India will begin their qualification campaign for FIFA World Cup 2022 against Oman on September 5 in Guwahati, and winger Udanta Singh talked about the side's preparations.
Chhetri said the country still needs to do a lot of work to narrow the gap with the Asian powers and reach the top 10 in the continent.
India have been grouped with Oman, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Qatar in the qualifier, and Guwahati could be the place where Igor Stimac's men kickstart their FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.
The qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 were announced earlier today and India were drawn with the likes of Qatar and Oman.
In the recent King's Cup match against Curacao in Thailand, the Indian central defence messed up to concede three goals in the space of 18 minutes in the first half to lose the match 1-3.
Indian men's football team captain Sunil Chhetri, as well as women footballers Aditi Chauhan and Dalima Chhibber joined in to wish the cricket team luck.
Croatian World Cupper Stimac was appointed head coach of the Indian team for a two-year term on Wednesday.
The 51-year-old Stimac, a member of the Croatian team that finished third in the 1998 World Cup, has got the nod from the Technical Committee which interviewed four shortlisted candidates on Friday.
This is the second time the federation has nominated Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Jeje Lalpekhlua.
The 34-year-old Padma Shri was Friday conferred the first ever Football Ratna honour by Football Delhi, the association governing the sport in the city.
The 18-year-old Komal, who participated in India's maiden Under-17 World Cup last year, has been impressive for Steve Coppell's ATK in the ISL this season.
After a stellar year in the ISL, the 'Blues' have their eyes set on the title once again and Gurpreet wants to contribute more towards Bengaluru's success.
Korea Republic are already being touted as probable champions having scored 12 goals from their three group league matches without conceding any.
Manvir Singh struck twice in the second half before Sumeet Passi headed home a clinical pass as defending champions India breezed past Pakistan 3-1 to sail into the final.
India comfortably beat Sri Lanka 2-0 in their opening encounter of the SAFF Cup football tournament on Wednesday.
The situation in Kerala remains precarious with water levels still rising dangerously in many rivers and people stranded in many areas waiting for help to arrive.
India and China have faced each other 17 times -- all on Indian soil -- with the last being 21 years ago in the Nehru Cup in Kochi in 1997.
The Indian men's football team was hoping to use the Asian Games as a build up for next year's AFC Asian Cup.
Indian men's team is currently ranked 97th in the world and 16th in Asia, but the football body wants the authorities to look beyond rankings under the present circumstances.
India are clubbed with UAE, Thailand and Bahrain in Group A of the continental showpiece.
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