Sunil Chhetri's decision to come out of retirement to play for India again came as no surprise given the forward's ...

Veteran striker Sunil Chhetri's return highlights the team's lack of scoring options, reflecting the deeper issues within the sport's development and domestic competition in India. With 94 goals ...

Chhetri said last year that “instinct” told ... Football has struggled to find its feet among the 1.4 billion people of India, where the sport is dwarfed by the nation’s longstanding cricket ...

Chhetri was the world's third leading scorer ... for the crucial final round of the AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifiers. People in the top rung of the AIFF are convinced that the right move has been ...

PANAJI: Last year, Indian football lived out its annus horribilis. Mostly under former coach Igor Stimac – a defender who had ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Sunil Chhetri is coming out of retirement at age 40 to help India in qualifying for the 2027 Asian Cup. India recalled the veteran striker this week for the March 25 qualifier ...

Bangladesh, first opponent in Asian Cup qualifiers next week, beefed up with Premiership player Hamza Choudhury ...

When Igor Stimac was sacked after India's World Cup qualification campaign ended in disappointment, Sunil Chhetri had already announced his retirement from international football. So when Marquez ...

For India, Chhetri is used almost as a target man. Too often, balls are lumped up for him to hold up and these days, every chance he gets seems to be a header. He's got an incredible jump for someone ...