Tag: Asian Cup

Sharjah: India lost 0-1 to Bahrain in their last Group A match to crash out of the Asian Cup football tournament here on Monday. Jamal Rashed (90+1) converted a penalty in second-half added time as Bahrain managed to break India’s dogged defence after 90 minutes of grim battle. India finished at the bottom of the […]

Sharjah (UAE): India aim to create history when they take on yet another strong opponents in Bahrain in their third and final Group A match of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 football tournament here on Monday. If India do manage to enforce a favourable result, it will be their first entry into the second round […]

Abu Dhabi: India thrashed Thailand 4-1 to start their campaign at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup on an emphatic note here on Sunday. This was India’s first victory against Thailand since the Merdeka Cup of 1986. This was also India’s highest victory margin against Thailand. In 1986, India had won 3-1 thanks to a hat-trick […]

Dubai: Moments after the Indian football team were drawn in Group A of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019, head coach Stephen Constantine stated that India can “qualify to the knock-out stage” of the Continental championship. “I think it’s a group from where we can qualify to the knock-out stage. I won’t say it’s an […]

New Delhi: Facing continental heavyweights like Bahrain and UAE is a tough ask but Indian national football coach Stephen Constantine is confident that Sunil Chhetri and his men won’t just be going to make up the numbers during next year’s Asian Cup. In their last appearance in the Asian Cup in 2011, India coached Irishman […]