Sahal Abdul Samad

KOLKATA: The legendary IM Vijayan feels veteran striker Sunil Chhetri still has a lot to offer to Indian football and finds the occasional chatter about his retirement laughable. India opened their Group D campaign in the AFC Asian Cup…

KOLKATA: With eyes on the "big prize" and having a "wonderful headache", Igor Stimac's India brace for Hong Kong's challenge at that Salt Lake Stadium here on Tuesday, looking for a perfect end to their Asian Cup qualifying campaign. Both…

KOLKATA: A group of Indian and Afghanistan players were involved in pushing and shoving each other after the hosts registered a hard-fought 2-1 win in the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers at the VYBK Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday. Indian team…

KOLKATA: A stunning goal from talisman Sunil Chhetri and an injury-time strike from Sahal Abdul Samad powered India to a 2-1 victory over Afghanistan in the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers here on Saturday. The win helped India consolidate their…

The trend of late goals in India-Afghanistan games continued, the twist to the tale being Sahal Abdul Samad’s 91st minute strike that gave the hosts a 2-1 win at Salt Lake stadium on Saturday. After 86 minutes of a bruising game which…

KOLKATA: Indian football team head coach Igor Stimac wants his attacking players to start learning to play without talisman Sunil Chhetri, and score some goals too. At 37, Chhetri is at the fag end of his career, but India still needed him…

NEW DELHI: Talismanic Sunil Chhetri on Tuesday returned to the Indian football team after a hiatus of six months when he was named in the 25-member squad for the international friendly against Jordan in Doha on May 28. The 37-year-old…

GK Kattimani pulls off spectacular saves in shootout to beat BlastersLaxmikant Kattimani went from villain to hero to give Hyderabad FC their first Indian Super League title, breaking Kerala Blasters' hearts in a penalty shootout victory in…

Kerala Blasters may have gone down in the ISL final against Hyderabad FC but there is no doubt that Ivan Vukomanovic's side have won the hearts of football fans of Kerala. The start of the 2021-22 season did not make for good reading for…

VASCO: Kerala Blasters FC entered the ISL final for the first time since 2016 after playing out a 1-1 draw with Jamshedpur FC on Tuesday and pipping the League Shield winners 2-1 on aggregate over double leg semi-finals. Adrian Luna (18th)…