Tag Archive for ‘India’

SAFF Championship 2013 for Sept-Oct in Nepal

Football Association President Ali Azim has said that the next edition of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship from September 20th to October 2nd in Nepal. In his twitter account, Azim announced that the decision was made in the SAFF executive committee meeting held in Kuala Lampur in a side event of Asian Football ...

PFF seeks bilateral football series with India

PFF general secretary hopes to meet AIFF chiefs to discuss football series between the two countries after Afghanistan friendlies unlikely

‘Pakistan should be invited for Nehru Cup’: Nasir Ismail

Pakistan assistant coach Nasir Ismail urges AIFF to include Pakistan for Nehru Cup this year

Pakistan rise to 176th spot in FIFA rankings

KARACHI: Pakistan have improved their world football position by two places, according to the world rankings released by FIFA on August 8. Pakistan, who were placed at the 178th spot last month, now occupy the 176th spot. The improvement in the ranking was witnessed following the team’s participation in the Palestine tournament where they drew ...

Special football team off for Dhaka

Pakistan to take part in inaugural South Asian Special 5-side Football Tournament in Bangladesh

India crowned SAFF Champions for 6th time

India 4-0 Afghanistan

When football helped break an Indo-Pak barrier

Jonathan Selvaraj New Delhi : For nearly 12 years, Pakistan’s veteran goalkeeper and skipper at the SAFF cup, Jaffar Khan has crouched underneath the bar, unibrow writ tightly in concentration, tasked with preventing opposition teams from scoring against his country. However, just a few years ago he switched sides, defending the posts instead for a ...

SAFF Championship 2011: India 1-1 Afghanistan

The Indian national team kicked-off their SAFF Championship 2011 campaign with a disappointing 1-1 draw against underdogs Afghanistan. Afghanistan took advantage of an error in the Indian backline and scored an early goal through Balal Arezo in the 5th minute. But the Indian team didn’t surrender and played a controlled game. Savio Medeira’s men were ...

Pakistan announce squad for 2011 SAFF Championship

Lahore Pakistan, Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Pakistan National Football Team has today (Wednesday) through PK-270 at 1430 Hours PST from Lahore to New Delhi, India to take part in SAFF Football Championship-2011, New Delhi India to be held in Jawaharlal Nehru Football Stadium, New Delhi India from 2nd December to 11th December, 2011. According to ...