Why is India goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan not playing in the Senior Women’s Football Championship?
5 years, 3 months ago

Why is India goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan not playing in the Senior Women’s Football Championship?

The Hindu  

On Wednesday, September 11, Delhi lost 4-1 to Himachal Pradesh in its opening match of the Hero Senior Women’s Football Championship, which is underway in Arunachal Pradesh. Coached by Keshav Dutt, Delhi is without the services of goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan, a member of the Indian women’s national team. According to Football Delhi president Shaji Prabhakaran and team head coach Keshav Dutt, Aditi was dropped due to her absence from the preparatory camp. “Aditi is anyway in the national team and if a youngster gets an opportunity, I told her that would be good, in fact,” he added. READ | Aditi Chauhan: Corporate sponsorship needed in Indian women’s football Benny Joseph, to whom Aditi had notified about her absence, said Aditi’s exclusion is due to internal issues in the Delhi football association.

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Tracing India goalkeeper Panthoi Chanu’s journey from Manipur to Australia
9 months ago

Tracing India goalkeeper Panthoi Chanu’s journey from Manipur to Australia

Live Mint  

Indian football may be struggling to get a foothold in the global game, but individual players from the country have started conquering new frontiers. Sporting a bright green goalkeeping kit, Chanu turned up for her new club Metro United WFC in the South Australian Women’s National Premier League. “Bala di was among the first Indian players to play abroad,” says …

India’s football star Aditi Chauhan on the state of the women’s game
1 year, 8 months ago

India’s football star Aditi Chauhan on the state of the women’s game

Live Mint  

Late last year, during an interview for a fintech company, Indian football icon Sunil Chhetri outlined his day’s schedule. “I was discussing this with Asha, the Indian captain,” former India women’s football team captain and goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan says, in an interview with Lounge. And the players continue to battle the odds, balancing work and play, as another season of …

Aditi Chauhan: India will put up a fantastic show in U-17 World Cup
2 years, 7 months ago

Aditi Chauhan: India will put up a fantastic show in U-17 World Cup

The Hindu  

India goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan feels that the U-17 team is not short on preparation for the upcoming World Cup despite the absence of senior members of the team since 2019. But Aditi feels the Indian team will be one of the sides to watch out for in the U-17 Women’s World Cup. “They’ve been getting regular match time and training …

Year Ender 2021: Indian Women's Football Team in Transition Ahead of Asian Cup Test
3 years ago

Year Ender 2021: Indian Women's Football Team in Transition Ahead of Asian Cup Test

News 18  

Heading into 2022, one conclusion can be definitively drawn. The masses will either be galvanised or disillusioned, given the results at the Women’s Asian Cup and the Under-17 Women’s World Cup. He had been given charge of the Under-17 team in preparation for the World Cup but with the Asian Cup looming, the All India Football Federation could ill-afford to …

Aditi Chauhan Signs with Icelandic Club, Becomes 2nd Indian Woman Footballer to Get Professional Contract in Europe
3 years, 8 months ago

Aditi Chauhan Signs with Icelandic Club, Becomes 2nd Indian Woman Footballer to Get Professional Contract in Europe

News 18  

India first-choice goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan is all set to go to Iceland after she signed with Icelandic club Hamar Hveragerdi, the All India Football Federation confirmed on Twitter on Thursday. The club is a multi-sport facility and fielded their women’s team for the first time in 2020 in the 2.Deild Kvenna, Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the league got suspended …

Indian Women's Football Team Can Now Compete against 'High-profile Opponents': Ashalata Devi
4 years, 1 month ago

Indian Women's Football Team Can Now Compete against 'High-profile Opponents': Ashalata Devi

News 18  

India captain Ashalata Devi feels women’s football in the country has come a long way forward where they can compete against “high-profile opponents”. Maymol ma’am has introduced things like strength training, injury prevention programs, video analysis and a lot more to help us gauge our mistakes and work on them to move forward together,” Ashalata stated. “The FIFA U-17 World …

Aditi Chauhan: U-17 WC will help girls get into football
4 years, 6 months ago

Aditi Chauhan: U-17 WC will help girls get into football

The Hindu  

Aditi Chauhan is just 27 but already a senior in her team and the Indian women’s football team goalkeeper couldn’t be happier about the growing number of youngsters taking up the sport. Insisting that taking up a sport professionally should not be the first thing on either a player or parent’s mind, Aditi said that the beginning should be made …

