FIFA World Cup 2026

Tifo in Kolkata shows Sunil Chhetri as Atlas holding up India (photo: Gautam Bhattacharyya)

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Sunil Chhetri, the Atlas who held Indian football aloft, retires

Sunil Chhetri (left) and Igor Stimac on the Blue Tigers' arrival in Kolkata. (Photo: AIFF)

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Sunil Chhetri full of gratitude in his heart ahead of swansong in Kolkata

Igor Stimac with Sunil Chhetri during the Asian Cup (photo courtesy: AIFF)

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My ties with Sunil Chhetri are more that of a coach and player: Igor Stimac

Igor Stimac with Sunil Chhetri (photo: AIFF)

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Fifa qualifiers: Blue Tigers look for redemption against Kuwait in Kolkata

Chhetri in action against Afghanistan on Tuesday. (AIFF)

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Indian football: How long can one ride piggyback on Sunil Chhetri at 39?

Igor Stimac (left) and Sunil Chhetri at a press conference on 25 March (photo courtesy: AIFF)

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Coach Igor Stimac to step down if Blue Tigers fail to make third round

Indian forwards created a number of chances against the sturdy Afghans but failed to score (photo: AIFF)

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FIFA WC 2026 qualifier: Same old problem of missed goals, rues Stimac

Franz Beckenbauer (1945-2024), der Kaiser (photo: Germany Football Team/ Facebook)

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Farewell, Kaiser: German football icon Franz Beckenbauer dies at 78

Lionel Messi holds aloft the FIFA World Cup 2022 with teammates (photo: Olympics.com)

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FIFA World Cup: Messi leaves the door open for 2026, but is it the right move?

Lionel Messi (Photo: National Herald Archives)

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Great to have Messi back leading Albiceleste, but for how long?

Luis Rubiales (left), the unrepentant Spanish football federation chief; Jenni Hermoso, the FIFA World Cup winning women's team forward on whom he forced a kiss during the victory celebration. Hermoso has now filed a criminal complaint (photos: DW)

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Football: Spain's Jenni Hermoso files criminal complaint against Luis Rubiales over the kiss

Controversial Spanish women's football coach Jorge Vilda during the FIFA Women's World Cup. He has now been fired in the wake of the Luis Rubiales (photo: DW)

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Spanish football fires FIFA World Cup-winning women's coach Jorge Vilda

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Lionel Messi’s late emergence as a ‘leader’ would have made El Diego happy

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