Billed as favourites, taking pressure as ‘privilege’, East Bengal FC rocked their way towards the Indian Women’s League 2024-25 title, with a dozen wins in 14 games.
The tournament will be hosted across the Gold Coast, Perth and Sydney, with five iconic venues -- Stadium Australia, Western Sydney Stadium, Gold Coast Stadium, Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth Stadium -- selected as the venue to host.
It will mark the first time India will participate in the AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup Qualifiers. Group B will be hosted by Indonesia from January 11-19, 2025.
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu has been named India captain for the crucial tie against Qatar in the FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asian Cup 2027 Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2 match to be held at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium on Tuesday.
Australia has guaranteed their progression to the third round of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a victory against Lebanon on Tuesday.
Lloyd Kelly started the ball rolling when he swept home a David Brooks free-kick after seven minutes, the defender’s first goal since October 2021.
Debutants Tajikistan produced a stirring comeback to prolong their journey at the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023, defeating Lebanon 2-1 to finish second in Group A here on Monday.
Iraq beat the tournament favorite Japan 2-1 on Friday to book their place in the last 16 at the AFC Asian Cup.
India suffered their second defeat of the AFC Asian Cup, going down 3-0 to Uzbekistan after a loss to Australia in the opener.
Paris Saint-Germain's Lee Kang-in scored a brace as the two-time champions South Korea beat Bahrain 3-1 in the first round of Group E at the AFC Asian Cup here on Monday.
