Match Result: INDIA – 1 (Aveka Singh 6′) VS MONGOLIA – 2 (Gantumur Temuulen 29′, Gurragchaa Khulangoo 70′) ULAAN BAATAR, 21st September 2018 : Amidst extreme weather conditions, where the average temperature has been hovering around zero degree Celsius for the last couple of days, India U-16 girls staged a gritty display but that was not enough against the hosts Mongolia as they went down fighting 1-2 at the MFF Stadium in Ulaanbaatar today (September 21, 2018). Following the result, India relinquished pole position of group B in the AFC U16 Women’s Championship Qualifiers to Laos, who are three points…
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Bengaluru, September 21, 2018: Bengaluru golfers continued their dominance of the 10thSara Futura Karnataka Golf Festival (KGF), grabbing nine of the 10 winners spots after two days of competitive and exciting golf at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) course, as South India’s largest amateur golf championship braced itself for a star-studded weekend. Besides professional women golfers Neha Tripathi and Anisha Padukone, who would be conducting golf clinics for beginners, present and former India cricketers like Karun Nair, Ajit Agarkar and Subramaniam Badrinath among others are also scheduled to tee off at the KGA over the weekend. Friday’s winners across the…
Bengaluru, 20th September 2018: When the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) kicked off in 2014, not only did it change the Indian domestic football scene but also revitalised the sport in South India. For long, South India had produced many star footballers who went on to claim national fame. Players like IM Vijayan, T Abdul Rahman, Peter Thangaraj are all household names. But in the 21st century, the region saw the game’s popularity on the wane with many clubs shutting shop. The ISL, though, has sparked the dormant love for football in these states. Kerala Blasters and Chennaiyin FC command…
Bengaluru, 20 September 2018: The ensuing edition of the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) will be unlike any of the four editions that have been played in the past. If the first three editions were short and played at break-neck speed, the fourth edition was longer than usual. The fifth edition, however, will for the first time see two international breaks in the first half of the season. The first break will be from October 8 to October 16, while the second international break will occur between November 12 and 20. The third and longest break will be when the…
Bengaluru, September 20, 2018: Four golfers from Bengaluru and one from Hyderabad registered wins in their respective handicap categories, as the 10thSara Futura Karnataka Golf Festival (KGF), south India’s largest participative golf tournament, got underway at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) course here on Thursday. Bengaluru’s Chetan Yallapurkar (42 pts) in the 21-24 category, K.S. Venkat (35 pts) in the 16-20 category, Riad Ahmad Mahmood (33 pts) in the 6-10 category and David D’Souza (35 pts) in the 0-5 category along with Hyderabad’s Madhav Kota (35 pts) in the 11-15 category, have now given themselves a chance to be among the…
ULAAN BAATAR, 20th September 2018 : Even after registering two back-to-back whopping victories in the AFC U16 Women’s Championship Qualifiers against Hong Kong and Pakistan respectively, the extreme climate in Ulaanbaatar has been ‘a real headache’ for Coach Firmin D’Souza. India will play hosts Mongolia in their third group league match tomorrow (September 21, 2018). “Snowfall has been going on since last night along with heavy downpour in a few spells. It’s going to be extremely challenging for us to brave this weather condition when we got out against Mongolia”, he maintained. “Although we have played two matches already, the…
NEW DELHI, 20th SEPTEMBER, 2018 : Malaysia and Mongolia stay almost 5000kms apart. Nothing between the two nations is similar let alone common tradition. However, for the Indian Youth Teams currently playing and training in both the nations, the commonality is of epic proportions – an attempt to create a historic footnote in Indian football history. While the Indian U-16 National Men’s Team in Malaysia aspires to become the first Indian team to qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup apart from virtue of being hosts, the Indian U-16 Women’s National Team in Mongolia aims to qualify for the AFC…
KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA), 20th September 2018 : High on morale and bolstered by a solid preparation, the Indian U-16 National Team take on Vietnam in their first match of the U-16 AFC Championships Malaysia 2018 in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow (September 21). With four of the semi-finalists earning a ticket to the FIFA U-17 World Cup Peru 2019, the onus is on Head Coach Bibiano Fernandes and his boys to play to their full potential. In an exclusive interview, Bibiano talks at length about the team’s preparation, the challenges, chances of World Cup qualification and a lot more. EXCERPTS: The team has…
Match Result : INDIA – 4 (Avika Singh 22′, Ayesha (OG) 41’, Sunita Munda 82’, Shilky Devi 88’) VS PAKISTAN – 0 NEW DELHI, 19th SEPTEMBER, 2018 : Indian U16 dished out another stellar performance in the ongoing AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Qualifier to churn out a spectacular 4-0 win against Pakistan at the MFF Stadium in Ulan Bator today (September 19, 2018). While Avika Singh (22′) opened the scoring for India, the Pakistani goalie Ayesha (43′) conceeded an own goal at the stroke of the first-half. Sunita Munda (82’) added one to get her on the scoresheet whereas skipper Shilky…
– Karun Nair, S Badrinath, Ajit Agarkar, Venkatapaty Raju, Ashwini Nachappa to also participate in the tournament – Four – day tournament to witness more than 500 golfers vying for top honours – KGA Golf Course to play host to the tournament – Five winners to represent India at the World Amateur Golfers Championship Bengaluru, September 18, 2018: More than 500 golfers from all over the country will descend at Bengaluru’s signature Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) course from Thursday, September 20, 2018, for the 10thSara Futura Karnataka Golf Festival (KGF), largest participative golf tournament in South India supported by Karnataka…