India beat Tajikistan by 4-1 to win the finals of the AFC Challenge Cup played at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi earlier today. Sunil Chhetri’s hat-trick did the trick as the Indians trashed Tajikistan resulting in direct qualification for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Doha. It would be hard to believe but India […]
The Asian Football Confederation Challenge Cup final between India and Tajikistan will be staged in New Delhi on August 13 after incessant rains for 3 days left the grounds at Hyderabad unplayable. The final match and third-place play-off between Myanmar and DPR Korea will be played at Ambedkar Stadium, Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on […]
Unsuitable ground conditions following incessant rains for the past three days in the city on Saturday forced the Asian Football Confederation to postpone and shift the AFC Challenge Cup final between India and Tajikistan scheduled for Sunday and Delhi is likely to host the game in a week.
An AFC delegation will fly to New Delhi […]
DPR Korea defeated Myanmar by a goal in their last Group B match of the AFC Challenge Cup football tournament at the Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday. This takes their tally to 9 points from 3 wins of their 3 matches played.
Myanmar settle for 6 points from 2 wins of their 3 games […]
Thanks to an own goal induced from Tajikistan by Indian captain Baichung Bhutia, the hosts salvaged a 1-1 draw against the defending champions in their second Group A match of the AFC Challenge Cup football tournament here on Friday.
Barely a minute after entering the field as second half substitute for off-colour Sushil Kumar Singh, Baichung […]
India won their first match in the AFC cup football tournament at Hyderabad. They won 1-0 against Afghanistan after Climax Lawrence scored the goal in the 92nd minute.
Coach Bob Houghton defended the team’s performance saying that the 1-0 win was a fair result against an under-rated team in their first match of the AFC cup. […]