National football chief coach Wim Koevermans’ role has come in for a sharp criticsm as India lost their stronghold in the Saff Championships after being beaten by Afghanistan in the final.

A spirited peformances from Sikkim United and Mohammedan Sporting Club help them register victories in their respective quarter-final league round matches of the 126th Durand Cup football tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium here on Thursday.

The USA and Costa Rica punched their tickets to the World Cup with a victory and a draw in Concacaf regional qualifying on Tuesday.

India’s bid to win a hat-trick of Saff Football Championship titles went up in smoke on Wednesday as they lost 0-2 to Afghanistan in the final here.

Lionel Messi scored twice as Argentina booked their place at the World Cup with a 5-2 thrashing of Paraguay on Tuesday.

ONGC and Indian Navy posted easy wins in their quarter-final league matches of the 126th Durand Cup football tournament here on Wednesday.

Barcelona: Gareth Bale is set to make his debut for Real Madrid following his world-record transfer when the Spanish club visits Villarreal on Saturday just before starting its campaign for an elusiv

Kathmandu: India's bid to win a hat-trick of SAFF Football Championship titles went up in smoke today as they lost 0-2 to Afghanistan in the final here.The Afghans, who won their maiden SAFF trophy e

It was Mustafa Azadzoy with the opening goal at the 10 min mark.
What a blow! Afghanistan take the lead as the Indian defense is caught napping.
INDIA 0-0 AFGHANISTAN ~ 7 mins.
India takes on Afghani

Live-wire Shinji Kagawa gave Manchester United manager David Moyes a reminder of his value by firing a superb individual goal as Japan fought back to beat Ghana 3-1 in a friendly Tuesday.