The U-16 boys have played 20 International matches against U-16 National Teams (which include USA, Serbia, Japan, Iraq, DPR Korea among all) since January 2018. How much does that help? It helps in a big way. The team is already doing well and training under a very able coach and playing games against the likes of USA, Japan, Iraq – and mind you all U-16 National Teams. It gives our boys that much needed experience which will turn them into better players. Understandably a lot many kids of the U-16 squad stay in awe of you and idolise you.…
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NEW DELHI, 19th September 2018 : Goals win you matches. But what’s more important than goals, are strikers who are able to convert half chances, both inside and outside the box. That needs the ability to believe in yourself and a certain kind of guts to achieve the less achievable. Hence, when Vikram Pratap Singh ran away from the Chandigarh Football Academy in the night to watch a movie, there was perhaps the indication of the same – confidence and undeniable guts. That confidence and guts appeared several times, over the course of Vikram’s career with the Indian U-16 National…
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 18th, 2018 : When India U-16 National Team defeated defending AFC U-16 Champions Iraq 1-0 in the WAFF Cup in early August, little did anyone believe that India was capable of upsetting one of the best youth teams in Asia. The AFC U-16 Championship reeks of a similar tale. The Indian U-16 National Team have been drawn in Group C alongside powerhouses Iran, a strong Vietnam and perhaps a stronger Indonesia. A quarterfinal berth at the U-16 level has been quite improbable for U-16 National teams but if all India make it to the last 8, a…
NEW DELHI, 18th September 2018 : It isn’t common for one teenager to idolize another and rarely does one teenager gets inspired by the other but the beauty of football is such that it transcends all creeds and egos. Hailing from Moirang in Manipur like his idol, goalkeeper Santosh Singh wastes little time to announce Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem and Vishal Kaith as his idols. However, the connect with Dheeraj is a little too personal. One of the major aims of the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 India, in which Dheeraj Singh starred, was to create a following for Indian football…
NEW DELHI, 18th September 2018 : Football in India is on the upward surge and with regions everywhere being engaged in the grassroots project, the state of Jammu and Kashmir has presented the Indian U-16 National Team with a prolific midfielder – Ravi Rana. The teenager, who scored a hattrick on his first international cap, isn’t willing to read much into the hype surrounding him but stays focused on the task ahead, the AFC U-16 Championships. “We are here to win. We want to win. We want to create history,” he says. Like he plays football – tearing defences with…
Kolkata, September 18, 2018: Season 5 of the Hero Indian Super League (HISL) – India’s premier football league, kicks off on 29th September 2018, with Kolkata hosting the first game between ATK and Kerala Blasters. In the run-up to the season opener, between two of the biggest powerhouses in football, Star Sports, the official broadcaster for HISL captures the voice of the fans in West Bengal, featuring the biggest fan of them all, Sourav Ganguly. Looking forward to another successful season of HISL season, Sourav Ganguly said, “To all, this is the new film of the season, hopefully it…
ULAN BATOR, 18th September 2018 : Six days after India’s comprehensive victory over Pakistan in the SAFF Suzuki Cup semi-final it’s India vs Pakistan again! This time it’s in Mongolia– in the AFC U-16 Women’s Qualifiers. The Indian girls started their campaign on a winning note breezing past Hong Kong 6-1 in their opening fixture and as the team looks forward to the next “big one,” Coach Firmin D’Souza maintained” “We are ready for the test.” “Every game is equally important for us. We are carrying with us the hopes of the entire country and we can’t let them down.…
NEW DELHI, 17th September 2018 : Seven countries are set to kick-off the inaugural edition of the SAFF U-18 Championship for Women which gets underway later this month in Bhutan. India have been clubbed in Group A, along with neighbours Sri Lanka and Maldives. The Indian girls kick-off their campaign against Maldives on September 28 before facing Sri Lanka on October 2 — the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation and national hero Mahatma Gandhi. The tournament follows a round robin format where all the teams in each group play each other once. The top two teams get to qualify for the semi-finals (October 5),…
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 17th : Attempting to create history by becoming the first Indian team to qualify for a FIFA World Cup, the Indian U-16 National Team under Head Coach Bibiano Fernandes gearing up for the AFC U-16 Championship Finals, in a first, had arrived 12 days prior for the Championship in the host nation of Malaysia for proper acclimatization. No Indian Team has ever qualified for the FIFA World Cup except for virtue of being hosts and the Indian U-16s look to script a historic footnote in Indian football by securing the semi-final spot in the AFC U-16 Championship…
Tennis great joins ‘Running Wild With Bear Grylls’ for an adventure trip to climb Swiss Alps On the journey they faced icy waterfalls, and Grylls even made Federer eat fish eyeballs They also had a “epic game of ping pong,” where Grylls came close to a chance of winning. Mumbai, September 17, 2018 – Celebrities seem all too used to a luxurious lifestyle of pampering and 5-star hotels – but not when they’re with Global adventurer and best selling author Bear Grylls! Discovery channel India will premiere a new series titled Running Wild with Bear Grylls – a reality show…