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Ryan Williams scores on debut as India beat Hong Kong

Ryan Williams scores on debut as India beat Hong Kong

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“It is awesome to play here as home team, they backed us till the last minute,” said Ryan Williams after marking his India debut with a goal, as the Blue Tigers secured a 2-1 win over Hong Kong in Kochi. India signed off their AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 Qualifiers Final Round Group C campaign with a victory at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on March 31. Goals from debutant Williams and Akash Mishra ensured the hosts ended their campaign with five points. Williams made an immediate impact, scoring in the fourth minute to give India an early lead. A quick move down the right saw Manvir Singh square the ball into the box, allowing Williams to finish from close range. The strike also made him the fastest debutant scorer for India, surpassing records set in 1963 and 2005. India maintained control for much of the first half, dominating possession and creating chances through Manvir Singh and Lallianzuala Chhangte, while the defence remained organised to limit Hong Kong’s opportunities. The hosts extended their advantage early …

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu on Indian football crisis: The thought of having no football, no games scares me… I don’t have an MBA | Football News

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu on Indian football crisis: The thought of having no football, no games scares me… I don’t have an MBA | Football News

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It’s a Thursday afternoon and I’m at my home in Bengaluru, getting a deep clean done and tending to my two cats, Flower and Chubby. It’s nice to have this time, but also strange. In normal circumstances, this would have been a period when things would be heating up in the Indian Super League; we would have been 10 games or so in and so many narratives, talking points would have emerged. Instead, we are just training, checking social media for updates and waiting for the Indian Super League (ISL) — rather, Indian domestic football — to restart again. I don’t think something like this has ever happened in Indian football before. Even during Covid, when the world had shut down and fear was everywhere, we still managed to make the league happen. In many ways, that time was tougher than now. There were bubbles, uncertainty, anxiety about health — but there was still football. When the ISL finished in April, my mind immediately shifted to the pre-season. After the Super Cup ended, the thoughts …

Ryan Williams is part of Indian squad for AFC Cup Qualifiers match in Bangladesh

Ryan Williams is part of Indian squad for AFC Cup Qualifiers match in Bangladesh

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Indian senior men’s team head coach Khalid Jamil named a 23-member squad on Saturday that will travel to Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers. The match between Bangladesh and India will be played on November 18, at 19:30 IST at the National Stadium in Dhaka, and will be streamed live on FanCode. The Blue Tigers, who had been camping in Bengaluru since November 6, will arrive in Dhaka on Saturday evening. Youngsters to lead the Indian Squad After the retirement of India’s all-time top scorer Sunil Chhetri, the goal-scoring duty will be handed over to the rising young forwards like Mohammad Sanan and Vikram Pratap Singh. Meanwhile, in the absence of Mohun Bagan players, the Indian midfield lacks experience, and Macarton Louis Nickson and Mahesh Singh Naorem will have to play key roles in ball distribution. While forward Ryan Williams, who recently obtained an Indian passport, will travel to Bangladesh, his inclusion in the matchday squad is subject to the receipt of a No Objection Certificate from Football Australia and the subsequent approvals …

Uncertainty over ISL: Clubs lose staff, players salaries halted as panic grips Indian football | Football News

Uncertainty over ISL: Clubs lose staff, players salaries halted as panic grips Indian football | Football News

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The Indian Super League crisis continues to worsen as clubs have started to lose staff, player salaries are being halted, first team operations are being shuttered for now, as the football ecosystem in India continues to reel from the fallout of the All-India Football Federation’s inability to find a backer to run the country’s top footballing league. Since the adoption of the Supreme Court mandated Constitution, the AIFF has struggled to find bidders under the current Request for Qualification(RFQ) document that asked for Rs 37.5 crores or 5% gross revenue to win the commercial rights of the Indian Super League. The lack of interest in the bid document has caused widespread panic in the football ecosystem. It is during this period of uncertainty over the ISL that Bengaluru FC announced on Friday that its head coach Gerard Zaragoza would be leaving the club, along with his staff. Several clubs such as Kerala Blasters and Mohun Bagan Super Giant have suspended first team operations and players are apprehensive that salaries could be withheld with clubs invoking …

Sunil Chhetri, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu issue plea to take Indian football out of ‘dark tunnel’ | Football News

Sunil Chhetri, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu issue plea to take Indian football out of ‘dark tunnel’ | Football News

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As the impasse surrounding the Indian Super League continues, and India’s top football league continues to be suspended, India’s top footballers like Sunil Chhetri, Sandesh Jhingan and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu posted an impassioned plea on social media urging “those involved in running our sport in the country, to do whatever it takes to get the football season underway”. The ISL typically begins in September. But right now, there is no clarity on when it will begin, with the league already having missed two months of its regular calendar. This has led to some teams suspending operations. Many top footballers have been without competitive football for months. There are reports that even training schedules and salary payments have been disrupted. “We, professional footballers who play in the Indian Super League, are coming together to make a plea and, more importantly, to send the message that we stand united in our efforts to get the Indian Super League season underway. To put it simply, we want to play and now,” footballers like Chhetri and Sandhu wrote in …

Khalid Jamil excludes Sunil Chhetri from probables squad for upcoming Asian Cup qualifier

Khalid Jamil excludes Sunil Chhetri from probables squad for upcoming Asian Cup qualifier

