This is probably the only Indian city where the words “World Cup” do not evoke only despair. But given that India are up against Asian champions Qatar who “destroyed”, as per India head coach Igor Stimac, Afghanistan 8-1, hope needs to be tempered by a dollop of reality. In that World Cup qualifier away, Gurpreet Sandhu made 11 saves and …
Welcome to Sportstar's live blog of the India vs Hong Kong AFC Asian Cup qualifier Group D match played at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, India. Yapp, however, saves it and Chhetri knows he could have beat the keeper then 50' Ashique delivers another cross for Chhetri, but Yapp gets a touch on full stretch to deflect the ball …
Forward Manvir Singh says the Indian football team needs to sustain the momentum in the upcoming 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup joint qualifier against Afghanistan, having beaten Bangladesh in the previous outing. Manvir Singh and Sunil Chhetri India rode on a Sunil Chhetri brace to down Bangladesh 2-0 here on Monday for their first away win in a …
