Nehru Cup 2012

2nd September, 2012 – A date Indian football fans will never forget. On this day, India defeated Cameroon in the Nehru Cup finals. Yes, it is true that this Cameroon team was not the same ‘Indomitable Lions’ which features...

Syria 2 (Hani Altayar – 9th, Ali Ghlioum – 49th) beat Nepal 0 NEW DELHI: Nepal’s poor run in the Nehru Cup continued as they lost to a much superior Syria 2-0 at the Jawaharlal Stadium on Thursday (August 30)....

NEW DELHI: The 27-member Senior Indian National squad shifted base to their final leg of the Preparatory Camp for the forthcoming Nehru Cup to Jaypee Greens in Greater Noida on Thursday (August 16, 2012). The squad was earlier based...

It has been almost two years that Robin Singh has been waiting in the wings. He was eventually rewarded  with a call for the preparatory camp for the Nehru Cup and earned his International debut against Maldives. In a...

The haze around the teams which are going to be part of the 2012 Nehru Cup football tournament to be hosted by Indian football federation AIFF is becoming clearer now. It has been reliably learnt that the Nehru Cup 2012...

Francis Fernandes is an ‘all rounder.’ The 25-year old midfielder has the ability to fit in almost any role in the team and stays one of the mainstays in Wim Koevermans’ team in the ongoing 2012 Nehru Cup. In...

For Mehtab Hossain, it is a challenge of sorts. A central defensive midfielder by trade, he has the responsibility to initiate the passing game that his Coach wants the team to do. In a candid interview with www.the-aiff.com the...

After weeks of speculations, the Nehru Cup camp has been finally finalized to be in New Delhi. It has been decided by AIFF that the 37 probables of Indian National team will take part in a preparatory camp for the Nehru...

It was the Dress Rehearsal – the Dress Rehearsal for Sunday’s Nehru Cup final. As any Coach would want to do in such a situation, Wim Koevermans turned to his bench. It was the best time in the Tournament...

Gourmangi Singh has stayed the bedrock of Indian defence since 2006. The former AIFF Player-of-the-Year has been part of two Nehru Cup triumphs besides being a member of the AFC Challenge Cup winning squad. In a freewheeling interview with...