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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2020 is from February 17 to March 7, 2021 (tournament to keep original eligibility criteria: players born on or after January 1, 2003 and on or before December 31, 2005)

The 'Pass the message to kick out coronavirus' campaign promotes five key steps for people to follow to protect their health in line with WHO guidance, focused on hand washing, coughing etiquette, not touching your face, physical distance and staying home if feeling unwell. Sunil Chhetri is part of the campaign along with Lione Messi and others

Mohsin Al Ghassani scored the all-important goal in the 33rd minute at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Stadium as Oman beat India for the second time in the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign

In the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers, India escaped with a 1-1 draw after an injury-time goal saved them the blushes against the lower-ranked Afghanistan. The result meant the 106-ranked India remained winless in their qualifying campaign so far

India began the second round of the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers with a narrow 1-2 defeat to higher-ranked Oman before a memorable goal-less draw against Asian champions Qatar in Doha in September

On Tuesday (October 22), the Kolhapur-born youngster Aniket Jadhav who shot to fame after he was selected for India’s 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup team, made his dream debut in the ISL when he started for Jamshedpur FC against Odisha FC at the JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur

Rohit Sharma continued to break records as a Test opener. He struck his maiden Test double ton in the third Test against South Africa in Ranchi. Bengal Warriors won their maiden Pro Kabaddi title. All this and more in MyNation’s Sportstop weekly review show (October 14 to 20)

Adil Khan ensured that India at least secure a point from the home match in the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifier as he rose highest to nod home a Brandon Fernandes corner kick in the 88th minute. A defeat at home would have severely dented India's hopes of advancing in the next round

Defenders Sandesh Jhingan and Anwar Ali (Jr) were ruled out the match to be played at VYBK Stadium due to injuries, while Halicharan Narzary, Farukh Choudhary and Nishu Kumar did not make it to the final 23 and were released from the national camp in Guwahati

'I can say we are very happy to go back to Kolkata. It is the 'Mecca of Indian football.' I can see the excitement amongst the players about playing in Kolkata. I have been told that ticket sales are going at a great rate, and there might be 60-65 thousand people on (October) 15th,' said Igor Stimac ahead of India's World Cup 2022 qualifier against Bangladesh

The Indian football team will practice in Guwahati till October 12 and will arrive in Kolkata the following day for the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifier against Bangladesh. Head coach Igor Stimac said many people already feel that this India team is at the “beginning of a new and very successful era”

The Best FIFA Men's Player of the Year 2019 award marks the first major individual honour for Lionel Messi since winning his fifth Ballon d'Or in 2015  

'The Indian football team has improved its standard drastically. Sunil Chhetri was not there in the match, still, the team was able to draw their match against Qatar in the qualifying tournament. I wish Chhetri a speedy recovery. Football is the most popular sport in the world and India should look to cement their place as a strong force in the sport,' Kiren Rijiju said

Asians Champions Qatar could not score a goal despite having more than a dozen shots on target in their FIFA Word Cup qualifiers match against India who managed to hold the home side to a goalless draw with exceptional defence

Historically, Qatar have been the dominant side, having won three out of four official matches played against India. One match ended in a draw. India and Qatar face in FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifier in Doha on September 10