Sunil chhetri

The win lifted Bengaluru to the fifth position in the league table while Chennaiyin, who are yet to score a goal after four games, are at the bottom. read more

Goalkeeper Subrata Paul was the star of the show for the home team, making several stunning saves, while his opposite number Gurpreet Singh Sandhu also had a big part to play, pulling off some wonderful saves of his own. read more

Even though the style of football Stimac wants India to play is desirable but the results haven’t been kind to him. read more

Sunil Chhetri said that the lack of a longer national camp would affect the camaraderie between the players more than their fitness. read more

“They are a young side. They have talented players and they will only learn from this. Yes it’s not a great result but these boys and the team needs to continue the work they are doing. They will get better,” Bhutia said. read more

Hours after the drawn game against Bangladesh that turned out to be Indian football team’s worst of the campaign so far, captain Sunil Chhetri expressed his disappointment. read more

India missed their star defender Sandesh Jhingan sorely as a judgmental error from Gurpreet Singh Sandhu saw Bangladesh go 1-0 up in the 42nd minute through a Saad Uddin header. read more

Chhetri, 35, is the only link between this team and the one that played against Malaysia in November, 2011, the last time an international match was held at the Salt Lake stadium. read more

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, who became India’s No. 1 keeper under Constantine in 2015, said the biggest change he has noticed is how players look after themselves now. read more

Laid low by a virus, Chhetri had to sit out of India’s gritty goal-less draw against Asian champions Qatar in Doha but he is set to return in the Group E match against Bangladesh here. read more

Jeje aggravated his knee injury which has been bothering him since the 2012 AFC Asian Cup and, thereafter, has not been part of Stimac’s plans in the King’s Cup or the Intercontinental Cup. read more

Bhutia said that the team’s defence has already showed a good account of itself in the last two World Cup qualifier matches and the onus is on the strikers to deliver against Bangladesh. read more

Sandesh is India’s defensive mainstay and was a rock at the back in both their Group E World Cup qualifying games so far. read more

Lionel Messi won the FIFA Men’s Player of the Year award on Monday with Megan Rapinoe bagging the women’s prize to cap a historic year for the United States’ World Cup icon. read more

Indian goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu was the star of the visiting side as he single-handedly stopped the Qataris from scoring any goal, and Jhingan described him as one of the best in the business in Asia. read more