ESPN was able to make a dominant win by the Huskies. A sideshow by hypercriticism of Chris Petersen’s comments about late starts and the Washington non-conference schedule. We’ll get to that, but the final score was 38-7 because Journalism school told me not to bury the lede. Jake Browning augmented his passing with an option wrinkle. He thanks to Washington’s …
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The match had its defining moment in the 84th minute when Anwar Ali’s shot came off the crossbar. It was the closest India came to scoring all evening. India played their biggest football game on Friday in the FIFA U-17 World Cup at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi against USA in the first group stage game. Andrew Carleton, …
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Former India captain Sachin Tendulkar joined the chorus in wishing the young Indian team for their campaign in the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup that kick starts on Friday against the formidable USA at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. My best wishes to the @IndianFootball U-17 team for the World Cup! Enjoy your game & chase your dreams because …
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The All India Football Association (AIFF) has announced the 21-member Indian squad for the upcoming FIFA 2017 Dheeraj Singh – India’s first-choice goalkeeper Dheeraj Singh on Tuesday expressed confidence. “All my days of sacrifice and hard work will be rewarded and I am very much excited to be a part of the first Indian team to feature in a FIFA …
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Italy were outclassed by Spain in a demoralising 3-0 World Cup qualifying defeat in Madrid which leaves the four-time champions facing a precarious play-off in November to reach Russia. “Little Italy, Russian roulette,” the newspaper continued on its inside pages as Azzurri trailed not only in fitness but quality. Coach Giampiero Ventura says “it would be a catastrophe” if injury-hit …
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The All India Football Federation (AIFF) believes that the FIFA U-17 World Cup, beginning October 6, can be a catalyst for the sport. Ahead of the commencement of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup on Friday, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) have expressed their belief that the tournament could be the the beginning of a new era for Indian football. …
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India cricket captain Virat Kohli has extended his best wishes to the country’s U-17 football team ahead of the FIFA World Cup encounter with Ghana. A day after the Indian cricket team beat Australia in comprehensive fashion in Nagpur to put the seal on a 4-1 ODI series win, captain Virat Kohli has a message to the India U-17 football …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday, praised national senior football team members for participating in the government’s cleanliness campaign ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ Making an appeal for a non-political movement driven by patriotism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat, or Clean India, Mission on October 2nd, 2014 on the occasion on Gandhi Jayanti. Stephen Constantine and his charges took …
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The New Zealand U-17 national team has begun its final preparations for the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup by pushing Brazil all the way in a 2-1 friendly loss. All the goals in the match were scored in the second half with Brenner netting early in the period and midway through it and the Kiwis reducing the margin through a …
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Chelsea made the visitors pay in the final touch of the game, after dominating for the majority of the match, as super-sub Michy Batshuayi scored with very few touches of the ball to stun Atletico Madrid in the Wanda Metropolitano. It was another famous goal for Batshuayi, whose goal against West Brom in May sealed the Premier League title for …
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