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India soccer team to tour Portugal

June 29, 2007 22:01 IST

India soccer team will tour Portugal next month and then stage an international tournament to help improve the national team, coach Bob Houghton said.

They will play three games in Portugal, including one against a Premier League side, during an 18-day trip to help boost the team ranked 161st

in the world.

This will be followed in August by the ONGC Cup in New Delhi, in which Syria, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh and Pakistan will join hosts India. Iran have yet to confirm their entry.

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