India U-23 have managed to book a place in the SAFF finals which is to be held on Sunday, versus Maldives. The young Indian squad beat Bangladesh 1-0 on Friday, thanks to skipper Sushil Kumar Singh’s goal, scored in the 63rd minute. India started the game well and created a lot of chances, the earliest [...]
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India Into the Semi-Finals – SAFF 2009
December 8th, 2009
admin The Indian U-23 team have qualify into the semi-finals of the SAFF Champions Cup,being played in Bangladesh. India managed to win over an in-form Nepali team. The Indian team just needed to win another match to qualify to the last four. Whereas Nepal needed to win to stay alive in the tournament. The Indian team [...]
SAFF Championship 2009
December 5th, 2009
admin India 1-0 Afghanistan India U-23 took on Afghanistan in the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship at the BangaBandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh. India have won the tournament 4 times already and are favourites this time round as well, but are fielding their U-23 squad this year. India hadn’t created as many chances as Afghanistan [...]
Indian Freestyle Footballer's
November 28th, 2009
admin Indianfootball.com: McDowell’s Unveils the First Ever Nationwide Hunt for India’s Best Freestyle Footballer. It is a competition with a difference. A competition to find India’s best freestyle footballer. McDowell’s Celebration which has been known for its patronage of Indian football has upped-the-ante this time by bringing to India, one of the most exciting and popular [...]
Latest News
October 24th, 2009
admin Transfer Rumours World Cup 2010 Brazilian Squad for friendlies against England in November Misc Swine Flu threat grips football Carling Cup October 27th Results Barnsley 0-2 Manchester United Blackburn Rovers 5-2 Peterborough United Portsmouth 4-0 Stoke City Sunderland 0-0 Aston Villa (Villa win 3-1 on penalties) Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Everton Copa Del Rey Real Madrid [...]
I-League Matches
October 23rd, 2009
admin Dempo 2-2 Mahindra United Climax Lawrence saved Dempo from a defeat by scoring in stoppage time. A 10-men Mahindra United looked set to get all three points, until the final “Climax”. Mahindra were brought down to 10 when defender D Ravanan for elbowing a Dempo player, just 33 minutes into the match. Although Dempo took [...]
Indian Player of the Year
October 21st, 2009
admin Subroto Paul is named the ‘Player of the Year’ by the AIFF. The Indian goal keeper has had a spectacular season, he also helped India retain the Nehru Cup by saving 3 penalties. Derrick Pereira, his Pune FC coach was delighted by the news and has tipped him to be the next captain of the [...]
Shilpa Shetty Now in Football?
October 19th, 2009
admin Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty along with her boyfriend Raj Kundra entered the All India Football Federation (AIFF), showing an interest in Indian football. The duo who own the IPL team, Rajasthan Royals, spent some time at the AIFF headquarters with general secretary Alberto Colaco. He was kept busy answering questions. Colaco said- “It was a [...]
Football Titbits
October 16th, 2009
admin Champions League October 20th, 2009 matches roundup English Premier League Mike Jones refereeing deflated! Referee from the controversial Sunderland v Liverpool encounter might face the axe from the remainder of the Premier League. He had earlier adjudged the “beach-ball goal” legitimate, which helped Sunderland secure a win over The Reds. Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea Drogba [...]
AFC U-16 qualifiers
October 13th, 2009
admin India recorded another loss in the AFC under-16 qualifiers, this time it was to hosts UAE. The Indians started off well, attacking from the beginning and almost scored in the third minute. Followed by another miss two minutes later when Shashank’s powerful shot went sailing over the bar. However, they finally took the lead in [...]
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