Football

Thai goalkeeper left red-faced after sprinting from his goalline to celebrate a penalty hitting the crossbar in a shoot-out. Stand aside Premier League players, this Thai soccer player has showed how to take the ultimate match-winning penalty. Although judging by his reaction, we’d say the Bangkok Sports Club player was just as surprised as the goalkeeper was to see the …

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lieke Martens named Fifa men’s and women’s player of the year. The governing body’s annual ‘The Best’ football awards, which took place in London on Monday night. Cristiano Ronaldo has beaten Lionel Messi for the second year running at the Best FIFA Football Awards. The stars of football came together at the Palladium Theatre. A host of …

India, who had lost their previous two games in this tournament, have now exited the FIFA U-17 World Cup without a win. The Indians played their hearts out in the final Group A game but that was not enough. The formidable Ghana outplayed them in all departments. Rank outsiders India ended their maiden FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign in a cry of pain …

Indian national football team beat Macau 4-1 in their AFC Asian Cup qualifying match at Bangalore’s Sree Kanteerava Stadium. Rowlin Borges, Sunil Chettri and Jeje have ensured that India make their fourth apperance on the AFC Asian Cup finals. But for the hero for India in this match is undoubtedly Balwant Singh. With over 4,000 fans watching on a rainy …

India made it 1-1 in the 82nd minute through Jeakson Singh Putting up a brave fight against USA in their Group A opener in the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017. The Indian U-17 National Team coach Luis Norton de Matos asserted his side is ready to take on Colombia. India suffered a heartbreaking loss to Colombia in their Group …

Luis Norton de Matos is confident of India’s good show in  FIFA U-17 World Cup against Colombia. India might have lost 0-3 debut but gave a good account against the USA in the U-17 World Cup match. The hosts had a fair few chances but their final ball let them down in crucial junctures. Now, India have another stern test …

ESPN was able to make a dominant win by the Huskies. A sideshow by hypercriticism of Chris Petersen’s comments about late starts and the Washington non-conference schedule. We’ll get to that, but the final score was 38-7 because Journalism school told me not to bury the lede. Jake Browning augmented his passing with an option wrinkle. He thanks to Washington’s …

The match had its defining moment in the 84th minute when Anwar Ali’s shot came off the crossbar. It was the closest India came to scoring all evening. India played their biggest football game on Friday in the FIFA U-17 World Cup at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi against USA in the first group stage game. Andrew Carleton, …

Former India captain Sachin Tendulkar joined the chorus in wishing the young Indian team for their campaign in the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup that kick starts on Friday against the formidable USA at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. My best wishes to the @IndianFootball U-17 team for the World Cup! Enjoy your game & chase your dreams because …

The All India Football Association (AIFF) has announced the 21-member Indian squad for the upcoming FIFA 2017 Dheeraj Singh – India’s first-choice goalkeeper Dheeraj Singh on Tuesday expressed confidence. “All my days of sacrifice and hard work will be rewarded and I am very much excited to be a part of the first Indian team to feature in a FIFA …