISL title after defeating FC Goa in the finals last night.

22 Jan 2019

Australia beat Uzbekistan on penalties to reach AFC Asian Cup quarters

Australia will next face hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a place in the semi-finals of the tournament.

14 Jan 2019

India crash out of AFC Asian Cup with 0-1 defeat to Bahrain

India finished outside the top two after the the group's other game between hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Thailand ended in a 1-1 draw.

14 Jan 2019

Asian Cup 2019: Rashid strikes injury-time winner as India lose to Bahrain

The Indian men's football team slumped to a heartbreaking 0-1 defeat against Bahrain after Jamal Rashid struck an injury-time winner in their third and final Group A clash of the AFC Asian Cup on Monday.

14 Jan 2019

AFC Asian Cup: India eye maiden knock-out berth in clash against Bahrain

The match is all the more special for Indian captain Sunil Chhetri as it will see him equal former captain Bhaichung Bhutia's record of highest appearances for the nation, i.e, 107.

Stephen Constantine

11 Jan 2019

India need to regroup and win against Bahrain in Asian Cup: Constantine

India went down to hosts United Arab Emirates 0-2 in their second group stage match after they had defeated Thailand in their opening game.

10 Jan 2019

AFC Asian Cup 2019: Mubarak, Mabkhout strike as India go down 0-2 to UAE

UAE moved top of the table in Group A with four points from two matches while second-placed India still remained in the hunt for a knockout berth with three points from two outings.

09 Jan 2019

We will fight toe-to-toe with UAE, says Stephen Constantine on match-eve

Indian started their AFC Asian Cup campaign in a stunning fashion, thrashing Thailand 4-1. They will take on UAE on Thursday at the Sheikh Zayed Sports City Stadium.

07 Jan 2019

Fans on Twitter beat drum around Sunil Chhetri

When India needed someone to restore the lead, it was none other than Chhetri who slotted home a fine finish to make it 2-1 for India.

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