Aditi Chauhan Wants to Emulate Sunil Chhetri's Fitness: He is an Idol for All of Us
4 years, 6 months ago

Aditi Chauhan Wants to Emulate Sunil Chhetri's Fitness: He is an Idol for All of Us

News 18  

Indian women's football team goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan on Friday said she wants to emulate talismanic men's captain Sunil Chhetri in keeping herself fit and inspiring young players. Being a senior player in the women's national team and somebody whom youngsters look up to, I also want to keep myself fit and inspire others," Aditi said during an Instagram chat with …

FIFA's Chief Women's Football Officer Sarai Bareman hopes to expand youth World Cups, wants dedicated resources in India
5 years, 2 months ago

FIFA's Chief Women's Football Officer Sarai Bareman hopes to expand youth World Cups, wants dedicated resources in India

Firstpost  

Sarai Bareman, FIFA’s Chief Women’s Football Officer, said. I would like to see within this next cycle we look to expand our youth World Cups.” Mumbai: FIFA’s Chief Women’s Football Officer Sarai Bareman on Saturday said she hopes to expand Women’s Under-17 World Cup in the next four-year cycle. In the closing press conference of the World Cup in France …

Indian Women’s League 2019 champion Sethu FC's footballers harbour World Cup dreams
5 years, 4 months ago

Indian Women’s League 2019 champion Sethu FC's footballers harbour World Cup dreams

The Hindu  

In the land of jigarthanda, malli poo and the Meenakshi temple, the young girls of a football club established in Madurai harbour World Cup dreams. “When I started playing full time, I would come home sometimes only for a day or two in a month,” says S. Geetanjali, the team’s attacking midfielder with a penchant for headers, from Thiruvallur. I …

Aditi Chauhan: Corporate sponsorship needed in Indian women’s football
5 years, 4 months ago

Aditi Chauhan: Corporate sponsorship needed in Indian women’s football

The Hindu  

Indian national team goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan believes that investment and sponsorships from corporates are crucial for the development and progress of women’s football in the country. Ahead of the preparatory training camp for the 2022 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, she spoke to Sportstar about India's performance so far, its continental targets, the gap between women’s football in Spain and India, …

India goal-keeper Aditi Chauhan says, performances prove women's football is on rise in India
5 years, 6 months ago

India goal-keeper Aditi Chauhan says, performances prove women's football is on rise in India

Firstpost  

Aditi Chauhan said that it was great that people have realised the potential of women’s football in the country and credited the team’s performances for the same Mumbai: Indian Women’s Football Team Goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan Friday said that it was great that people have realised the potential of women’s football in the country and her team’s performance spoke for itself. …

Our performance speaks for itself, says Chauhan
5 years, 6 months ago

Our performance speaks for itself, says Chauhan

The Hindu  

Indian women’s football team goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan Friday said it was great that people have realised the potential of women’s football in the country and her team’s performance spoke for itself. Earlier in March, India continued its dominance at the SAFF Women’s Championship by lifting its fifth straight title with a 3-1 victory over hosts Nepal in the final. READ| …

Indian Women's League 2019: Goalkeeper Afshan Ashiq aims to change perception of women’s football in Jammu and Kashmir
5 years, 7 months ago

Indian Women's League 2019: Goalkeeper Afshan Ashiq aims to change perception of women’s football in Jammu and Kashmir

Firstpost  

Looking at the needs of the women footballers in Jammu and Kashmir, Afshan Ashiq states that her intention is to return and help her former charges. Ashiq, 24, trained aspiring Kashmiri women footballers between the ages of 12-22 at the Tourist Reception Centre ground and was leading some of them to practice when demonstrations broke out on that fateful afternoon. …

Bembem Devi: Road to Olympic qualifiers couldn't have been better planned
5 years, 11 months ago

Bembem Devi: Road to Olympic qualifiers couldn't have been better planned

The Hindu  

India women's football team head coach Bembem Devi feels the “roadmap to the Olympic qualifiers couldn’t have been better planned” for her side. In an interview, she spoke at length about the favourites for the Hero Gold Cup — the first-ever international tournament for women in India —, about "women's football not being for the faint-hearted,” the current team, and …

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