The Latest Breaking News from Sunil Chhetri

India had a 2-0 win over Nepal in the SAFF Championship at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium on June 25th 2023. Second-half goals from skipper Sunil Chhetri and Naorem Mahesh secured India a semifinal spot, along with fellow Group-A side Kuwait, which had beaten Pakistan 4-0 earlier in the day.

Sahal Abdul Samad, one of Stimac’s favourite players, is eager to put to perform. In the pre-match interaction, the Sahal stressed on the need to “contribute more” in order to take some burden off skipper and talisman Sunil Chhetri.

Fresh after the resounding success at the Intercontinental Cup in Bhubaneswar, India will begin its quest for a second title in less than a month when it takes on Pakistan in the SAFF Championship opener here on Wednesday.

Former Croatian World Cupper Igor Stimac, who has helmed the Indian team for the past four years, has started the final lap of the preparatory process that will see the country begin its Asian Cup campaign in the second week of January in Qatar.

India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra has denounced the police action against the country’s top wrestlers at Jantar Mantar, saying the “horrifying images” had left him “sleepless” and “haunted”.

Wrestlers are still contemplating their next move even as they continued to get unequivocal support from sporting fraternity after police action against them

The two goals in the opening half from Diego Mauricio gave Odisha a 2-1 win in the Super Cup against Bengaluru FC

The signings of star forward Roy Krishna and creative midfielder Javi Hernandez, the emergence of youngster N. Sivasakthi, and the Durand Cup win ending a three-year barren run have excited the supporters

Chhetri is third in the list for active footballers with most international goals with 84 strikes to his name, behind Cristiano Ronaldo (117) and Lionel Messi (90)