Maldives announce squad for AFC Challenge Cup
Maldives have announced their AFC Challenge Cup, 2012 squad. Maldives are in Group A along with Nepal, Palestine and Turkmenistan. Maldives coach, Istvan Urbany, is hopeful for a good show and believes his team has the potential to win...
Luciano Narsingh of Indian origin gets Dutch national team call
India might be lagging at the 154th position in FIFA International football rankings but the expatriates growing up in footballing nations are doing really well.
The latest name to join that niche is Luciano Narsingh who is just 21 year old. He...
Rob Baan secures 8 TFA cadets for Pailan Arrows
Rob Baan slected 8 fresh graduates from the Tata Football Academy in Jamshedpur to induct into the Pailan Arrows, a developmental side playing in I-league, the top tier Indian football league.
Earlier it used to be the Kolkata football clubs...
Azkals give a tough fight to Australia U-23 team, loses 0-1
In their last football friendly in the preparatory camp in Dubai, the Azkals gave a brave fight to the Australian Olympic team but lost 0-1.
The goal for Australia was scored by Jason Hoffman due to a defensive blunder by the Philippines. After that...
Premier League Soccer may shift to Kerala says CMG
The bad days are not yet over for Premier league Soccer. After getting a last minute clearance from the AIFF to hold the tournament it has the West Bengal govrnment blocking its way. So much so that the CMG is...
AFC Challenge Cup: Philippines trounce Al Ahli of Qatar 3-1
The Philippines national football team, the Azkals, played with a compact defense and agile attack to defeat Al Ahli SC of Qatar 3-1 in a practice match today.
Bouncing back from a 3-0 defeat against Uzbekistan U23, they have shown...
Capello’s relationship with English FA was a loveless marriage
Capello’s existence as England coach appeared to be a joyless one. The Italian’s resignation is not really shocking as the relationship between Capello and the FA was “a loveless marriage” which they were locked into by his lucrative contract (£6 million a year) since the dismal failure in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. It was expected that the FA would sack Capello after the World Cup. However they procrastinated and allowed him to continue till the end of Euro 2012.
AFC U22 Championship Qualifier draw: India in tough group, Nepal gets it easy
The qualification round draw for the inaugural AFC U22 Championship 2013 football tournament was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia earlier today. There are 42 teams in total who are divided in to 7 groups. India again landed itself in...
Premier League Soccer gets a go-ahead by the AIFF
After raising apprehensions over the Premier League Soccer (PLS), the AIFF on Monday seemed to have soften its stand over the conduct of the cash-rich football tournament, saying that it just wants to ensure "good governance".
The tournament, proposed to...
Rob Baan to takeover Pailan Arrows responsibility
The newly appointed technical director of AIFF, Rob Baan, will now take the responsibility of the AIFF development team Pailan Arrows.
Previously, Sukhwinder Singh had resigned from the coach's position. The team did not manage a single win in the...
