Indian national team footballers, on Friday, expressed solidarity with the victims of the unprecedented flood in Kerala.
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Sukhwinder Singh has been appointed India's soccer coach for the Doha Asian Games to be held in 2006.
The Indian football team broke a 12-year-old jinx of not winning a match away from home as they beat lower ranked Cambodia 3-2 in an international friendly in Phnom Penh.
The All India Football Federation believes that the FIFA U-17 World Cup, beginning October 6, can be a catalyst for the sport.
National coach Stephen Constantine announced a list of 28 probables on Thursday for India's forthcoming 2018 World Cup preliminary joint qualification match against Iran.
Mohun Bagan's coach will assist the India chief coach for the for the Afro-Asian Games.
Coach Stephen Constantine said the players who are in the Afro-Asian Games squad will not be released for the Vietnam tournament.
The Kolkata club said its players can join the India camp after their English physical trainer completes his stint with the team.
The Indian football team's Anglo-Cypriot coach said the team did not do well in only two or three of the 23 matches it played under him.
India football captain Subrata Paul is among retired stars Climax Lawrence and Mahesh Gawli to have been recommended by the All India Football Federation for the prestigious Arjuna Awards.
India have been clubbed in Group A along with Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan for the 11-day tournament in Dhaka.
India's chief football coach said the under-17 tournament will not be easy for India as teams like Iran and Kuwait are in their group.
India are placed alongside Singapore, Oman and Japan for the Azian zone round.
India's Anglo-Cypriot coach football coach feels he will have to make compromises because of the long-drawn National league.
They beat Northern Ireland's leading team County Antrium in the Premier division of the Milk Cup.
A 2-1 victory gave the India Under-18 team their first win in the in the Milk Cup qualifiers in Northern Ireland.
The Indian coach apparently played a key role in impressing on the AIFF to pull out of the tournament.
The Phagwara-born striker is among the probables for India's World Cup qualifier against Japan.
India's English coach they are having a demoralising effect on the current crop of players.
Skipper Baichung Bhutia's injury is the only worry for India on the eve of the Asian Zone World Cup qualifier.
Chief coach Stephen Constantine expressed confidence that the team would retain the LG Cup it won in 2002.
India's chief football coach refused to accept moral responsibility for the 7-0 defeat against Japan.
The 41-year-old British national guided India to the silver medal at the Afro-Asian Games.
'The National Team gaining its best ranking since December 2005 shows that we are on the upsurge. The ranking enables us to be placed in pot two when the draw for the Asian Cup Qualifiers UAE 2019 is to be conducted later this month'
India FA eye origin players for short-term solution
The Indian football team showed a lot of character and resilience in its title-winning Intercontinental Cup campaign and the attitude would be crucial to ensuring that the country doesn't just make up the numbers in next year's AFC Asian Cup, believes national coach Stephane Constantine.
Acting on the Sports Ministry's directive to send nominations for this year's sports awards, the AIFF did not have much trouble in finalising the names.
Constantine interviewed by Chennaiyin FC
Indian football team's downward spiral in the FIFA rankings continued as it slipped five places to 172nd in the latest chart, on Thursday.
The long road to Russia 2018 kicks off in the outposts of Asia on Thursday with the world's worst international team, Bhutan, making their World Cup qualifying debut and eyeing a first win of any sorts since 2008.
'This is the tournament we play for. We get to rub our shoulders against best in Asia which we don't get many times'
Having endured a topsy-turvy start to their campaign before a fine turnaround, seven-time champions India start as title favourites when they take on first-time finalists Nepal in the summit clash of the SAFF Championships, in Male, on Saturday.
Striker Jeje Lalpekhlua scored twice as India recovered from a one-goal deficit to thrash Laos 6-1 in one of the biggest ever wins and book a berth in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup football Qualifiers.
But how much has the national team actually improved?
India, currently ranked 132nd in the FIFA world rankings, have never played in the World Cup finals and kick off the latest phase of their attempt to qualify for the Asian Cup on Tuesday when they take on Myanmar in Yangon.
India finished their preparations for the upcoming Asian Cup Football Championship by holding a superior Oman to a goalless draw in their final warm-up game, in Abu Dhabi, on Thursday.
Stephen Constantine said he has accepted the contract extension offered to him by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), which will make him the longest serving national coach in the history of the sport.
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