New Delhi: In a Nation of over a billion people, to be the first Indian woman to sign a professional football contract and score in a European league requires something special. But, Ngangom Bala Devi has plenty of that in her locker. The 31-year-old striker has settled into life in Scotland, and believes that the […]
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New Delhi: Indian FIFAe Team is all set for an eFriendly against their South African counterparts in the FIFA 21 game, which gets underway on Saturday (May 22, 2021) at 8.30 PM IST. The eFriendly will consist of four matches between eAthletes from both the Indian and the South African sides. Three points would be […]
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New Delhi: The Indian National Team landed safely at the Hamad International Airport Doha late evening yesterday (May 19, 2021) for India’s three forthcoming matches in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Qualifiers, slated to be played from June 3 onwards. The 28 players and the support staff are […]
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New Delhi: A 28-member Indian National Team squad has left for Doha on May 19, 2021 for India’s three forthcoming matches in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Qualifiers, slated to be played from June 3 onwards. As per the health parameters required to travel to Qatar, all the […]
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New Delhi: It was only around two months ago that 20-year-old goalkeeper Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem was called up for the Senior National Team camp. The momentous occasion that it was, by his own admission, the National team call-up went on to motivate him to put up a stellar performance for his club FC Goa in […]
New Delhi: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu is super excited, and it’s all for Allison Becker. And the lanky Indian custodian doesn’t mind doing a Becker sometime soon. Allison Becker, the Liverpool FC goalkeeper came off his line to head home the match-winner against West Bromwich Albion, the 2-1 victory keeping Liverpool’s chances of making it to the […]
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Mizoram: Just a few weeks back the banks of the Tuichang River in Mizoram were abuzz with activities of locals constantly keeping a vigilant eye on the river. Among those keeping watch were Blue Tigers and SC East Bengal striker Jeje Lalpekhlua. Jeje, along with a number of others from his village – Model Veng […]
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New Delhi: The rectangular patch of green grass means the world to most football players. While they weave their way around opponents in search of a goal, Blue Tigers midfielder Amarjit Singh Kiyam has found another patch of green that he is quite drawn to during the off-seasons – the paddy fields. For the former […]
New Delhi: Nirmal Chhetri was once hailed by Gerd Muller as “brilliant,” during Bayern Munich U23s visit to Kolkata in 2009 wherein he had made quite an impression in his duels against a promising but young Thomas Mueller. And then in 2012, Thomas, who represented Bayern Munich in Bhaichung Bhutia’s farewell match in Delhi, had […]
2022 will be a landmark year for women’s football with two major international events — the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2022 and the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 — set to be hosted in India. As we build up to the mega-events and move forward together, another first-of-its-kind milestone will be achieved as an […]
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