Courtesy of FIFA:
India goalkeeper Subrata Paul was the hero as the host nation held their nerve to retain the Nehru
Cup winning 5-4 on penalties against Syria at New Delhi's Ambedkar Stadium on Monday.
Despite losing to Lebanon by a solitary goal in the opener, India bounced back to reach the final
of the five-nation tournament with wins over Kyrgyzstan and Sri Lanka.
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Soccerblog 31 August @ 10:53 AM EST
The Nehru Cup (International Football Tournament) is a tournament organized by the All India
Football Federation. It was launched in 1982, but was not held between 1998 and 2007. After the
trophy was won by the Iraq in 1997, it was reinstated only in 2007.
India -whose current FIFA ranking is 156 beat Syria who are ranked 95.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India have thrown Thailand out of this month's six-nation Nehru Cup
tournament in New Delhi for planning to send a junior side despite initially promising to send the
national team.
"They confirmed entry but when we checked the players' list we found it was an under-19 side,"
Indian football federation secretary Alberto Colaco told a news conference.
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With the cancellation of the Inter Continental Cup in Malaysia over swine flu concerns the FA here
has revealed they are considerin three alternative destinations for the Under 23s as they prepare
for the SEA Games in December.
In July they have been invited to the Capital Cup in Vietnam. India have also invited them to
compete in the Nehru Cup while Sri Lanka have also expressed an interest.
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English football legend Sir Bobby Charlton's visit to Cambodia last month did "not enough to
contribute to the development of football in Cambodia," national coach, Scott O'Donell said. While
agreeing that actvities such as Charlton conducting a coaching clinic for around 80 footballers all
under the age of 13 at the Olympic Stadium in Pnom Penh were positive, O'Donell said the country
needed to
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Host India will face Cambodia in the opening match of the five-nation Nehru Cup International
Football Tournament that starts in Dehli on 17 August. The tournament, revived after a gap of 10
years, was initially a six-nation tournament but the last-minute pullout by Iran forced the All
India Football Federation to stick to India, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Syria and Kyrgyzstan for the
13-day evenr at
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Buoyed by the Indian national squad's successful pre-season visit to Portugal, skipper Baichung
Bhutia is confident of a good show in the ONGC Nehru Cup starting 17 August in New Delhi. The
Indian team remained undefeated during their Portugal visit. GDR Monsanto held the Indians goalless
in their final outing with most of the regulars being rested by the visitors.
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Iran has backed out of India's revived ONGC Nehru Cup after having shown interest initially in the
US$1 million prize money, a late move which may force the All India Football Federation to go ahead
with a five-team tournament. "We are still exploring the possibility of having the sixth team for
the Nehru Cup though we have rejected Iran's proposal of sending a club team instead," AIFF General
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