India defeated Kuwait in thrilling penalty shootout to claim ninth SAFF Championship title

Indian men’s football team won the SAFF Championship 2023 tournament following a 5-4 penalty shootout victory against Kuwait at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Tuesday. India won their ninth SAFF Championship 2023 in 14 editions. Earlier, they won in 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019. This...

Lallianzuala Chhangte and Manisha Kalyan named AIFF Footballer of the Year award for 2022-23

Lallianzuala Chhangte was named the AIFF Men’s Footballer of the Year for 2022-23 while Manisha Kalyan won her second consecutive Women’s Footballer of the Year award. Lallianzuala Chhangte defeated Nandhakumar Sekar and Naorem Mahesh Singh of East Bengal to win the award. Lallianzuala Chhangte was also the highest scorer among...

India defeated Lebanon in Penalty Shootout to make SAFF Championship 2023 Final

Defending Champions India defeated Lebanon 4-2 on penalties after the match ended goalless post extra time, in the semi-final of the SAFF Championship at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday. India will thus face Kuwait in final at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium on July 4. This was India’s...

Late Own Goal helped Kuwait to play 1-1 draw with India in SAFF Championship 2023

India and Kuwait played a 1-1 draw in the final Group A clash of the SAFF Championship 2023 on Tuesday at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. Sunil Chhetri gave India the lead in 45+2', however an OG in injury time by Anwal Ali helped Kuwait to secure a point....