India football

Member associations of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said on Wednesday they were concerned whether the new constitution would be ready in time for it to be vetted by Fifa before the July 15 deadline set by the Supreme Court.…

By ANI NEW DELHI: With under a year to go for the AFC Asian Cup, scheduled to begin in June 2023, Indian football team players have their sights set to utilise the upcoming season in making their case for the final…

Indian football icon Sunil Chhetri on Thursday said head coach Igor Stimac is one of the best tacticians he has played under and the team is "very comfortable" playing under the Croatian whose contract is expiring in September.The…

Sunil Chhetri, who will be 38 in August, often says he increases the average age of the India team. On Wednesday, when his brace set up a win against Cambodia in the final round Asian Cup qualifiers, Chhetri and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu were…

India's go-to man Sunil Chhetri was right on the money against Cambodia as the 37-year-old captain struck twice, the only goals during the entire 90 minutes, to get his team off to a winning start at the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers at the…

India got off to a winning start in the ongoing AFC Asian Cup qualifers as Sunil Chhetri scored twice to hand his side a 2-0 win against Cambodia at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Wednesday. Despite the appealing scoreline, Chhetri…

Hong Kong kicked-off the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers with an impressive 2-1 win against Afghanistan at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Wednesday. Midfielder Wong Wai gave Hong Kong the lead in the 23rd minute and it didn't take long for…

When Khalid Jamil took charge of FC Bengaluru United last week, there were murmurs of surprise. The first Indian to get full-time charge of an Indian Super League (ISL) team in 2021-22, Jamil will now start a project to get a second…

One day after Sunil Chhetri said he was surprised at reports of only 15,000 tickets being available for each of the three Asian Cup qualifier match days at the Salt Lake Stadium, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) increased the…

Igor Stimac spoke of international games being in a “different galaxy” from ISL, whose lack of a big pool of Indian players meant some are overpaid, and said though there can be “no easy games for India”, his team is fit to last “three…