Originally published in The Times of India on May 2, 2020 Hyderabad: Forty-six years ago, the Indian youth football team created history by becoming joint champions with Iran in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Youth Championship held at Bangkok, Thailand from April 15-30, 1974. It remains the last trophy that the country won at the Asian …
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Originally published in The Times of India on January 25, 2020 Hyderabad: Hyderabad FC held Mumbai City FC to a 1-1 draw at the Gachibowli Stadium on Friday. The scrappy game saw both the goals coming from penalties as both sides laboured to create convincing chances. Mohamed Larbi struck a penalty for Mumbai before the …
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Originally published in The Times of India on March 14, 2020
Hyderabad boy shoots individual bronze, team gold at Asian Shooting Championship Originally published in The Times of India on November 16, 2019 Hyderabad: A 20 year-old boy from Hyderabad, Abid Ali Khan won the individual bronze medal in the 50m Rifle Prone junior men event with a score of 614.4 at the Asian Shooting Championship …
Originally published in The Times of India on November 25, 2019 Hyderabad FC goalkeeper Kamaljit Singh is an ace shot-stopper with excellent leadership skills. The 23-year old Indian goalkeeper is the captain of the team. He is a youth product of the AIFF academy in Goa. Starting off as a central defender, he switched positions to goalkeeper. Singh had a …
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Originally published in The Times of India on November 2, 2019 Hyderabad: Hyderabad FC will take on Kerala Blasters in their first home match of the season at the Gachibowli Stadium on Saturday. Hyderabad has faced a tough start to their season with back-to-back losses, losing 0-5 to ATK and 1-3 to Jamshedpur. The team …
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Originally published in The Times of India on October 10, 2019 Phil Brown will lead Hyderabad FC in their debut season in the Indian Super League. The 60-year-old Englishman’s achievements include leading Hull City to their first ever Premier League season in 2008. As a player, he played right-back for clubs like Hartlepool United, Halifax …
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Club aims for a trophy in 2018-19 season The Indian Super League welcomed a new club to its fold on August 27, 2019. The new club, Hyderabad FC replaced FC Pune City, which was going through operational difficulties. Hyderabad has a rich football history, with 8 players from the city making to the national team …
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Founded: August 27, 2019 Owners: Vijay Madduri (IT entrepreneur, was CEO of Incessant Technologies) and Varun Tripuraneni (CEO of Kerala Blasters from 2017-2019, heading operations of Chennaiyin FC from 2015- 2017) Stadium: Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi Athletic Stadium (GMC Balayogi Stadium)/ Gachibowli Stadium (Capacity: 30,000) Official web handles: Facebook: facebook.com/HydFCOfficial Twitter: twitter.com/HydFCOfficial Instagram: instagram.com/hydfcofficial Logo: …
De Ligt completes move to Juventus Matthijs De Ligt headlined the European football transfers this week. Speculation was rife that the Ajax defender would move to Juventus and the transfer finally happened with the player signing a 5 year contract for a transfer fee of 75 million euros. Noteworthy football transfers this week: July 20, …
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