SUNIL CHHETRI believes that India have made progress over the last year but the road is hard, and the journey to become a competent footballing power is going to be a long one.
PRIME MINISTER of India Narendra Modi, on his radio show "Mann Ki Baat", said India hosting the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup was going to be a crucial event in terms of popularising football and sports in general in the country and develop sporting infrastructure.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi boasts a capacity of 60,900. But it has chairs only in the lower tier. The middle and upper tiers of the arena are standar terraces that contribute to its tightly-packed giddy atmosphere during matches.
THE INDIAN NATIONAL TEAM, including their coach Stephen Constantine, are psyched to be back in Kerala for their last World Cup Qualifier group stage match against Turkmenistan.
INDIAN SKIPPER Sunil Chhetri, who had to sit out on the match against Iran in order to recover from an injury, has joined the national team camp in Kochi.
ROBIN SINGH got his seventh tattoo on his forearm from his favourite tattoo artist.
AFTER A SOBERING 4-0 defeat to Iran at Tehran's Azadi Stadium, Indian national team coach Stephen Constantine admitted that playing a team like Iran wasn't a challenge that the Blue Tigers were able to live up to... yet.
WHILE THE DEFENDERS, and especially the keeper Gurpreet Singh, did well to hold out against the incessant Iran attack most of the time, a few bad moments and individual mistakes proved India's undoing at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran. The Blue Tigers lost to Team Melli 4-0, two of which came from penalties needlessly given away.
GOING UP AGAINST Iran, India have less chance of producing a positive result, but a great opportunity to test their young team's strength against the best team in Asia.
TEAM INDIA COACH STEPHEN CONSTANTINE admitted that he is going to miss the presence of Sunil Chhetri and other key players who will not be available to take on the mighty Iran in the World Cup Qualifiers tomorrow.
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