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Indian senior men’s national football team head coach Khalid Jamil announced a 23-member probable squad for the upcoming FIFA International Match Window. India is scheduled to play Bangladesh at the National Stadium in Dhaka, in their fifth match of the AFC Asian Cup 2027 Final Round Qualifiers on November 18. After failing to qualify for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup, India will treat the upcoming match as an international friendly and is most likely to try out their young and upcoming talent. This intent looked clear as veteran talisman Sunil Chhetri is absent from the probable squad. Instead, Mohammed Sanan, who featured in the U23 team earlier this week, has been called up to the senior side. On the other hand, the Indian team has no players from Mohun Bagan despite the club’s early exit from the ongoing AIFF Super Cup tournament. The team will now set camp in Bengaluru from Thursday, November 6, and is set to travel to Dhaka on November 15. List of probables for Blue Tigers’ squad for November FIFA Window: …

Mohun Bagan vs Bengaluru FC Final LIVE Updates, ISL 2024-25: Mohun Bagan ‘Shellshocked”, Sunil Chhetri Misses Chance | MB 0-0 BFC

Mohun Bagan vs Bengaluru FC Final LIVE Updates, ISL 2024-25: Mohun Bagan ‘Shellshocked”, Sunil Chhetri Misses Chance | MB 0-0 BFC

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Mohun Bagan vs Bengaluru FC LIVE Updates, ISL Final 2024-25 Football© AIFF Mohun Bagan vs Bengaluru FC Final LIVE Updates: Mohun Bagan and Bengaluru FC are deadlocked at 0-0 in the first half of the ISL Final 2024/25. Sunil Chhetri had two big chances, but could not take advantage. Mohun Bagan started off well, but Bengaluru FC have taken the momentum. Mohun Bagan Super Giant are squaring off against Bengaluru FC in the hugely awaited Indian Super League (ISL) 2024/25 Final at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) Stadium in Kolkata. Mohun Bagan have enjoyed a dominant season, and have already won the ISL Shield earlier this year. However, Sunil Chhetri-inspired Bengaluru FC will look to spoil their party. (MATCH CENTER) Here are the LIVE Updates of Mohun Bagan vs Bengaluru FC Final LIVE Score, ISL 2024-25 from Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata: Topics mentioned in this article Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and …

FC Goa eye turnaround at home vs Bengaluru FC

FC Goa eye turnaround at home vs Bengaluru FC

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FC Goa will host Bengaluru FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Fatorda in the second leg of their Indian Super League (ISL) 2024-25 semi-final fixture on April 6, at 7:30 pm IST. The Blues clinched a comfortable 2-0 victory in the previous game and the Gaurs will have to overcome that deficit to find a place in the finals. Bengaluru FC have won their last two playoffs games without conceding though, posing a significant challenge to the Manolo Marquez-coached side. Yet, the visitors have suffered defeats in their last two visits to Goa, including a goalless outing in their most recent trip. If they FC are unable to find the back of the net in this encounter, FC Goa will become only the third team against whom the Blues fail to score against in consecutive away games in the ISL. FC Goa’s Playoffs Challenge * Playoffs Record: FC Goa are currently on a three-game losing streak in the playoffs, which is their joint longest in ISL history. A defeat here would mark their worst …

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu’s cryptic post draws sharp response from fans

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu’s cryptic post draws sharp response from fans

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Earlier this month, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, the Indian custodian was dropped from the national squad that played Bangladesh and Maldives at Shillong. And now, after India turned in a listless performance and were held to a goal less draw by Bangladesh in the 2027 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers Final Round campaign on Tuesday, a post by Sandhu has drawn critical reaction from fans. Sandhu’s post, which reads, “there is a difference,” appears to be a jibe targeted towards Vishal Kaith, his replacement in the national squad. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu on Facebook 📲 #90ndstoppage pic.twitter.com/z06UGAt9gE — 90ndstoppage (@90ndstoppage) March 26, 2025 Sandhu could well be referring to a couple of errors from Kaith during the fixture against Bangladesh. The first one occurred in the opening minutes of the game while the second transpired in the 14th minute when Kaith, after gathering the ball from a Bangladesh corner, appeared to lose it when attempting to launch it towards the forward line. Watch the video here: pic.twitter.com/JkIxkHS8oK — Palomafaith (@Palomafait7) March 26, 2025 India’s performance on the night …

scores for India against Maldives, hides big cracks

scores for India against Maldives, hides big cracks

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It was a muted celebration, a hallmark of a player who has scored more goals for the Indian National team than any other. That Sunil Chhetri had turned back on a retirement, celebrated with aplomb in Kolkata, only to return back to an Indian team that went winless for an entire year and then immediately won on his return, seamlessly papered over the canyon-like cracks within the Indian football ecosystem on Wednesday. Three headed goals, two from corners and one godsend of an open play goal lifted India to a 3-0 victory over the Maldives in Shillong’s first-ever hosting of an international home game, albeit a friendly. This game was a warm-up for India before facing off against Bangladesh in the AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifiers. For Manolo Marquez, who at one point last year saw through ninety abject minutes of Indian football before declaring that it possibly couldn’t get worse, a first win beckoned. The Spaniard chose a second-string side, opting to start Chhetri and Brandon Fernandes. Story continues below this ad For starters, …